Boy, please don't throw away your life 
All the joy, please don't end it with a knife 
'Cause you know there's hope for you 

I was alone like the silence in the night 
I had no home no one close to hold me tight 
But you know there's hope for you, for you 

Everywhere I look I see your face 
Every step I take seems out of place 
You got to be a man [bad word] the race 
I'm not a hopeless man 
How can you say I am? 

I was alone like the silence in the night 
I had no home no one close to hold me tight 
But you know there's hope for you, for you 

Everywhere I look I see your face 
Every step I take seems out of place 
You got to be a man [bad word] the race 
I'm not a hopeless man 
How can you say I am