Paint my face in your magazines


Make it look whiter than it seems




Paint me over with your dreams


Shove away my ethnicity


Burn every notion that I may have a flame inside to fight


And say just what is on my mind


Without offending your mind


Cause this life is too short to live it just for you


But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do


So say what you want






I saw her face outside today


eatherworn, looking all the rage


They took her passion and her gaze and made a poster


Now its moccasins we sport


We take the culture and contort


Perhaps only to distort what we are hiding


Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you


But then you feel so powerless what are you gonna do


But say what you want




Hey you, the one the one outside , are you gonna get in, get in


Hey you, the one that don·t fit in , how ya, how ya gonna get in


Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in with your


Broken teeth, broken jaw, broken mojo




Yeah, this life is too short to live it just for you


But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do


Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you


But then you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do


Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you


But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do


Say what you want, say what you want , say what you want




Life is too short just for you


Feel powerless gonna do


Life ïs too short just for you


nelly