Wish You Were Here

Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain
Or pumpin' the hip hip-hop
We gonna take over ya blocks
Whether you listenin' to rock
Did they get you to trade your heroes for goals
A young refugee labeled, just come with a passport
A smile from a fair, do you think you can tell
But have we found the same old fears
Listening to hip hop, my brother tune me into rock
Cold comfort for change, did you exchange
Kickin' in my mom's room, this song was just a thought
Wish you were here
Or you tuning to rock
We're just two lost souls swimming

Dad used to tell me about the American dream
A walk on part in the war for a lead role in the game
How I wish, how I wish you were here
So, so, you think you can tell
Whether you pumpin' the hip hip-hop
Put me up on pink Floyd and banned from the British blocks
In a fish bowl year after year

Let's go
Refugees on your box
I'ma take y'all to the dark side of the moon
We gonna take over the blocks
Refugees on your box
Hot ashes for trees, hot air for a cool breeze

Critics don't mistake this for just any cover tune
Or you tuning to rock

Whether you listenin' to hip hip-hop
My dream was waking up in the projects a young teen

Runnin' over the same old ground
Refugees on your box