An Old Racist

C E7 F#m Dm I met an old racist with hate in his heart C E7 F#m Dm How did it get there, it wasn't his choice C E7 F#m Dm Nobody chooses to hate from the start C E7 F#m Dm G C Someone planted a seed, watered, stole his innocent voice C E7 F#m Dm The seed it grew strong filling him full of rage C E7 F#m Dm The innocence wilted as water was poured C E7 F#m Dm Now the hate of a child becomes that of teenage C E7 F#m Dm G C And he's riding in rallies instead of riding skateboards C G Am F Language, Religion we all learn from birth C G Am F A Muslim a Christian no difference in worth C G Am F The difference is just in the place we are born C G Am F G C Same DNA makes us yet still we are torn C E7 F#m Dm Now that teen is a man and like the language he speaks C E7 F#m Dm Animosity seeps from his pores unaware C E7 F#m Dm His malevolence creeps like a floorboard that creaks C E7 F#m Dm G C You can ask him how come but just get a blank stare C E7 F#m Dm As he gets on in years, pain caused can't be erased C E7 F#m Dm His soul getting blacker each day that goes by C E7 F#m Dm Could a seed full of love have been planted in place C E7 F#m Dm G C Can't fix the old racist no matter how hard we try C G Am F Language, Religion we all learn from birth C G Am F A Muslim a Christian no difference in worth C G Am F The difference is just in the place we are born C G Am F G C Same DNA makes us yet still we are torn C E7 F#m Dm The old racist lay sick in a bed and I say C E7 F#m Dm I love you old man and I hope you find peace C E7 F#m Dm He gags in disgust then he asks if I'm gay C E7 F#m Dm G C He's never known love now soon he'll be deceased C E7 F#m Dm Would be easy for me just to hate in return C E7 F#m Dm He's a terrible man who caused nothing but pain C E7 F#m Dm But hate leads to suffering and the world needs to learn C E7 F#m Dm G C Meeting hate with more hate starts the cycle again F C Well I think about that man as I look into the eyes F C Of the children I have raised who have none that they despise F G C F If they hate a man it for the acts not for the shade of skin F C G Em7 C C E7 F#m Dm G C If we only judge by character then the whole world's sure to win C G Am F Language, Religion we all learn from birth C G Am F A Muslim a Christian no difference in worth C G Am F The difference is just in the place we are born C G Am F G C Same DNA makes us yet still we are torn