Story Behind The Song
This is the 1st take - needs reworking
| Song Length |
5:48 |
Genre |
Rock - Indie/Low-Fi, Rock - Progressive Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Liberal, Progressive |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
It?s got me high and it?s got me low
Every day this street life?s all we know
And how I know these streets at night
Well it?s alright
White lines, beer and wine
Petty crime, doin? time
No prospects, don?t want them anyway
This street life it?s every single day
I wonder if we?ll ever see anything else
To be someone in life you gotta be yourself
Ooh, you can imitate everyone you see
It ain?t no good following, you gotta find something
Gotta be the change that you wanna see
Find a better song to sing, freedom is on the wing
Take it back show the people what I mean
Coz round the doors, it?s the street laws, with the drug wars, show me more
So many earthbound astronauts
Squeezed by the magistrate courts
Drinking in the street light
Another night in a cell, another fight
Our families have always lived here too
Through generations, nothing new
It?s so hard to rise above it
Hate it or love it - street life's the only way we know
I wonder if we?ll ever see anything else
To be someone in life you gotta be yourself
Ooh, you can imitate everyone you see
It ain?t no good following, you gotta find something
Gotta be the change that you wanna see
Find a better song to sing, freedom is on the wing
Take it back show the people what I mean
Coz round the doors, it?s the street laws, with the drug wars, show me more