[Verse 1] It goes job after job after blow to the self value He doesnt get along with powerful people The mind is a box kept locked Inside is the pride and the ego and he cant find the keyhole Compensates with alcohol and hate And contimplates whether or not he wants to be awake Bounce around the words, all the nouns and verbs But better late then never doesnt work for work Cant hold employment, cant hold a girl But he can hold a weapon and keep this whole world steppin Another angry arrogent american One frustrated step away from where you stand Put your hands up for fear or fear itself Or write it off as balances and cheques Or take the sign out the window and change it to say you want to help And maybe we can talk him into walking up these steps
[Chorus] {2X} Keep looking up Try to count them How many left Look em up One at a time, until your out of breath One foot infront of the other Right, left And spend your whole life climbing these steps (Brother)
[Verse 2] For every boy that she allows to step on her heart She comes one step closer to findin what she needs The sad part is shes still stuck somewhere behind the start Still doesnt know what it takes to make it leave That tattoo bleeds upon the paid dues Break the rules, to balance the odds, challenge her God The untrained eye thinks shes got it all together But the first time I seen her smile I knew better Right down the letters, piece them in order Make sense out of a sentance, give the picture a border Got to sort through the images that clutter the soul But the photo got fried cause the shutter didnt close Over exposed, too many steps, too soon Killed the pain with a jameson under a blue moon She climbs, she cries, she waits How many more can she take before her legs break
[Chorus] {2X} (Sister)
[Verse 3] So if you're doing bad I'mma sing about you And if you're doing good I'mma sing about you Whether or not you knew I've been singin about you It's all I know, I don't know what else to do When you take a step I take a step Or maybe it's the other way around I'm not too sure Right and wrong got together, the vision was blurred The path was crooked but the intentions were pure And I count these steps getting closer to home And I love each step like it was my own And when I reach the top of the goal or whatever Maybe finally they'll let me forget her