This song is written as the perspective of the boys in the street, as a whole, and what path they are going to choose as they get older and grow into men. (This is why the music video takes place in an orphanage.) The seen, and unseen collective suffering is imbedded in the boys’ mind, consciously or subconsciously, and is haunting them. Which path will the boys choose? Issac Hayes is the voice of reason, maybe God, the angel on his shoulder, or the voice of his forefathers from beyond the grave who can see the big picture and are pleading with the boys not to continue the violence and pattern of killing their brothers, but to rise above. The most beautiful song and has so many levels. Racism towards African Americans in America would not exist if everyone sat down and listened to this song and understood the history behind the words. The power, fear, pleading in RZA and Ghostface voices are genuine and powerful. Issac Hayes’ strong voice makes the perfect strong father figure, who is possibly from beyond the grave.
my life is an open book of changes
and this just occured to me
i dream of all these different places
that i would rather be
i know that all i want is to be a man
who is certain with himself
my battles aren't won (2x)
until i'm certain with myself
it's hard for me to feel this anymore
where have the feelings gone
i need to stop myself from hiding
i've been down for far too long
i know these worries of mine
they won't change like the world i'm in
how do i change myself
and this just occured to me
i dream of all these different places
that i would rather be
i know that all i want is to be a man
who is certain with himself
my battles aren't won (2x)
until i'm certain with myself
it's hard for me to feel this anymore
where have the feelings gone
i need to stop myself from hiding
i've been down for far too long
i know these worries of mine
they won't change like the world i'm in
how do i change myself
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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Wow I really like this song. "my life is an open book of changes and this just occured to me i dream of all these different places that i would rather be" I think that everyone wishes that they were somewhere else one piont of their life. I'm just trying to make the best out of where I'm at right now.
hey does anyone know what CD this song is from? Thanks!
i think this is just an extra song and isn't off any cd! otherwise its off "all about the girls" or fom "nothing gold can stay" but i honestly think it's just an extra...cut a good song anyways!
i think i've heard this song before but its not on any cds is it?
the rumor is that this came off of a old demo from when they were very young.
NEW FOUND GLORY KICKZ AZZ!!!! AND SO DOES THIS SONG ITS NOT THERE BEST BUT ITS SWEET JUST CUZ IYS MADE BY NFG :)
I downloaded this song. It's really good, but it sounds like Jordan's a chipmunk, haha. You can really tell he was young when they did this song.
Man this song could not be any gayer, this band is quite gay, gay gay gay gay gay all i can say that this is gay and my mum same drunk at chareoke and my god she shat all over him, he sounds like a girl, like really a girl he sounds more girl than a girl and he is reall really cheesy, shame on new found glory shame!