We may look different, but we see the same sky   We may see different, but we cry the same cry      To wake up daily and sleep better nights   That's what we all wish for to seek a better life, right?   It's unfortunate when tragedy strikes   But the truth is, reality bites      June 4th, '89, a day residents feared   Now known as The Massacre at Tienanmen Square   The day I turned seven, they were mourning and grieving   Thousands of innocent died for what they believed in      Armed with nothing but heart and a point to prove   Stood in front of tanks and refused to move   What would you do, run or stand still?   When the life's on the line to test the mans will      Seeking change and they found it, but in death   Strangers, yet they were my blood and flesh   This happened in China but you ain't gotta be Asian   To relate to the struggle, pain, and heartache, so      You'll never know, you'll never get it   There is no choice, we can't forget it   When we look up, we see the same sky   When we look up, we cry the very same cry      See I'm a grown man, it hurts when I turn on the news   And see what's goin' on in my homeland   The SARS epidemic, could've been lies   Could've stand for, "Should Asians Really Survive?"      They'll try anything to break your family apart   Politics will break down the manliest heart   Can the child within my heart rise above?   If there's a billion of us I shouldn't have to look for love      Overpopulation, but damn, just to meet the needs   It's illegal to have more than one seed   How can you dictate birth, regardless to women   And the parents, they make the hardest decisions      Sons keep their family names, so that's not an option   Imagine being forced to put your daughter for adoption   And even though, it's beyond your control   Keep you head up, here's a song for you soul      You'll never know, you'll never get it   There is no choice, we can't forget it   When we look up, we see the same sky   When we look up, we cry the very same cry      If you don't know where you came from   You can't get the way you tryin' to go   Ain't no denying so, it's true, I got some big shoes to fill   But if I don't lead the movement, then who will?      Stuck between a rock and a hard place   Thinkin' 'bout the refugees that went to see Gods face   Sixteen thousand miles across the ocean tides   Some died, some got lucky and survived      I wouldn't call it luck, they reached their destination   Modern-day slavery without the plantation   Them sneakers on you feet cost a hundred a pop   My people's making 15 cents a day at sweatshops      To make them kicks so you can look good   Think we open restaurants 'cause we cook good?   Hell no, we ain't got no choice   I gotta speak up, without me my people have no voice      You'll never know, you'll never get it   There is no choice, we can't forget it   When we look up, we see the same sky   When we look up, we cry the very same cry      You'll never know, you'll never get it   There is no choice, we can't forget it   When we look up, we see the same sky   When we look up, we cry the very same cry