Barely Exist Lyrics - Let Freedom Ring - Chuck Prophet

Well they said he was crazy 

nobody ever said that much to him 

so he thought it could be true 

When he left his boy was eight years old 

got a picture in his wallet, gonna show it to you 

Now kids that age on the playground are cruel, son 

don't let 'em see you cry 

You gotta be strong 

But when you got asbestos 

in your Kool Aid for breakfast 

there's no good way to look alive 

No good way at all 

And when you barely exist 

you're a long way from that 

and you're a longer way from this 

When you barely exist 

who's gonna miss you when you're gone? 

From a sandstorm in El Paso 

out along the 10, to a mansion way up high 

She's gonna teach your baby Spanish 

rock her to sleep she will, hold her when she cries 

Now that kid might grow up to play in the symphony 

or be the next LeBron James 

And that beats dying slowly in the heat 

on a cattle farm, a face without a name 

No two ways about it 

And when you barely exist 

you're a long way from that 

and you're a longer way from this 

When you barely exist 

who's gonna miss you when you're gone? 

Well a billion dollars is a lot of money 

just to keep people out 

What good's it ever done? 

When you're following a light so bright 

you've got to take it in 

like taking air into your lungs 

On the border towns of death 

it's hard to live with a big move on your back 

You pray for water on a moonless night 

keep your head down, move for cover along the track 

And when you barely exist 

you're a long way from that 

and you're a longer way from this 

When you barely exist 

who's gonna miss you when you're gone?