From day one
Teach your son
You can be what you wanna be
Be all you can be
In the free land of liberty
But mother
What's wrong with these lunatic hypocrites
Son, don't talk religion
No don't talk politics
Why should I bother
To change the hearts and minds that be
Come hell or high water
They'll never see it quite like me
I could have studied
Chemistry or biology
But I spent my time
Making art and ideology
No regrets
I did my best
Restrained and restricted
My lips will be sealed
But my words will live again
Why should I bother
To change the hearts and minds that be
Come hell or high water
They'll never see it quite like me
Once, I had a voice
When the voice was still new to me
Once, I had a voice, I had a voice
Why should I bother
To change the hearts and minds that be
Come hell or high water
They'll never see it quite like me
From day one
Teach your son
Who's the lion, who's the lamb
The dreamer goes down
Right where he began