Recognition

We are just shadows
 Crawling through this muck called our lives
 But I am hungry for your love
 And I am starving for a better time
 But that's all we got here
 That's all we know
 That's all we've become
 Our recognition, oh
 Yeah well we be walking in some kind of direction
 In a line with our right foot first
 Yes we're waiting for some material heaven
 That will, that will quench our quenchable thirst
 But that's all we got here
 That's all we know
 That's all we've become
 Our recognition, oh
 And I don't know what to do
 About holding my head high
 I am struggling to breathe through all these
 In between times
 And I am wondering why
 I am wondering why
 Oh, oh, oh, oh
 Oh, oh, oh, oh
 Oh, oh, oh
 And I was born into this place
 That filters who we are
 By what we have done
 Yes I know I am a product of this institution
 That's all I got, yeah
 That's all I know
 That's all I've become
 My recognition, oh
 And I don't know what to do
 About holding my head high
 I am struggling to breathe through all these
 In between times
 And I am wondering why
 And I am wondering why