We All Carry Something

She was born with her mama's eyes

Her mama's laugh, her mama's smile

Her mamas taste for sweet red wine

So at night she grips the bottle tight

We all carry something

He was raised in a trailer park

Where cops don't go after dark

When his daddy hit, he hit real hard

Still walks around with those battle scares

We all carry something

That makes us who we are

Standing in the rain

Or deep within our hearts

There in lies the pain

Know you're not alone

So keep holding on

He works Chicago's southside

Totes a badge and a forty-five

Watches drug dealers and babies die

Sometimes a man can't help but cry

We all carry something

And there's an Army Green Purple Heart

Went to fight for the stripes and stars

Brought back to war from land afar

Still wears that shrapnel in his arm

We all carry something

That makes us who we are

Standing in the rain

Or deep within our hearts

Therein lies the pain

Know you're not alone

So keep holding on

We all carry something

Yeah, keep holding on

And know you're not alone

Before he died on the tree

Before they nailed his hands and feet

He walked right through those city streets

Carrying the sins of you and me

We all carry something