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                | Why does a rose need water and a whole lot of sunshine? One more time
 Why does a rose need water and a whole lot of sunshine?
 Why does the night need moonlight? Tell me
 Oh not for nothing, not for nothing
 
 [Verse 2]
 Why do the wheels keep rolling? Oh
 Metal down to the floor yeah, tell me
 Why do we stop at a red light, oh I
 Not for nothing, oh not for nothing
 Freedom fighters, fighting in silence
 Oh but not for nothing, no not for nothing
 
 [Verse 3]
 Why do the hands keep ticking around the clock?
 Like the sand in a hourglass, so slow but so fast
 Why are we born into sinning just to be born again?
 Not for nothing, oh not for nothing
 Oh not for nothing, oh no
 Oh not for nothing, oh not for nothing
 
 [Verse 4]
 When you see my hands up and I say I can't breathe
 That's not for nothing, oh no
 When my hands are up high and I say I can't breathe
 It's not for nothing, it's not for nothing
 Oh not for nothing, oh not for nothing
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