Wyclef Jean - Wish You Were Here lyrics

so so you think you can tell

heaven from hell

blue skies from pain

can you tell a green field

from a cold steel rain

a smile from a fair

do you think you can tell

did they get you to trade

your heroes for goals

hot ashes for trees

hot air for a cool breeze

cold comfort for change

did you exchange

a walk on part in the war

for a lead role in the game

whether your listening to hip hip-hop

or your tuning to rock

refugees on your box

we gonna take over ya blocks

lets go

how i wish, how i wish you were here

we?re just two lost souls swimming in a fish-bowl

year after year

running over the same old ground

but have we found the same old fears

wish you were here

whether you listening to rock

or you pumping the hip-hop

refugees on your box

critics don?t mistake this for just any cover tune

I?ma take ya all to the dark side of the moon

kicking in my moms womb this song was just a thought

a young refugee labeled, just come with a passport

dad used to tell me about the american dream

my dream was waking up the projects

a young teen listening to hip-hop

my brother tuned me into rock

put me up on pink floyd a band from the british blocks

whether you pumpin the hip hip-hop

or you tuning to rock

refugees in your box we gonna take over your blocks

from n.j. to bk to the uk

how i wish, how i wish you were here

we?re just two lost souls swimming in a fish-bowl

year after year

running over the same old ground

but have we found the same old fears

wish you were here