Fighting, living, dying
~#**************#~
For what? For freedom?
~#**************#~
That for which men have fought since time began, to be free
~#**************#~
[Verse 1]
~#**************#~
Theyve been making blanket statements, scaring everyone
~#**************#~
Theyve been making you feel like you never did belong
~#**************#~
Yeah, he said, and she said, yeah, they say a lot
~#**************#~
So many things, they just think you forgot
~#**************#~
Who you are, and what you do, and where youre coming from
~#**************#~
I just thought I could remind you with a simple song
~#**************#~
No bad body language can start to rub off
~#**************#~
Till were choosing weapons and hatred, not love
~#**************#~
Not you
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
You were in the wilderness
~#**************#~
Looking for your own purpose
~#**************#~
Then you became a butterfly, a butterfly
~#**************#~
I knew you always would
~#**************#~
‘Cause they were throwing sticks and stones
~#**************#~
But words could never break your bones
~#**************#~
You just spread your wings and fly, your wings and fly
~#**************#~
I knew you always would
~#**************#~
I knew you always were
~#**************#~
I knew there always was nothing wrong with being
~#**************#~
You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you
~#**************#~
[Verse 2]
~#**************#~
All you ever see on CNN are enemies
~#**************#~
Telling you to lose your individuality
~#**************#~
Look, do this and do that, till youve lost your way
~#**************#~
Till you need a vice or a means of escape
~#**************#~
They want you to stare into your screen and see yourself
~#**************#~
Blow smoke into your mirror till youre mentally unwell
~#**************#~
So dont let them catch you with lies and deceit
~#**************#~
They cant take your soul or desire for freedom
~#**************#~
You
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
You were in the wilderness
~#**************#~
Looking for your own purpose
~#**************#~
Then you became a butterfly, a butterfly
~#**************#~
I knew you always would
~#**************#~
‘Cause they were throwing sticks and stones
~#**************#~
But words could never break your bones
~#**************#~
You just spread your wings and fly, your wings and fly
~#**************#~
I knew you always would
~#**************#~
I knew you always were
~#**************#~
I knew there always was nothing wrong with being
~#**************#~
[Bridge]
~#**************#~
Yeah, yeah
~#**************#~
You said I wanna be, Im gonna be
~#**************#~
Everything they said that I couldnt be
~#**************#~
Everything that I said I would be, when I picked up a pen and I started to speak
~#**************#~
I hear the beat, my melody
~#**************#~
I just poured all of my heart in these sheets
~#**************#~
I could not just be a star in the street
~#**************#~
Man, I knew I was different, I had the belief
~#**************#~
Nowhere to live, nothing to eat
~#**************#~
You were so hungry that you couldnt sleep
~#**************#~
You couldnt breathe, how could it be
~#**************#~
All of this shit was happening to me?
~#**************#~
I would do drugs, I was a thief
~#**************#~
Still on the run from the karma police
~#**************#~
You were the mission thats given to me
~#**************#~
By the powers that be minus Devil, G-O-D
~#**************#~
[Post-Bridge]
~#**************#~
You were in the wilderness, looking for your own purpose
~#**************#~
And you became a butterfly, a butterfly
~#**************#~
I knew you always would
~#**************#~
[Chorus]
~#**************#~
You were in the wilderness
~#**************#~
Looking for your own purpose
~#**************#~
And you became a butterfly, a butterfly
~#**************#~
I knew you always were
~#**************#~
‘Cause they were throwing sticks and stones
~#**************#~
But words will never break your bones
~#**************#~
You just spread your wings and fly, your wings and fly
~#**************#~
I knew you always would
~#**************#~
I knew you always were
~#**************#~
I knew you always would
~#**************#~
I know there always was nothing wrong with being
~#**************#~
You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you
