To Give featuring Matisyahu

From the moment we're born
First thought is to take, we feed our face
We eat, we breathe, we sleep, we dream
And when we don't get we need
Well then we cry, we kick, we scream
We'll try every and anything
To bring the attention where it belongs back to me

From the moment we wake,
Each day, we crave the easy way
We booze caffeine or nicotine
Anything to fill the need
Like money does, bright lights, big bling
We'll try everything and anything
As long as it's for me

What if we flipped a switch?
And be unselfish
What if you called a friend just to see how he is?
We all could use a lift
Without Pretenses
What if your first thought was not to take but just to give... to give

Until the moment were gone
Were stuck in between what we need and want
We eat, we pray, we love, we speak
Sometimes we don't feel a thing
Then other times, we hurt, we bleed
Anything and everything
It's all about me

What if we flipped a switch?
And be unselfish
What if you called a friend just to see how he is?
We all could use a lift
Without Pretenses
What if your first thought was not to take but just to give... to give

And how the simplest of thoughts
Could be so hard
This isn't who we really are

What's mine is yours and what's yours is yours
Open up the door let the love come through
Each and every day you know that its true
Got to give to the lord that's all you can do
There's no time for envy jealousy or greed
Love blindly cause that's all that we need
Send out your hand help a fellow man stand
And when your done go and give to the land

What if we flipped the script?
To be unselfish
What if you called a friend just to see how he is?
We all could use a lift
Without pretenses
What if your first thought was not to take but just to give ... to give