faces i observe your reaction every time i see you yeah you really put me through the paces you know i'm gonna be the same person even though it seems i've seen you through these different faces so what in a couple of years you might be seeing me with short hair just like you and you'll be wondering why you saw me as so different why it took so long for me to get through no matter what crowd you run with it seems like they all act the same after a while they must think that they're so much different than the other people, always pass on substance for style i think i see so many more faces the more that i change the way that i look sometimes people just want to go ahead and judge a cover never glancing at the book don't you understand what's going on around you children looking for a fight who understands why half the people in this city don't know how to read and write who understands the reason why we think we have to try and kill off one another when did this turn into a civil war, with brother going up against brother you tell me you don't think appearances matter but there you go talking again and i've been around you for long enough to know that you never listened to me way back then but now when i attempt to discuss something important you just keep looking at my hair yeah, i know my physical appearance doesn't match you but really, you don't have to stare who understands why all the power seems to be stored in a few men's hands when did we ever even stop to question how it is we got this land how can a neighbor get bad enough to take away another man's earnings why is it that we continue to teach when we should be back home learning who knows better than the voice in your head that's telling you that you should be good who understands me better than he who knows that i'm misunderstood who understands me but those people who've done the things i've done before..i look for an answer, somebody tell me where to find the key to open up this door words and music by joseph herbert, copyright 1994