Don't take it away, don't take it away, don't take it away now Don't take it away, don't take it away, yeah I say, I wanna keep it, I say, I wanna keep it I say, I wanna keep it, and not give it up I say, I wanna keep it, and I like it just the way it is For the deaf people who will never hear this song Let's appreciate it while it's on For every soldier who got hit by a roadside bomb and lost an arm If you got an arm put your fuckin' arm in the sky for 'em (Don't take it away now) Lotta dead people, let's feel alive for 'em Lotta people down low, let's get high for 'em Lotta people gave up, so let's try for 'em You're blue and feeling fresher than some wintergreen Fall for the simple things, summer days, sipping Poland Spring Don't take it away, give it to me I would go to war to keep living in peace You're looking at a glass half empty, well that's stupid I've never seen a suicide bombing or mass shootin' So fuck your format, dreary forecast I'm not for that, cop a four-pack, pedal to the floormat Life is a highway and I'mma speed on it Grass over here got a lot of green on it I learned to walk, learned to talk, learned to read on it I know it's hard to hear in the panic With all the terrible damage And Donald's fear and his antics Inciting fear in hispanics Don't take what we are for granted It's a miracle, damn it So wipe the tears from your [?] This fucking spherical planet Are you kidding me? We're floating on a space rock Pull the titties out the tank top Not worried 'bout what I ain't got I'm feeling so good, so don't Don't take it away, don't take it away, don't take it away now Don't take it away, don't take it away, yeah I say, I wanna keep it, I say, I wanna keep it I say, I wanna keep it, and not give it up I say, I wanna keep it, and I like it just the way it is You're tryna fool us into misery When the sun shining make you think that it was blizzarding That's some trickery Smoke and mirrors with the wizardry I've never heard a bomb, but I heard a bomb symphony Call off the infantry Since my infancy, been tryna smile 'Cause I- I don't got no injuries And when it comes to positivity I'm as hardcore as the debut album of Lil Kimberly I'm glad if I can be as good a dad for my girls As my dad was to us, saving lives my material And you're nuts like a Thanksgiving packful of squirrels If you think there's not more good than bad in the world Time to wake up You and fear need to break up Just let the champagne shake up Bro, I might bake a cake up, and I don't know how to bake But last year my grammy died, I'll admit I barely cried 'Cause she lived past 75 That's a lot of years alive, so all I said was thanks It was 'cause of her I drank from the fountain of life She was my mother's creation so I appreciate the bacon and the eggs 'Cause a lot of sperm squirm, didn't make it to the eggs We always had food, never yearned for the bread Went to school, lotta kids couldn't learn, get ahead This is the gift, I unwrap it every morning like it's Christmas But it isn't, could've grimaced but I didn't, this is it What if everything you ever wanted maybe you already got it? If you see it, I applaud it (I wanna keep it) Don't take it away, don't take it away, don't take it away now Don't take it away, don't take it away, yeah I say, I wanna keep it, I say, I wanna keep it I say, I wanna keep it, and not give it up I say, I wanna keep it, and I like it just the way it is I wanna keep it Ooh, I wouldn't change a thing No I wouldn't change a thing Ooh, I wouldn't change a thing No I wouldn't change a thing I wouldn't change a thing No I wouldn't change a thing I wouldn't change a thing No, no I wouldn't change a thing