Here crying from the rooftops Nothing can stop us if we believe Here giving it my best shot baby I find that we can be free When you're here with me When you're on your own and you feel lost When your heart's a mess though you've given your best I'll be

Yeah, livin' life like this Gotta paint a picture when I write like this Tales from my hood, not a sight like this Where they up to no good on a night like this And they murder motherfuckers just cause Type of shit I see and probably wonder what it was I

To go one scared step at a time It's a sunrise from a lonely night Like a smile in a strangers eyes It's the moments that save my life, Nobody knows about like flashlights There's just enough hope when it shines, It's the moments that save my life nobody

Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Please see for me if her hair hangs long If you're travelin' in the north country fair If you go when the snowflakes storm When the rivers

Wish I was there with you now Everything comes back to you And I want to tell you everything The words I never got to say the first time around And I remember everything From when we were the children playing in this fairground Drive highways and byways

(Take it from me) Nothing can stop me Nothing holds me back Its got a mind of its own and it say Think you could slow me down? It got a mind of its own and it say There ain't no turning back Take it from me When you start it's just a matter of time

In the city I know there must be somethin' better In the city, oh, oh. Somewhere out there on that horizon Out beyond the neon lights But there's nowhere else in sight It's survival in the city When you live from day to day City streets don't have much

I know when I'm not, I'll be hoping I don't drop, To a place where I will rise, like before, I can feel, something happening That I've never felt before Dragging me away from heavens door When the blood dries in my veins and my Heart feels no more pain I

Who's the black private dick That's a sex machine to all the chicks? You're damn right Who is the man That would risk his neck for his brother man? Can ya dig it? Who's the cat that won't cop out When there's danger all about

I wanna run to you (oooh) Won't you hold me in your arms And keep me safe from harm I want to run to you (oooh) But if I come to you (oooh) Tell me, will you stay or will you run away I know that when you look at me There's so much that you just don't