It All Comes True

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
 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
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 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"
 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
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 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'll understand
 And it all comes true, yes, 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
 Yea, 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