You don't have long I am on to you The time, it has come to destroy Your supremacy Wake to see Your true emancipation is a fantasy Have risen up and overcome the brave Greatness dies

Persistence Such sorrow Yet resilience Your resilience inspires me Facing tragedies I will never face Your presence is humbling To think of all that you have overcome It took such little pain

I don't wanna work in a building downtown You know that I'm a God fearing man Now I'm overcome By the light of day My lips are near, but my heart is far away Oh, my little bird in a cage! Oh, my little mockingbird, sing! No, I don't wanna work in a

Cause you're driving me away Blood is running deep Suddenly I'm overcome Dissolving like the setting sun Like a boat into oblivion Now you have me on the run The damage is already done Come on, is this what you want Oh, what is it worth

How can it be You plead my cause You right my wrongs You break my chains You overcome You gave Your life To give me mine You say that I am free I am guilty

But lets forget all that And give me the number if you can find it So I can call just to tell him I'm fine And to show, I overcome the blow I learned to take it well I only wish my words could just convince myself That it just wasn't real Operator, could

Your wheels on fire Your one desire But we will overcome We see right through it Well you say, you won You'll work until the work is done I don't see you lift a hand To help out one of your fellow man And they're using up again

Let it burn Nor that I would Under my skin I know you'll find your own way when I'm not with you So tell everybody, the ones who walk beside me, yeah Now I think I understand How this world can overcome a man Like a friend we saw it through In the end I

Do you cry sometimes? And your papa's kinda mean You can stop playing that shit out on me Chasing down a wild fire Are you trying to make a cold liar out of me? You wanna get high? You overcome those desires before you come to me I think your mama's

It's never too late To live your life The time is now It's do or die Today I saw my hero fall apart The one who taught me to be strong On the outside I look fine But on the inside I am dying My strength is overcome by pain