Fly

Ain't it funny
Ain't it funny
You can be anything when you're 10
But forget about it at 20
They tell you in your teens
You could blow up, some day
When you tell em bout your dreams
dey say grow up, one day

I just wanna be the poster child
For kids with fucked up lives
Who wanna make something of themselves
I am the face of a generation
Of teenage rage and angst
Sick of sitting on the upper shelf
I'm the disappointment
The degrees, the diplomas, the God-damn, dirty dust collectors
We are the children, of children of immigrants
Who came to this land, in hopes to do better but oh
I guess ya never know

But maybe roses
Really do grow in, concrete
And may my blood
my sweat and tears, fucking soak in
To this towel I'll never throw in

Now I think we can do anything
World in my palms, I look to the sky
I close my eyes and I spread my wings

I believe we can fly
I believe we can fly
I believe we can fly
I believe we can fly

They were selling the American dream and I bought it
Then told me it was too hard to catch and I caught it
The land of the Law of Attraction
could happen to you, and it happens to me, cause I thought it

Boy you're destined
And you'll always be tested
So keep your head up, never let up, never let i
Is what my grandfather told me on his deathbed
And I'm doing it with my bestfriends

So never wonder why I'm so muhfucking stubborn
Cause there almost never was a me, will never be another
And I'll never get enough of, livin' dreams
Know that I'm in my prime, 17

So may the fire inside you
never die
Cuz you'll probly never get another chance
You can fly, they told us
This dream, they sold us
I'm starting to think we can

Now I think we can do anything
World in my palms, I look to the sky
I close my eyes and I spread my wings

I believe we can fly
I believe we can fly
I believe we can fly
I believe we can fly