Don't see me from a distance
Don't look at my smile
And think that I don't know
What's under and behind
I don't want you to look at me and think.

Roughneck [bad word] We should be using
On the ones who practice wicked charms
For the sword and the stone
Bad to the bone
Battle’s not over
Even when it's won.

And when a child is born
It has no concept
Of the tone the skin is living in.

It's not a second
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting.

It's not a second
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting.

I would like us to forget about their color
So they can be optimistic
Too many views on rave that make them desparate.

It's not a second
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting.

It's not a second
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting.

And when a child is born
It has no concept
Of the tone the skin is living in million voices
There's a million voices.

It's not a second
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting.

It's not a second
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting.