James Arthur: You (feat. Travis Barker)

fighting, living, dying
for what?
for freedom?
that for which men have fought since
time began to be free

they’ve been making blanket statements
scaring everyone
they been making you feel like you
never did belong
he said , and she yea
they say a lot
so many things they just
think you forgot

who you are and what you do
and where you’re coming from
I just thought I could remind you with
a simple song
no bad body language can start to rub off
till we’re choosing weapons and hatred
not love, not you

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 stick and stone
but words could never break your bones
you just spread you wings and fly
your wings and fly
I knew you always would
I knew you always were
I knew there always was nothing wrong
whit being

all you ever seen on CNN are enemies
telling you to lose your individuality
look, do this and do that till you’ve lost your way
til 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 you’re
mentally unwell
so don’t let them catch you with lies and deceit
they can’t take your soul or desire for freedom

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 stick and stone
but words could never break your bones
you just spread you wings and fly
your wings and fly
I knew you always would
I knew you always were
I knew there always was nothing wrong
whit being

who said I wanna be
I am gonna be
everything they said that I couldn’t 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 pour all of my heart in the streets
man, I knew I was different
I harboured belief

nowhere to live
nowhere to eat
you were so hungry that you couldn’t sleep
you couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t be
all of this shit was happening to m
I woyld do drugs, iwas a thief
still on the run from the karma police
you were the mission that’s given to me
by the powers
that be man there is a God

you were in the wilderness
looking for your own purpose
then you became a butterfly, a butterfly
I knew you always would

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 stick and stone
but words could never break your bones
you just spread you wings and fly
your wings and fly
I knew you always would
I knew you always were
I knew there always was nothing wrong
whit being