Verse I
EPaint my face in your magazines
Make it look whiter than it seems
Paint me over with your dreams
Shove away my ethnicity
Burn every notion that I may have a flame inside to fight
And say just what is on my mind
Without offending your might

Chorus
ECuz this life is too shf ort to live it juAst for yoEu
EBut when you feel so powerlef ss what are yoAu gonna dEo
ESo say what you want

Verse II
EI saw her face outside today
Weatherworn, looking all the rage
They took her passion and her gaze and made a poster
Now it's moccasins we sport
We take the culture and contort
Perhaps only to distort what we are hiding

Chorus
ECuz this life is too shf ort to live it juAst for yoEu
But when you feel so powerlf ess what are yAou gonna Edo
But say what you want

Bridge
EHey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in, get in
Hey you, the one that don't fit in, how ya, how ya gonna get in
Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in with your
Broken teeth, broken jaw, broken mojo
Yeah, thEis life is too shf ort to live it juAst for yEou
EBut when you feel so powerlef ss, what are yAou gonna Edo
Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you
But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do
So say what you want, say what you want, say what you want