Rent is too high
Ceilings are too low
Rooms too few, a lot of kids
Public housing, underprivileged children
Selling drugs among
The abandoned buildings
Parents warned us
"Don't take the bus,
Don't hang out with the people there
Those that don't
Have a job
Money sucking parasites
Of our society"
Even we aren't perfect
Italian and my faults
Are they different?
I would call them brothers
Racist Italians
Even among themselves
They would divide the country in crazy pieces
Our fathers' fathers
Have fought to unite us
Don't try to separate us
The government plays with our money
Like they're playing a game of Monopoly
Don't you see
Don't you feel
Don't you think
It's just an ideal
You lost
The day you chose yourself
Over those who need you
Don't accept yourself
As you can accept others
You say that you feel bad
But outside, they die of hunger
Thieves are
Of all races and colors
But these suits in Italy
They're the worst
There are those like you
That make themselves to be an asshole
There are those like me
That go away from here
I'm not an entrepreneur
My business is to survive
But in this country
It is impossible to stay
Graduates in theory
But not in practice
Seeking work
But there is none
Don't you see
Don't you feel
Don't you think
It's just an ideal
You lost
The day you chose yourself
Over those who need you
It's not true
That you can't change anything
Start with yourself
And you'll see the difference
The first step is
Always the most difficult
But once it's done
You'll start winning
Prejudice always
Makes a man less free
Open your mind
And remain poised
Because alone you stay
If you don't have ideals
Like a phoenix in flight
In which you burn the wings
2x:
Don't you see
Don't you feel
Don't you think
It's just an ideal
You lost
The day you chose yourself
Over those who need you
Over those who need you