Alchemy

[00:05.36] If simply I could say it and then see it done
[00:07.92] I probably would've spoke it when I'd just begun
[00:10.67] If life is just as awful as they say it is
[00:13.12] How come everybody bargains when their time has come?
[00:16.47] Every day I see it more and more
[00:18.50] Children wondering, what is their existence for?
[00:21.87] Innocence to animosity, intesified by poverty
[00:24.73] They're caught up in their fathers wars
[00:26.96] Evil is something taught, it's not innate
[00:28.86] They plant the seeds in youth and then the children grow to hate
[00:31.41] Kills others for the words, some ancients scribbled on a slate
[00:34.20] and orphans of the war will never make it to see eight
[00:37.33] and us, we're taught to look the other way
[00:39.52] while children die by bullets that some other child made
[00:43.17] and that's just another day...
[00:44.82] we're more concerned with something that some starlet had to say
[00:48.53] We trade comfort for the truth
[00:50.14] cause it's just too damn unpleasant to investigate the root
[00:52.83] Divided by imaginary lines
[00:55.49] We kill the other side as if somehow they're maligned
[00:58.89] We overlook the people in our streets
[01:00.89] And look down on the one's who ask for help when they're in need
[01:03.56] A homeless family dies and nobody even blinks
[01:06.06] but god forbid you change the volume of our weapon's magazines
[01:09.23] Me? I'm not a soldier for what it's worth
[01:11.85] My only worth is in the order which I choose my words
[01:15.14] Value the living over death
[01:16.82] I'll speak for peace until they take my breath
[01:19.47] I just want to save a life
[01:24.88] Just the way, I was saved
[01:30.00] I have finally found my light
[01:34.64] And this will be my alchemy
[01:41.40] A father hits a mother while the children watch
[01:44.17] As he stumbles in the house after seven shots
[01:46.76] Another bruise that's another lesson taught
[01:48.87] All the while the children desperate to see the violence stop
[01:51.57] The son grows up confused, exactly what's a woman's worth?
[01:54.13] The one you choose to love is the one you love to hurt
[01:56.80] The older daughter grows to know to never trust a man
[01:59.33] While the younger one never understands
[02:02.10] Fifteen and all alone, the siblings left the home
[02:04.82] It's getting hard to cope, she thinks of letting go
[02:07.23] Starts drinking like her father, hoping to escape
[02:09.94] Has too many at a party a victim of a rape
[02:12.54] And when she finally finds the courage to stand up to what's wrong
[02:15.51] They have the nerve to scrutinize the clothes that she puts on
[02:18.66] I will stand up to those that don't respect a woman's choice
[02:21.29] I'll keep on speaking for those who don't have a voice
[02:23.56] I just want to save a life
[02:28.70] Just the way, I was saved
[02:34.07] I have finally found my light
[02:38.75] And this will be my alchemy
[02:45.18] Why can't we all evolve and be something more?
[02:48.14] And leave the world better than it was before
[02:50.52] It's been two thousand years, we're not so simple minded
[02:53.22] Our suits are different, I'm more concerned with what lies behind it
[02:55.98] Love everyone, Love "Love" itself
[02:58.47] Learn to value human life over human wealth
[03:01.14] You can't fight for peace, it just compounds the problems
[03:03.96] Only accepting this will any of us start to solve um
[03:06.65] We are one people, under one sky
[03:09.24] One destiny, confined to such a short time
[03:11.90] This is a renaissance, it's not a revolution
[03:14.56] Let our generation catalyze an evolution
[03:17.21] I am no crusader let me make it clear
[03:19.97] And my words will likely fall upon a deafened ear
[03:22.53] But I'll keep speaking up for what I feel is right
[03:24.88] In the hope someday that I can save a life
[03:27.41] I just want to save a life
[03:32.84] Just the way, I was saved
[03:38.12] I have finally found my light
[03:42.71] And this will be my alchemy
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