Why, you wanna tell me how to live my life?
Who, are you to tell me if it's black or white?

Momma, can you help me try to understand
Is innocence the difference 'tween a boy and a man
My daddy lived a lie, that's just the price that he paid
Sacrificed his life, just slaving away

Oh, if there's one thing I hang onto
That gets me thru the night
I ain'tgonna do what I don't want to
I'll gonna live my life
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice
Standing on the ledge, I'll show the wind how to fly
When the world gets in my face
I say
Have a nice day
Have a nice day

Take a look around you, nothing's what it seems
We're living in a broken home of hopes and dreams

Let me be the first to shake your helping hand
Anybody brave enough to take a stand
I've knocked on every door, on every dead end street
Looking for forgiveness and what's left to believe?
This one goes out to the man who mines for miracles
This one goes out to the ones in need
This one goes out to the sinner and the cynical
This ain't about no apology
This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry
This road was paved by the winds of change
Walkin' beside the guilty and the innocent
How will you raise your hand when they call your name?
Yeah, yeah, yeah

We weren't born to follow
Come on and get up off your knees
When life is a bitter pill to swallow
You gotta hold on to what you believe
Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow
And that your saints and sinners bleed
We weren't born to follow
You gotta stand up for what you believe
Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah

This one's about anyone who does it differently
This one's about the one who curses and spits
This ain't about our livin' in a fantasy
This ain't about givin' up or givin' in
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Why

  • 1.
    Why, you wannatell me how to live my life? Who, are you to tell me if it's black or white? Momma, can you help me try to understand Is innocence the difference 'tween a boy and a man My daddy lived a lie, that's just the price that he paid Sacrificed his life, just slaving away Oh, if there's one thing I hang onto That gets me thru the night I ain'tgonna do what I don't want to I'll gonna live my life Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice Standing on the ledge, I'll show the wind how to fly When the world gets in my face I say Have a nice day Have a nice day Take a look around you, nothing's what it seems We're living in a broken home of hopes and dreams Let me be the first to shake your helping hand Anybody brave enough to take a stand I've knocked on every door, on every dead end street Looking for forgiveness and what's left to believe?
  • 2.
    This one goesout to the man who mines for miracles This one goes out to the ones in need This one goes out to the sinner and the cynical This ain't about no apology This road was paved by the hopeless and the hungry This road was paved by the winds of change Walkin' beside the guilty and the innocent How will you raise your hand when they call your name? Yeah, yeah, yeah We weren't born to follow Come on and get up off your knees When life is a bitter pill to swallow You gotta hold on to what you believe Believe that the sun will shine tomorrow And that your saints and sinners bleed We weren't born to follow You gotta stand up for what you believe Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah This one's about anyone who does it differently This one's about the one who curses and spits This ain't about our livin' in a fantasy This ain't about givin' up or givin' in Yeah, yeah, yeah