We are just shadows Crawling through this micro alley But I am hungry for your love And I am starving for a better time But that's all we got here That's all we know That's all we've become Our recognition Yeah, well we be walking in some kind of direction In a line with our right foot first Yes, we're waiting for some material heaven That will, that will quench our, quench the thirst But that's all we got here That's all we know That's all we've become Our recognition And I don't know what to do about holding my head high I am struggling to breathe through all these in between times And I am wondering why I am wondering why Oh, Oh, Oh And I was born into this place that filters who we are by what we have done Yes I know I am a product of this institution That's all I got, yeah That's all I know That's all I've become My recognition And I don't know what to do about holding my head high I am struggling to breathe through all these in between times And I am wondering why I am wondering why