Inocenti

I’m back to life
I know I was innocent

What do you expect from me
A street kid from a nameless street
With lessons learned
On the side of a road that leads nowhere
What do you want me to do
If all I learned was to beg for change
But if it comforts you
Laugh at me, slam the door in my face

I’m gonna ask my heart
If it has a key to open that door
That leads to the other side of the world
That world that’s gonna be mine
Without the pain of some stick on my back
Without more hands to grab that stick
I’m back to life
I know I was innocent

I was
I stayed
I was Innocent
I swore
Always
I do everything to respect myself
I was trapped
Innocent

My mom was a beaten woman
Humiliated, violated, that was my mom
My dad was bar furniture, fallen down
Sleeping rough with a bottle on his chest
So what do you expect from me
What do you want me to do
If life taught me this way
Someone give me a smile
That’s all I need to find my place
And whoever thinks it’s not right
Says I don’t have rights here, I can’t stay
Come look me in the eyes
And pick up the first stone or just shut up forever