Fighting,^Am living, dying For what? For ^Amfreedom That's what which men have fought since ^Amtime began

^AmThey've been making blanked statements, scaring everyone ^AmThey've been making you feel like you never did belong Yeah, ^Fhe said, and she said, yeah, they say a lot ^FSo many things, they just think you forgot ^AmWho you are, and what you do, and where you're coming from ^AmI just thought I could remind you with a simple song ^FLook at body language, can start to rebuff To ^Fwhere we're using weapons, hatred, not love Not ^Gyou

You are in the ^Fwilderness, looking for your ^Dmown purpose And you became a ^Ambutterfly, a butterfly I ^Gknew you always would They were throwing ^Fsticks and stones Words can never ^Dmbreak your bones You can spread your ^Amwings and fly, wings and fly I ^Gknew you always would I ^Fknew you always ^Dmwould I ^Fknew there always ^Dmwas nothing wrong with being ^AmYou, you, you, you, you, you, you, you

^AmAll you ever see on CNN are enemies ^AmTelling you to lose your individuality Look, ^Fdo this and do that, 'till you've lost your way 'Till ^Fyou need to fight or a means of escape ^AmThey want you to stare into your screen and see yourself Blow ^Amsmoke into your mirror till you imagine your own world So ^Fdon't let them catch you with lies and deceit They ^Fcan't take your soul or your desire for freedo^Gm

You are in the ^Fwilderness, looking for your ^Dmown purpose And you became a ^Ambutterfly, a butterfly I ^Gknew you always would They were throwing ^Fsticks and stones Words can never ^Dmbreak your bones You can spread your ^Amwings and fly, wings and fly I ^Gknew you always would I ^Fknew you always ^Dmwould I ^Fknew there always ^Dmwas nothing wrong with being (yeah, yeah)

You said ^AmI wanna be I'm gonna be ^Feverything they said I couldn't be ^AmEverything that I said I would be when I ^Ampicked up a pen and I started to speak ^FI hear the beat

^FI just pour all my heart into these sheets ^FI cannot just be a star in the streets Man, I ^Fknew what was different, I had that belief ^FNowhere to live, nothing to eat ^FYou were so hungry that you couldn't sleep ^DmYou couldn't breathe

^DmAll of this shit was happ'nin' to me ^FI would do drugs, I was a thief ^FStill on the run from the karma police ^AmYou were the mission that was given to me by the ^Ampowers to be

You are in the ^Fwilderness, looking for your ^Dmown purpose And you became a ^Ambutterfly, a butterfly I ^Gknew you always would

You are in the ^Fwilderness, looking for your ^Dmown purpose And you became a ^Ambutterfly, a butterfly I ^Gknew you always would They were throwing ^Fsticks and stones Words can never ^Dmbreak your bones You can spread your ^Amwings and fly, wings and fly I ^Gknew you always would I ^Fknew you always ^Dmwould I ^Fknew you always ^Dmwould I ^Fknew there always ^Dmwas nothing wrong with being ^AmYou, you, you, you, you, you, you, you