Chuck Prophet - Barely Exist lyrics

Well they said he was crazy nobody ever said that much to him so he thought it could be true When he left his boy was eight years old got a picture in his wallet, gonna show it to you Now kids that age on the playground are cruel, son don't let 'em see you cry You gotta be strong But when you got asbestos in your Kool Aid for breakfast there's no good way to look alive No good way at all And when you barely exist you're a long way from that and you're a longer way from this When you barely exist who's gonna miss you when you're gone? From a sandstorm in El Paso out along the 10, to a mansion way up high She's gonna teach your baby Spanish rock her to sleep she will, hold her when she cries Now that kid might grow up to play in the symphony or be the next LeBron James And that beats dying slowly in the heat on a cattle farm, a face without a name No two ways about it And when you barely exist you're a long way from that and you're a longer way from this When you barely exist who's gonna miss you when you're gone? Well a billion dollars is a lot of money just to keep people out What good's it ever done? When you're following a light so bright you've got to take it in like taking air into your lungs On the border towns of d**h it's hard to live with a big move on your back You pray for water on a moonless night keep your head down, move for cover along the track And when you barely exist you're a long way from that and you're a longer way from this When you barely exist who's gonna miss you when you're gone?