7 Seconds

7 seconds

Don't see me from distance

Don't look at my smile and think that i don't know

What someone let behind

I don't want you to look at me and think

Roughneck and rudeness,

We should be using, on the ones who practice wicked charms

For the sword and the stone

Bad to the bone

Battle is not over

Even when it's won

And when a child is born into this world

It has no concept

Of the tone the skin is living in

It's not a second

But 7 seconds away

Just as long as I stay

I'll be waiting

It's not a second

But 7 seconds away

Just as long as I stay

I'll be waiting X3

I would like us to forget about their color

So they can be optimistic

Too many views on race that make them desperate

It's not a second

But 7 seconds away

Just as long as I stay

I'll be waiting

And when a child is born into this world

It has no concept

Of the tone of the skin he's living in

And there's a million voices

And there's a million voices

To tell you what you should be thinking

So you better sober up for just a second

But 7 seconds away

Just as long as I stay

I'll be waiting

It's not a second

But 7 seconds away

Just as long as I stay

I'll be waiting