Don't see me from a distance
Don't look at my smile, and think that I don't know
What's under and behind me
I don't want you to look at me and think
What's in you is in me, what's in me is to help them
Roughneck and rudeness
We should be using on the ones who practiced wicked charms
For the sword and the stone
Bad to the bone
The battle's 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 it's living in
It's not a second
We're 7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting
It's not a second
We're 7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting
I assume the reasons that push us to change everything
I would like us to forget about their color so we can hope
Too many views on race that make them desperate
Let's leave the doors wide open
So they can talk about their pain and joy
Then we can give them information that will bring us all together
Changer
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting
It's not a second
We're seven 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 the skin it's living in
And there's a million voices
To tell you what you should be thinking
So you better sober up for just a second
We're 7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting
It's not a second
We're 7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting
It's not a second
We're 7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting [fade out]