Imagine - Manus Bell, Tarick

When I was going up, I was always a happy kid

Never broke as such, yet you couldn’t have called us rich

The one thing I had that really made a difference

Was always feeling safe and having both my parents listening

But there was something missing, I could feel it within

Then my mom and pops told me they were pregnant again

It was back when I was ten, I think about it now and then

It’s probable that, that was when my life had started making sense

The next rhymes don’t need any kind of word play

My brother was born in October on my eleventh birthday

My daddy stood filling out the medical surveys

So I pulled my sisters arm and whispered, «hey, what did the nurse say?»

She said «it's all good», as happy as can be

Yet I could see on her face she wasn’t really at ease

Another summer would go by, becoming dumber with the people who told lies

Then I realized, that my brother could never be free until we can achieve peace

Which ever way the wind blows, life is never simple

The grass is always greener on the other side

No matter what you’ve been through the minutes will continue

I begin to, miss you, when I

Try to Imagine…

What it be like if I were you and you were me

Try to Imagine…

A younger brother on the ground before my feet

Bridge:

We living inside of a bubble you and I

Keep the mind open to double human eyes

Two different sides to every story

Yet the algorithm is to do or die

Everyone’s living in troubled times

When powerful people committing crimes

Ain’t no two different sides to every story

When the algorithm is to do or die

Imagine growing up without the love of your mom

Imagine living life in fear just like the children in Nam

Imagine waking up every night to the sound of alarms

Hearing the screams and never fully understanding the reason for what’s going on

Imagine your brother killed in the pursuit of Saddam

Imagine feeling it’s necessary to raise up in arms

Imagine everyday life being dictated by bombs

Yet it’s the shallow bullshit that dominates in our songs

Forget the about the ethical point of view the method is for the profit

We see it everyday on the news feeding us bullshit to fill up their pockets

No wonder the people are confused, the wealthy are living on gossip

Living in a bit of an ambivalent deposit, ego tripping but we gotta stop it

Come on brothers and sisters, we can keep making a difference

Corrupt politicians will come out and beg for forgiveness

Instead of survival of the fittest, my motto is brothers over business

Establish a system where all the children can be free of the greed and sickness

Which ever way the wind blows, life is never simple

The grass is always greener on the other side

No matter what you’ve been through the minutes will continue

I begin to, miss you, when I

Try to Imagine…

What it be like if I were you and you were me

Try to Imagine…

A younger brother on the ground before my feet

Bridge x2

We living inside of a bubble you and I

Keep the mind open to double human eyes

Two different sides to every story

Yet the algorithm is to do or die

Everyone’s living in troubled times

When powerful people committing crimes

Ain’t no two different sides to every story

When the algorithm is to do or die