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How many times?

from My Street is Yours by Imagine & Amok

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Yo it's a quarter past my life, just a bit more.
Some say my ruler is time what does it tick for?
More money so my feelings can get poor?
Or just a bit of love to make my days glow!

A man with no questions is lost,
answers will find a man when a lesson is taught.
How to solve a problem if your not accepting the cause,
the system is a trick, that's why we mess with the law!

We're all strangers scared to be alike.
The world is so dark that we can barely see the light,
if we don't change ourselves then no one will treat us right!
Under a kingdom of stars let us sleep at night!

What am I using these letters for?
With the ink of my heart i paint these metaphors!
If it ain't for the poetry then I better go,
feels like writing teaches me more then I'll ever know.

Chorus :
How many times did they tell us we we're wrong,
(How many times? You can hear it in my rhymes, common)
But we won't let anyone tell us where we belong,
(Ain't nobody gonna tell me where I'm from,
I know where I'm going, I'm heading towards the sun)

For we know how much better we can be when we are one.
(It's all for one, one for all,
That's the only way we're holding on)
Under pressure, stormy weather
More then clever let's be strong
(Let's keep on keeping on, if we're aiming for freedom,
Ain't no way we're feeling wrong)

I have dreamt of some better days.
On another planet, in the nest of space.
High above the clouds,
the reflections vague.
With our heart we should set the pace!

What if love was forever great?
Life without contrast,
you'd forget the taste!
Ignorance is an escapade,
the world is a messed up place,
we pretend it's fake.
Its not black or white,
left or right,
life has many ways!

Different angles,
in each step you take.
Wishing peace,
to those sent away.
Those with nothing that are left to pray.
With a bible or a rifle,
who's the next to slay?

Are you dressed to kill?
Did you pay your bills?
Will they let you stay?
The game is over,
but your'e pressing play.

Chorus

How did everything start?
Why will nothing stop?
We want open hearts,
but all the doors are locked.
What to look up to,
when all hope is down.
She might say she loves you
but she's not around.

Get to know yourself,
don't forget the others.
You want something else,
go out and discover.
The earth is round,
is that what they taught you?
Silence is a sound
that you never talk to!

Do you really listen?
Or you just assume.
What do you believe in?
Is it really true?
Let them all conspire,
on whatever theory.
We are too inspired
and our souls are weary.

We need more compassion,
but we're too impatient.
It's our minds we're masking
with this information.

Are days nightmares
when dreams go to bed?
Let's not spend our lives scared
'til we're old and dead.

Chorus

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from My Street is Yours, released April 1, 2017

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