As I walk through the valley of the City of White
I take a look at their life and realize we are unlike
Coz I've been praying and teaching so long
All the other people think my life was so wrong
But I never insulted a man even if he deserved it
They treated me like a punk you know thats unfair of
You better look at what you are saying and what your doing
Or you and your brothers' lives could be ruined
I really hate this trip but its what I chose
As they walk around me they think I'm a foe
I wish we were alike
On our knees in the church, saying prayers in the bright
Chorus:
We've been spending most our lives
Living in the White paradise
We've been spending most our lives
Living in the White paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Living in the White paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Living in the White paradise
The tribal situation, they got me facing
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the black
So I gotta be down in my knees
Too much problems facing got me chasing dreams
I'm a educated man with kindness on my mind
Got my bible on my hand and a dream in my eye
I'm a low down man and a very kind prayer
And my family is down so don't abuse my sad layers
Death is just one blink away
My life is do in time, what can I say
I'm alone now, but I will live to see family
The way things are going people stealing my key
Tell me why are we, so black to see
Our brothers are you and me
We've been spending most their lives
Living in the White paradise
We've been spending most their lives
Living in the White paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Living in the White paradise
We keep spending most our lives
Living in the White paradise
Praying for the power, Power for the praying
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Everybody's laughing, but I ain't looking
Going in the chapel, Why are they shootin?
They say I should leave, but nobody's here to lead me
If they don't know the way, how can they lead me
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
I guess they front, that's why I have bad-luck
Repeat chorus
Tell me why are we, so black to see
Our brothers are you and me
Tell me why are we, so black to see
Our brothers are you and me
