Take take a look at the sky   Sometimes your heaven seems so far away   Take take a look under here   Where deprivation turns into decay      I've stood under this rain, felt it seep into my brain   I've shut my eyes and crawled around this mud   I'm scared of growing old, I shiver when I'm cold   Don't you think I bleed the same blood      I, I could have been you, you could have been me   One small change that shapes your destiny   If you want the proof cut me an you'll see   I could have been you, you could have been me      Wait wait before you turn off   Maybe theres a chance we can relate   Wait everybody turns on   Why deny a fact thats so innate      Its not so easy anymore, they way you used to keep score   Not so black and white the color of your sin   Take a walk inside my shoes, a path I didn't choose   Spend the night inside of my skin      I, I could have been you, you could have been me   One small change that shapes your destiny   If you want the proof cut me an you'll see   I could have been you, you could have been me      Change is turning into fear   Fear is melting into hate   With hate you justify you crime   A crime compassion can erase, erase, erase      Touch, touch what I feel   And know I believe everything I say   So go, go if you must   Remember one thing as you walk away      I, I could have been you, you could have been me   One small change that shapes your destiny   If you want the proof cut me an you'll see   I could have been you, you could have been me