you
you try
you try to get by
"you're never going to pull it off"
"you shouldn't even try"
"you're a wet ciagarette"
"you're always second best"
but they're never going to give a [bad word] 
about anybody but themselves
so you fight
for them to realize
there's more to life
there's more to you
there's more than meets the eye
and when you're done
the battle's been won
you sit back, you smile
and this is what you hum
you hum: whoa-oh
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the years go by
the time it does fly
every single second
is a moment in time
that passes oh, so quick
and it seems like nothing
but when you're looking back
well it amounts to everything
I've got myself
I've got my friends
I've got my little family
but that's not where it ends
this one goes out to you
it goes out to everyone
it's in the name of honesty
because life has just begun

whoa-oh

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look around little brother
can you tell me what you see?
you're a big boy now
so take responsibility
you never had it hard
but now it's getting tough
so you whine whine whine
and you say you've had enough
you say I'm full of [bad word] 
that I'm a hypocrite?
I shouldn't talk
when I cant take the advice that I give?
well maybe you're right but open your eyes
the main difference is
that I try try try
whoa-oh

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