I stand in front of you I'll take the force of the blow You're a boy and I'm a girl You're a girl and I'm a boy This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone can help her She's doing so much harm, doing so much damage But you don't want to

Don't let them take, take, take your freedom, child If we don't, don't take a stance, oh Oh, only love, love, love will free them Oh, only love, love can defeat them Kids, kids, they won't stand a chance so Don't let them take your freedom, child Don't

See my shit is getting worse before it's getting better It's like the people got a curse, can't nobody stay together I watch you gun my people down, plus we're killing off each other, no, ooh oh Somebody's gotta take a stand Then some more cops came They

We found love in a hopeless place Yellow diamonds in the light And we're standing side by side As your shadow crosses mine It's the way I'm feeling I just can't deny But I've gotta let it go What it takes to come alive Shine a light through an open door

I'm running on empty I'm chasing a dead dream Clutching the will Only to feel No way to heal I stand before disaster The shame it takes me The pain it breaks me What have I done

I'm no house of cards, house of cards Just to fall I act so bulletproof But you take me down You take me down Gave all I got to you Now I'm standing my ground Standing my ground Not caving into you, not caving into you

And never let me down Only one friend to understand One friend, that never goes away People come and people go They take and they give Build you up, just to let you down That's just the way it is But all I need is One friend, to get me through the day

I found out what it takes to be a man Now mom and dad will never understand Seventeen and strung out on confusion Trapped inside a roll of disillusion Secrets collecting dust but never forget Skeletons come to life in my closet What's happening to me

You were crying like a bitch. And so you tell me I Can't take my chances, But I told you one too many times, And you were crying like a bitch. And you wonder why No one can stand you, And there's no denying, Strut on by like a king

No matter how far I go No one or nothing can change Just remember that And no matter how long it takes I'm hoping that this ain't too hard to believe 'Cause baby, you're the only one for me I know it gets hard when I'm moving in and outta' state But I