We are just shadows

Crawling through this muck called our lives

But I am hungry for your love

And I am starving for a better time

But that′s all we got here

That's all we know

That′s all we've become

Our recognition, oh

Yeah well we be walking in some kind of direction

In a line with our right foot first

Yes we're waiting for some material heaven

That will, that will quench our quenchable thirst

But that′s all we got here

That′s all we know

That's all we′ve become

Our recognition, oh

And I don't know what to do

About holding my head high

I am struggling to breathe through all these

In between times

And I am wondering why

I am wondering why

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh

And I was born into this place

That filters who we are

By what we have done

Yes I know I am a product of this institution

That′s all I got, yeah

That's all I know

That′s all I've become

My recognition, oh

And I don't know what to do

About holding my head high

I am struggling to breathe through all these

In between times

And I am wondering why

And I am wondering why