There ain't no reason things are this way./ It's how they always been and they intend to stay./ I can't explain why we live this way./ We do it every day./
Preachers on the podium speaking of saints./ Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change./ Old ladies laughing from the fire escape,/ Cursing my name./
I gotta a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same,/ A window and a pigeon with a broken wing,/ You can spend your whole life working for something,/ Just to have it taken away./
People walk around pushing back their debts,/ Wearing paychecks like necklaces and bracelets,/ Talking about nothing, not thinking about death,/ Every little heartbeat, every little breath./
People walk a tightrope on a razors edge./ Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons./ It could be a bomb, or a bullet, or a pen,/ Or a thought, or a word, or a sentence./
There ain't no reason things are this way./ Its how they've always been and they intend to stay./ I don't know why I say the things I say,/ But I say them anyway./
But love will come set me free./ Love will come set me free, I do believe./ Love will come set me free, I know it will./ Love will come set me free, yes./
Prison walls still standing tall./ Some things never change at all./ Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all./ Keep on building bombs, gonna drop them all./
Working your fingers bare to the bone./ Breaking' your back, make you sell your soul./ Like a lung, it's filled with coal,/ Suffocating slow./
The wind blows wild and I may move./ But politicians lie and I am not fooled./ You don't need no reason or a three piece suit,/ To argue the truth./
The air on my skin and the world under my toes/ Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes/ Chaos and commotion wherever I go,/ Love I try to follow./
Love will come set me free/ Love will come set me free, I do believe/ Love will come set me free, I know it will/ Love will come set me free, yes/
There ain't no reason things are this way./ Its how they've always been and they intend to stay./ I can't explain why we live this way./ We do it every day. /