Oh man I want to live, more than I knew I could
Oh man I want to see my grand babies be good
My mother called the other day
Said she'd been worrying about me
She knows it's been a long time coming, now
She don't want me to screw it up, screw it up, screw it up
But silence is as big a crime
I be damned if I turn the blind eye
Oh man I want to live, more than I knew I could
Oh man I want to see my grand babies be good
And what about Palestine?
But cash flows at the border lines (Eeek)
Every man on his own, that's the strife, strife, strife
Must keep solidarity alive
My problem, your problem, our problem, world problem
Black problem, white problem
Let's solve 'em, goddamn
Prison's the problem, the system's the problem
See greed is the problem, the root of the problem
Feelin' like
Oh man I want to live, more than I knew I could
Oh man I want to see my grand babies be good
Oh man I want to live, more than I knew I could
Oh man I want to see my grand babies be good
Oh man, you like your power trips, your Caymans
Your aunt Sally, and her children
I'm left to wonder if it's god's plan
Or yours man
Oh man
You like to think that you been chosen
These broken mirrors on your flooring
Tell me who'll be saving those who are found
Beneath your feet over and over again
Oh man
Oh man I want to live, more than I knew I could
Oh man I want to see my grand babies be goof
(I wanna see them grow up)
Oh man I want to live, more than I knew I could
(I wanna see them love)
Oh man I want to see my grand babies be good
(I wanna see them thrive)
(Wanna see my babies' babies make it out alright)