A Lot in Common

Sometimes we have it, sometimes we don’t

But I don't see what they see
We got a lot in common
And how my momma always prayed that I would be okay
And mommy's always working trying to pay the rent
A slave to solitude, handcuffed by people’s claws
Sometimes the world goes round and round
And every friend that I had turned and walked away
Had a man who came up to my window and
And gotta press on, press on

What matters most is not the physical

Hard times still came but they far from my chest

What matters most is not the physical
Sometimes we’re up and sometimes we’re down
But then I heard a voice crying through the dark
I see life colorblind still
I never thought that I would see this day
And we don’t stop to think that
'Cause you never knew what love looked like to begin
I see the sun coming up and I’m feeling the rays
We got a lot in common
Sometimes we have it, sometimes we don’t
Admitted that I was wrong, committed to do my best
And we don’t stop to think that
And we don’t stop to think that
And we don’t stop to think that
What matters most is not the physical
And thinking back on my life and not forgetting the days
Sometimes we’re up and sometimes we’re down
We got a lot

Sometimes we’re up and sometimes we’re down
Just look inside your soul 'cause

Who never even noticed the depth of the scars
But I promise that the day will come when you win
And what you thought was once lost will be placed in your hand
Equality gets so hard to find
We got a lot in common

We got a lot in common
And we don’t stop to think that
Don’t you worry we can make it if we just realize
What matters most is not the physical
Just look inside your soul 'cause
Just look inside your soul 'cause
Sometimes we have it, sometimes we don’t
We got a lot in common
I breathe easy, believe me my soul’s at rest

We gotta keep on, keep on
Made like a star to shine, let’s shine
Then the days of being second will be lost in the wind
Sometimes the world goes round and round
Yo, I can tell in your vision that you can't no more
When your world's crashing down and there's no one around
'You’re my son just pray'

When I was a little lost and only trying to get paid
We all look the same inside, get together and come alive
Just look inside your soul 'cause
Sometimes the world goes round and round
Asked for a dollar 'cause he was in a tight jam
Sometimes we’re up and sometimes we’re down
What matters most is not the physical
Then a day soon came when my sky turned gray
I could tell by his eyes he's been
Your shirt is stained by the tears that nobody ever saw
Blazing ahead

We got a lot in common
Sometimes the world goes round and round

So bear with us and let me hear the chorus again
Judged by the world and everyone that’s close to him

Just look inside your soul 'cause

We got a lot in common
Sometimes we have it, sometimes we don’t
Sometimes we have it, sometimes we don’t
You and me both one of a kind
We got a lot in common
My heart believes in what he could be
Through all the low times, nowhere to go times
And what I said next vexed my heart but nonetheless

Sometimes we’re up and sometimes we’re down
So your voyage began on a trail to the end
Sometimes the world goes round and round
A fatherless child who never got the chance to hold daddy’s hand