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