Why, you wanna tell me how to live my life?

Who, are you to tell me if it's black or white?

Mama, can you hear me? Try to understand.
Is innocence the difference between a boy and a man.
My daddy lived the lie, it's just the price that he paid.
acrificed his life, just slavin' away.
!hoose"
#hhh, if there's one thin$ I han$ onto,
That $ets me throu$h the ni$ht.
I ain't $onna do what I don't want to,
I'm $onna live my life.
hinin$ like a diamond, rollin$ with the dice,
tandin$ on the led$e, I show the wind how to fly.
When the world $ets in my face,
I say, %ave & 'ice (ay.
%ave & 'ice (ay
Take a look around you) nothin$'s what it seems
We're livin$ in the broken home of hopes and dreams,
*et me be the first to shake a helpin$ hand.
&nybody brave enou$h to take a stand,
I've knocked on every door, on every dead end street,
*ookin$ for for$iveness,
what's left to believe?
#hhh, if there's one thin$ I han$ onto,
That $ets me throu$h the ni$ht.
I ain't $onna do what I don't want to,
I'm $onna live my life.
hinin$ like a diamond, rollin$ with the dice,
tandin$ on the led$e, I show the wind how to fly.
When the world $ets in my face,
I say, %ave & 'ice (ay.
%ave & 'ice (ay.