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   Is there just what is on my mind   Without offending your might      '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, say what you want      I saw her face outside today   Weatherworn, lookin' all the rage   Took her passion and her gaze   And made a poster      Now it's moccasins we sport   We take the culture and contort   Perhaps only to distort   What we are hidin'      'Cause this life is too short to live it just for you   But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do   But say what you want, say what you want, say, say, yeah      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      'Cause this life is too short to live it just for you   But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do   'Cause 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, say what you want   Say what you want, say what you want   Say, say, say, say, yeah      Life is too short, just for you   Feel powerless, gonna do