Paula Cole - Be Somebody lyrics

I want to be somebody

I want to make a difference

Little boy caught in a drive-by

Witnessed the killer who made his daddy die

And 'cause he identified and signed the dotted line

He could feel it in his stomachhe signed away his life

Little boy who once was the leader of his class

The little source of joyalways neatly dressed

Now would hang his head and be left crying at his desk

Was found with his motherlying in her lap

With two bullets in his chest

Andoh my godwhat is this madness?

I will not let it kill by gladness

Andoh my godwhat is this madness?

My joy inside will send this message

I want to be somebody

I want to make a difference

For we all are children of the mother

I want to be somebody

I want to make a difference

For we all are children of the father

Outspoken manleading sisters and brothers

Picked himself up from hustlingdrugs and gutters

Doing time on the insidehe found a higher power

Nowback with a mission to help us help each other

Respected from bourgeoisie to homeless in the street

From universitiesafricathe middle east

And through the threats of death he spoke truth and set men free

But the power of the truth made enemies of the weak

He was killed by his own people

Andoh my godwhat is this madness?

I will not let it kill my gladness

Andoh my godwhat is this madness?

My joy inside will send this message

I want to be somebody

I want to make a difference

For we all are children of the mother

I want to be somebody

I want to make a difference

For we all are children

Ignite this fire insidethis light that is the truth

Shake off the system's chainsno longer be their fool

In the face of brutalityshow the other cheek

Trigger-happy policing will never kill our dignity

Andoh my godwhat is this madness?

I will not let it kill my gladness

Andoh my godwhat is this madness?

My joy inside will send this message

Lift up your heart and see

Open your heart and see

Lift up your voice and sing...

I want to be somebody

I want to make a difference

For we all are children of the mother

I want to be somebody

I want to make a difference

For we all are children of the father