This ain't a riot It's a little taste of the way we are No peace or quiet Till the ceiling breaks and we brave the dark I'm not a child Still I want safety as a fact It's been a while But they took the power Take it back Hoping praying waiting for the curtain call What will we see finally when the curtain falls? It ain't a secret We're all aware of the way it is I know you see it As an open fact of how we live Oh, aren't you tired If you didn't choose this then who did Where can we find em Wanna tell em a couple things Ooh, so many stories in the same shape Ooh, how many more of these can we take? Hoping praying waiting for the curtain call What will we see finally when the curtain falls? Ooh, so many stories of the same thing Ooh, for how much longer can we take this Hoping praying waiting for the curtain call Living like this kinda makes no sense at all