You can take the rain, you can take the sun
You can have the hammer back if I can take the drum
You can keep the pain, you can keep the scars
You can have the planet back if I can keep the stars
You can have the wills, the trys, the dos, the don'ts, the can'ts
You can face the happenstance if I can have this dance
You can't roll alone if you can't hold your own
You can't take the gamble now if I can't roll the bones
You can take in the air, ingest the smoke
You wanna have a toke but you ain't got the guts to choke
You can learn the chords or you can tie the noose
You can have the thrill of battle and still keep the truce
I don't want your cons your pros, your yesses your nos
Your blacks, your whites, your debts, regrets, your Xs and O's
I don't want your bad language, I don't want your anguish
Your fractured bones, your stitched-up soul, your bandage
I don't want your grudge, I don't want your blame
I don't want your name if I'm inheriting your shame
I don't want the scripture that you've written on my wall
You're prepared to draw your blood but scared to take the fall
I don't want your legacy, the best of me was wrestled free, you nestled me
Held me to your chest and then imbreast on me your destiny
You can keep your Dogs, your Gods, your parasites, your Christs
Keep your death, I'm gon' keep my life
You can take the rain, you can take the sun
You can have the hammer back if I can take the drum
You can keep the pain, you can keep the scars
You can have the planet back if I can keep the stars