We’re breathing through broken black lungs
Just putting out fires as they come
They think cause we’re young we stay numb
What is this world? What is this race we all run?
The older we grow, the more we are silent.
As people go hungry, then they get violent
We kick and we scream as the water is rising
I won’t go under, I won’t go back into hiding
Cause I hope that when I’m older
I would try change the world
I’ll be better, I'll be bolder.
Be living for the greater good
Cause I hope when I’m older
I’m doing what you never did
I’ll take the weight, I’ll take the world on my shoulder
Baby, maybe, I hope when I’m older.