Sidelines, Pt. 2

But we live in a corrupted system

So we think that wealth is wisdom

And you ain't gotta get a hundred years from a judge

To spend your whole life in prison

See, it's a mindset that I've lived in

Could've been another one of his victims

But it's time that I own up to the fact that I don't know much

That right there is a gift 'cause I ain't restricted no more

We're all chasing happiness

That's like chasing a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow

It's not happening

And at first I found that baffling

But on a real though, life's challenging

So how can I try feel so positive at all times

When at times I'm battling

Something like Luke Skywalker and Anakin

Man are chittering, chattering

Talking the maddest thing, mad a ting though

Life ain't badaboom badabing though

Can't stand still like mannequin though

Call me a sideman, man are Ringo

Still got a part to play in my role

I don't wanna hate on the government, no

But they don't represent what I hope (Yeah)

I hope that we don't always stay so insular

I hope that we learn to forgive anyone

For any wrong that they ever did to us

I hope that we look beyond our own interests (Yeah)

I hope that we realise that there's life outside of the internet

Wait, wait, I'm not finished yet

I hope we protect, not neglect

Those that get left behind and upset

And try get up, yet it's like they're held down and muted, no sound

A secret well kept, I guess

My hopes seem unrealistic

So was everything before it existed

I hope I can act on the thoughts in my mind

And I don't stay sitting on the sidelines

I've just been sitting on the sidelines

Even though I'm trying to get my mind right

I've just been sitting on the sidelines