What do you see when you look at me and I'm just standing there?

from Common (Ft. Chester French) – What a World Lyrics on Rap Genius

As the first line of this song, French is asking what anyone would ask if they had something to prove. You always want to know what the world thinks of you before you set out to prove them wrong. Hence the theme of the rest of this song

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