Too many years now I held my tongue and readnForming opinions while i listened to what was saidnI've lived my dreams, my own realitynA tacit birthright breeding hate and jealousynBut there are too many people angrynWatched over with popcorn and candynToo many people burned by conditions beyond their controlnToo many lives have been killed bynMoney and happenstance drive-bys nThey fall by the wayside, never stirring a soulnBe safe? Is not the way I want to benI want to be open and let myself go freenSo heed the call 'cause what's right is in your mindnYou gotta be open have trust in what you'll findnToo many years now I've turned to news at 10nA rape, a killing, and the Knicks have lost again nMy mind's conditioned to tune out at the sightnThe grand delusion that we all sleep well at nightnThere is a problem that won't ever go awaynI guess survival is the promise of todaynBut I'm a dreamer and my dream has just begunnWe are a family if the world is truly onenBe safe? Is not the way I want to benI want to be open and let myself go freenSo heed the call 'cause what's right is in your mindnYou gotta be open have trust in what you'll findnThis is the last time you will livenIf you are broken, just forgivenIt takes a moment to break this chainnAnd realize we are all the same nBe safe? Is not the way I want to benI want to be open and let myself go freenSo heed the call 'cause what's right is in your mindnYou gotta be open have trust in what you'll findnThey might say the choice was lost in historynThere is no hope for vengeful hearts who are sufferingnBut these are chains that tortured every ancestrynYou gotta be open and listen to be free