True Colors Lyrics - Mattyb

You with the sad eyes 

Don't be discouraged, oh I realize 

It's hard to take courage 

In a world full of people 

You can lose sight of it all 

and darkness still inside you 

But you feel so small 

I can name a couple things that should never change 

Like the feeling of happiness that you get 

when you're with friends on a summer day 

The simple things: how we work, how we play 

How we all should treat each other the same 

You know acceptance isn't easy though; it challenges us all in some way 

Weather its color, age, gender or race 

We get uncomfortable when someone else is different 

And they enter our space and it pressures us to be open to change 

But take a moment, 

flip the script and try to picture this with roles rearranged 

Because you're different you experience hate 

Mistreated not because of actions that you've taken or a terrible mistake 

But hated on because of your DNA 

I see your true colors shining through 

I see your true colors and that's why I love you 

So don't be afraid to let them show 

Your true colors, your true colors 

It's crazy all the types people we can characterize 

We laugh when friends tell us a story and they start to describe 

In funny ways a group of people through a stereotype 

But when it's pointed back at you, hold up, that isn't true 

You see it's never doing harm until it feels unfair 

And then we speak up but wonder why no one else cares 

I think the truth is that we all just want a place to fit in 

It's hard enough to find friends, much less for some other kid 

But if we're honest inside 

And really wanna do right 

Judging others for something they have no control over might 

Be comical at times, but that'd make me less of a man 

The bigger thing I think is standing as a leader instead 

I see your true colors shining through 

I see your true colors and that's why I love you 

So don't be afraid to let them show 

Your true colors, your true colors 

I keep believing for the day we put our difference aside 

And let a person be themselves before we cover our eyes 

Imagine life without the boundaries we create with our pride 

And opportunities we lose because we judge from inside 

I'm just a kid but now I'm trying hard to rationalize 

How somebody can spot a splinter with a log in their eye 

There's a legacy that we're leaving and it's greater than us 

Cause the truth is that we're all equal and the answer is love 

I see your true colors shining through 

I see your true colors and that's why I love you 

So don't be afraid to let them show 

Your true colors, your true colors 

Are beautiful like a rainbow 

There's always room for change