| Yeah, Arrested Development | 
| It’s better to write for ourselves and have no public | 
| Than to write for the public and have no self, yeah, yeah | 
| I stand for children, innocence in they eyes, playing under blue skies | 
| Trying out fake cries to see they mama sympathize | 
| Wanting they new toys, thinking it a bring 'em joy | 
| Thinking mom and dad are wack but later on they realize | 
| Children playing in the dirt, getting wet in the rain | 
| Falling till they learn that part of life is pain | 
| Crawling till they learn that walking is another thing | 
| And running should come only when walking is no type of strain | 
| I stand for beauty, earth, sky, woman, man | 
| Or other worldly things like birth, strife and death again | 
| And things that we can’t touch like love faith and sacrifice | 
| Things that we like much like good food and moon light | 
| Cloud formations, clear blue skies, four season leaves | 
| And the colors that stop by great songs, great art, great books | 
| And stories unrecognized, underdogs that later gain glory | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| I stand for truth, political or spiritual | 
| And I know the truth can hurt but I’d rather hear it though | 
| Whether truth about the past, present, future or all | 
| I know the man that hates truth is the man who will fall | 
| I know that every single issue boils down to sin | 
| And the only way to kill sin is from within | 
| And the man who points his finger at everyone else | 
| Has got 4 other fingers pointed back to himself | 
| And that people don’t change 'cause of words alone | 
| Yet a nation can be moved by one person whose strong | 
| And truth can be buried for moments of time | 
| But like the last day buried things are bound to rise | 
| Are bound to rise, are bound to rise | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| As I stand, so I rise | 
| Lift my tears up to the sky | 
| I stand for something or everything I fall for | 
| Even when I’m wrong, yo, you know my views | 
| We choose most of our paths and that’s just the truth | 
| Even if most of our ways lead to further blues | 
| And sometimes I stand for nothing I just sit and listen | 
| 'Cause no matter how much I got there’s things I’m missing | 
| So when it’s all done and said I stand for this | 
| When it’s all done and said I stand for this | 
| When it’s all done and said I stand for this | 
| Children, beauty, truth and something that stirs my insides | 
| Inspires my very life 'cause bottom line for everyone is | 
| You stand or sit, you stand or sit | 
| You stand or sit, you stand or sit | 
| As I stand, so I rise | 
| Lift my tears up to the sky | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am | 
| The things that I stand for tell who I am |