When my consciousness awakes,
Before I open my eyes,
I see up in my mind,
I can't escape myself in this life,
The more I think about that fact,
The more it feels right,
I can do it to this world,
But to myself I can't lie,
When my consciousness awakes,
Before I open my eyes,
I see up in my mind,
I can't escape myself in this life,

You see this pretty young thing at 15,
Getting high, getting drunk, living her dreams,
So it seems,
Letting guys get up in between,
acting all a fool, but feeling like shes a queen,
next thing she knows, shes at home,
her baby daddys going out all alone,
all she really wants is someone to hold her close,
but theres no one there for her, so she goes comatose,
she feels nothing as she lies through a beating,
he leaves her bleeding,
practically not breathing,
her breathe of life leaving,
simply cause of how shes feeling,
at that moment something clicks and shes starts seeing,
exactly what's been happening all along,
its time for her to stand up and be strong,
change everything, that went wrong,
cause in her head what she now always sings is this song.

When my consciousness awakes,
Before I open my eyes,
I see up in my mind,
I can't escape myself in this life,
The more I think about that fact,
The more it feels right,
I can do it to this world,
But to myself I can't lie,
When my consciousness awakes,
Before I open my eyes,
I see up in my mind,
I can't escape myself in this life,
The more I think about that fact,
The more it feels right,
I can do it to this world,
But to myself I can't lie,

He looks up at the mirror,
can't stand his face,
smashes it to pieces, calls himself a disgrace,
he's out on that corner, everyday,
hustling, just so he can make his way,
he's got bills to pay and a daughter to feed,
started as lust and greed,
and now he's stuck in the machine,
he can't get out unless he's starts to bleed,
then who will be the one there to make ends meet,
he feels trapped, he's stuck,
every which way he's fucked,
just wants to wild out and buck,
but no luck,
he thinks of his daughter,
then he remembers love,
how it was all for her he can't believe he messed up,
he looks in her eyes and then he starts to tear,
she cries with him because she sees his fear,
then hugs him and says “Daddy I'm here”,
at that moment the world stands still and all he hears is...

When my consciousness awakes,
Before I open my eyes,
I see up in my mind,
I can't escape myself in this life,
The more I think about that fact,
The more it feels right,
I can do it to this world,
But to myself I can't lie,
When my consciousness awakes,
Before I open my eyes,
I see up in my mind,
I can't escape myself in this life,
The more I think about that fact,
The more it feels right,
I can do it to this world,
But to myself I can't lie,
When my consciousness awakes,
Before I open my eyes,
I see up in my mind,
I can't escape myself in this life,
The more I think about that fact,
The more it feels right,
I can do it to this world,
But to myself I can't lie,
When my consciousness awakes,
Before I open my eyes,
I see up in my mind,
I can't escape myself in this life,
The more I think about that fact,
The more it feels right,
I can do it to this world,
But to myself I can't lie,