It All Comes True

[Verse 1]

I stand here, a black man

I have no history

I was brought up in East Chicago

And I grew up on the streets

The chains around the playground

Were the chains around my heart

The brand upon my shoulder

Well, it reminds you who you are

[Chorus]

And it all comes true

Yes, it all comes true

Like a wheel inside a wheel

It turns on you

And you think, "What have I done?

What can I do?"

What you believe about yourself

It all comes true

[Verse 2]

I was just a young girl

My mother called me "Hon"

My father was unhappy

'Cause I should have been his son

They said, "Learn to be a waitress

And learn to be a wife

And be thankful for a chance to live

An ordinary life"

[Chorus]

And it all comes true

Yes, it all comes true

Like a wheel inside a wheel

It turns on you

And you think, "What have I done?

What can I do?"

What you believe about yourself

It all comes true

[Verse 3]

My life is a contradiction

Of sorrow and desire

I drag my heart across the ash

To throw it on the fire

Maybe there's a reason

And could there be a plan?

Or are we all just fools

To think we understand?

[Chorus]

And it all comes true

Yeah, it all comes true

Like a wheel around a wheel

It turns on you

And you think, "What have I done?

What can I do?"

What you believe about yourself

It all comes true

Yeah, it all comes true

Yes, it all comes true

Like a wheel inside a wheel

It turns on you

And you think, "What have I done?

What can I do?"

What you believe about yourself

It all comes true