Murs - Everything lyrics

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She was only 15 in love with bad R&B

She had to have vision cause she saw the star in me

Encouraged me to write about the drama in my life

To most I seemed strange like something wasn't right

I used to fall a victim to the lunchroom comedians

Something like an outcast, started smoking weed and then...

I sort of fell in to my own

Kind of felt at home when behind a microphone

But on the bus ride home, that didn't mean a thing

Harassed by the thugs, on the corners they would hang

I got banged on, I got beat down

Carrying a golf club, walking up the street now

They respect me, they call me crazy

At least I'm not getting punked out on the daily

And when I look back, I wouldn't change a thing you know

Why d'you think I found the strength, I'm speakin to you all

I'll take everything...

(your hopes and your dreams and your hate and your lies)

Umm... ummm... ummm... in this life... I'll join everyone...

(from the old and the wise to the young as they fly... fly... fly... fly...)

When I die...

God is love, then hatin' is Satan

This anti-patience has got me sittin here waitin

For the day when it's ok to love

When black men won't pretend that they're thugs

When teachers and doctors are treated like celebrities

You could get a job even if you got a felony

Check out my melody, let's live in harmony

We're in this together, no man has a conomy

No man is an island, immune to the violence

This rat race is no place to raise a child in

What's wrong with smiling? What's wrong with peace?

What's wrong with squashing beef before they label you deceased?

Swallow your pride before you choke on your issues

I know you got family and folks that'll miss you

So don't misuse this gift you've been given

This life's but a dream, you're blessed to be livin

I'll take everything...

(your hopes and your dreams and your hate and your lies... lies... lies... lies)

Umm... ummm... ummm... in this life... I'll join everything...

(from the old and the wise to the young as they fly... as they fly... fly... fly...)

When I die...

Basically man, I'm just a dude that tries to do right.

You know, I try to make my... my tomorrows better than my yesterdays.

Without... without hurting anyone else in the process.

Cus if you leave the world a better place than it was when you got here

Then we all win... we all win!

Now there's birth and there's death but the space in between

Is where the journey takes place and you give it all meaning

It's waitin on us all. There's no need to pretend

No freedom in the feeling where you're fearin the end

All good things come to it. Walk, don't run to it

Times you want to end it all yourself - don't do it.

Be original, be different

Be the one that stands up and shuts this system!

I'll take everything...

(your hopes and your dreams and your hate and your lies... lies... lies... lies)

Umm... ummm... ummm... in this life...

I'll join everyone...

(from the old and the wise to the young as they fly... as they fly... fly... fly...)

When I die...

I'll take everything...

Umm... ummm... ummm... in this life...

I'll join everything...

Cause... all... men... die...

Thanks to thekrystalmethod for correcting these lyrics