One of Us
Music and Lyrics: Dhruv Bhate (c) 2010
Lyrics
Take a look in the mirror, I don't like what I see
Head out to work now, but is this who I really want to be?
Push and pull at the workplace, do I have the right stuff?
Head out to the wine bar, but am I white enough?
Pulled over by the flashing lights, show them all of my papers,
Tell them I work 5 to 5, I'm just a bottom scraper.
“Man” he said, “how do you live? And are you straight or are you gay?”
I said “Man, why do you give a fuck? Leave me alone and walk away.”
It wasn't me, who took away all our happy days
It wasn't me, who made us change all our careless ways,
It wasn't me, it was all of us, and now it's hard to see,
That all we ever wanted to be, all I ever wanted to be was, one of us.
I've put on all these fronts, I've tried to wear all the smiles
Only to discover: the prettier the face, the deeper the lies.
We've got problems, always have, but now I’m the reason,
And all those great ideals, let's change them by the season.
It wasn't me, who took away all our happy days
It wasn't me, who made us change all our careless ways,
It wasn't me, it was all of us, and now it's hard to see,
that all we ever wanted to be, all I ever wanted to be was, one of us.
All I ever wanted to be was one of us, one of us.
