I´ve kept it inside much too long
  There´s no relief
  Carry it around just like a stone
  Too heavy for me
  
  I had paid the price
  Of standing on the outside looking in
  
  It´s time to let the healing begin
  
  A boy is strung out he´s going through hell
  His mother weeps
  His spirit is broken and there´s nothing left
  Just a terrible need
  
  And the days are marked by the heaviness of the heart
  It never mends
  Until the healing begins
  
  And the tension prowls the street like an animal
  The people stay behind their locks and chains
  It´s a shame
  When so many are trying their best to live as one
  And the smoke from the fires covers up the sun
  
  A young girl is lying in the dirt
  Her dreams ended there
  Caught in the crossfire of somebody´s turf
  Hatred in the air
  
  It´s avoice that never sings
  A winter without a spring
  It never ends
  It´s time to let the healing begin
  It´s time to let the healing begin