Have you ever lived my life? 

Spent one minute in my shoes?

If you haven’t, then tell me why,

You judge me as you do.

Have you ever woken up in the morning

Wondering if this was your last day on earth?

Have you ever left your house

Unsure if you’d return?

Have you ever seen your friend

Get run over?

Have you ever seen a family member die

From drugs he’d never used before?

Have you ever gotten abused

By your adoptive mom?

Have you ever been in foster care

With so many choices to choose?

Have you ever sat beneath the stars

Hoping God will hear?

Have you ever seen someone drive away

And then die, by hitting a deer?

Have you ever known someone

Who experiments with weed?

Have you ever covered up guilt

By doing a good deed?

Have you ever wanted to protect

Your friends and everyone in sight?

Have you ever felt so much pain

That you cried yourself to sleep at night?

Have you ever lived my life?

Spent one minute in my shoes?

If you haven’t, then tell me why

You judge me as you do.