Inches from life

There's something wrong inside of us It's important to discuss A narrow mind a hardened heart And this is just the very start Frustration gets the best of me So I dont speak coherently We are are taught to go along We need to figure out it might be wrong You oughta know you can be inches from life And never live at all You oughta know that our pride is our downfall There's no need to stand up tall No one knows what's going on Even those who cause oppression Most of which dont realize Uneasy smiles and blackened eyes Could it be there's something real Not always known but you can feel The presence of an absolute That our lives cant substutute