I am no different than you    Though I try to be true, blue   I’ll raise my green   Sometimes it seems like failure’s a must   Sometimes my trust is busted in half   It’s enough to go mad   Cuffed in plaid   But life without stripes sucks to be had   How could you know glad, if you didn’t feel pain?   There’s no kids without dads   No yin without yang   But that doesn’t explain   Shooting someone   That kind of gain can’t be undone   But where does this come from?   That’s the real question   Its just a conundrum    No ones truly addressing   Cease the fire, cease the fire   Stop the shooting- stop the feuding   We need to reach higher   Cease the fire   Everyone’s stressing how its music and movies, now   But I’m only guessing, so you’ll have to excuse me   But, shouldn’t you proofread your children’s papers?   As parent’s it’s your duty to provide the chuck Taylors   The kids are just sailors, the parents are captains   They are the saviors who make the good happen   When someone is asking for help or guidance, but they only know smashing and basking in violence   Its because of the silence, we all feel inside   We try to deny it, but only know how to hide   Our arents are guides, answers, shoulders   We look to the sky, but they are much closer   The most I can hope for is to crease the desire   So I’m begging for no more please, cease the fire   Cease the fire   Cease the fire, stop the shooting-stop the feuding   We need to reach higher   Cease the fire   Cease the fire, cease the fire, stop the shooting-stop the feuding   We need to reach higher   Cease the fire