We've all walked in each other's shoes
Songwriters: Kevin Deron Brereton, Ian Prieto Mctair, Ian Kamau Prieto Mctair, Richard Terfry, Dexter Wansel
Preacher in my blood
The way, it wasn't easy, a rock in the past
Still unable to break the mold
We've all walked in each other's shoes
We've all walked in each other's shoes
With outstretched hands like I might be a victim of circumstance
The trees were bleeding, they said they couldn't hide me
Publishers: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING CANADA, WARNER-TAMERLANE PUBLISHING CORP
But I run
I feel it, it's coming, the break of dawn
If you reach a dead end trail, pray to God it never fails
If you reach a dead end trail, pray to God it never fails
From a ecclesiastic kid who was afraid to be black
And people in my hood, no threat of attack
It still isn't settled
I was told, we paint the picture we want to see
And if you reach a dead end trail, pray to God it never fails
I lifted the veil and still could not see
And healed every scar with wishing to be a star
Carrying a load for the conscious untoiling
So you don't have to sing the blues
Watched my father get up, grab the Bible and then work
Now it's on, so tell me why I sing a sad song
Just a jean jacket and an arcade, the fact
So everybody sings the blues
What a fallacy this world is at times, I can't escape
So everybody sings the blues
Where will I run to without my horse beside me?
So I think I must save myself
If you reach a dead end trail, pray to God it never fails
It cost much of the soul
Just like king Midas turned things to gold
The load was heavy and rocks filled my course
Innocence deterred, was never gone
Seems that I lost much, lost touch of reality
A righteous wind blew and it was speaking to me
So you don't have to sing the blues
Is paved with much difficulty
So everybody sings the blues
Under the sky, across the land, with a horse
I hear the sounds of laughter callin' after me
I play Sex Pistols and listen to heavy metal
I am conflicted, traveling the path of the soul, so gifted
Fallin' too fast, my close friends are asking me
Not one day, but three, we attended the church
I went to the water and the water was boiling
Not at all 'cause now I'm strong
The first step on a path that I know
The Scripture, get the picture?
From a world that is falling down all around me
So what's the matter with you when the rock just laughed?
And if you reach a dead end trail, pray to God it never fails
Imagine that type of ghetto
Jacqueline is my mother but not Onassis
So you don't have to sing the blues
And if you reach a dead end trail, pray to God it never fails
I tried to keep going, weak in the knee
Insisted my existence began with me
Casting their glance at each other as they speak
We've all walked in each other's shoes
We've all walked in each other's shoes
The dream, she's the woman, I'm a machine
I touched my soul and felt my warm blood turn cold
I couldn't understand everything the wind said
Who's the pawn? Was I being fooled all along?
My horse drank the water and the water killed my horse
It felt like a sky and the land were divorced
The way seemed harder since my horse been dead
We've all walked in each other's shoes
Returned to my country and my country was up in flames
Looked up at the sky and seen something strange
See myself with new eyes, now I'm trying to take
Wearing sunglasses, taking me to pray on Sunday
I ate lunch all by myself in a meadow