Judge Me

I've made some bad choices I have failed more than once
I have taken chances even when they did not come
I was here at the beginning I will be here at the end
When I got strong I got lucky till my strength ran out again

With your values of fear and deceit
Your self important impotent way of life decrees
That every one should worship you
Down on bended knees

I have risen from the ashes of my own defeat
My family, my friends and my fans were calling me
It seemed like a voice from a half remembered forgotten dream
I thought it was over, but over's not what it seems

Your hedonistic head on a stick
Is what I would pay real money to see on live TV
With some friends from Texas who laugh with me
At you the pale and impaled

You haven't faced what I've faced
You haven't fought what I've fought
You haven't been on the floor
And tried to come back for more
You haven't lost what I've lost
You haven't won what I've won
You haven't been where I've been
You haven't done what I've done

Unless you lived how I lived
Unless you did what I did
You think you know who I am
Just by looking at me

You judge me
Judge me
Judge me
Judge me

I don't think I'm better than you, just better than you think I am
I don't think I'm better than anyone, don't you understand
I'm just doing the best I can with what I've got and my own two hands
I just want the same chance that anybody has

You haven't faced what I've faced
You haven't fought what I've fought
You haven't been on the floor
And tried to come back for more
You haven't lost what I've lost
You haven't won what I've won
You haven't been where I've been
You haven't done what I've done

Unless you lived how I lived
Unless you did what I did
You think you know who I am
Just by looking at me

You judge me

You haven't faced what I've faced
You haven't fought what I've fought
You haven't been on the floor
And tried to come back for more
You haven't lost what I've lost
You haven't won what I've won
You haven't been where I've been
You haven't done what I've done

Unless you lived how I lived
Unless you did what I did
You think you know who I am
Just by looking at me

You judge me
Just by looking at me
You judge me
Just by looking at me

You haven't lost what I've lost
You haven't won what I've won
You haven't been where I've been
You haven't done what I've done

Unless you lived how I lived
Unless you did what I did
You think you know who I am
Just by looking at me

You judge me
Judge me
Judge me
Judge me
Judge me