A Coat Of Paint

[Verse One] It's been so long since life felt new A change of place might help your view The smoggy grey that hides the blue But oh what a ray of light might do It cuts through clouds and grows the trees It never rains in southern Cali Just kidding it does sometimes But not for long before sunshine Encourage you to exercise your mind Deep as you can go and high as you can climb Cause somebody's got to save the art It's unsafe schools and unsafe parks It's shanty towns and project homes Inside the family, loves still strong Cause even in my hood, light shines through But oh what a coat of paint might do What's there for the ghetto youth? If there's no means to express you They are and what they go through Right past [?] from far to [?] Know what we think we know is true The older we grow we know the [?] From donuts to full of life improve And oh what a coat of paint might do We've been here before it's deja vu Nature is a source of great Haiku Believe in God and He'll stand by you Do unto others as the golden rule [Verse Two] Throughout this journey, many lost souls Sound made 'em all at they crossroads If we're brothers or [?] Just cause I got mine and you got yours End world hunger can't be hard Must so many people starve? Just what will this harvest yield? Bless our crop of food for real If I'm deeply low and up above A species with and without love Some don't care and some have heart Art speaks against what tears us apart Like police brutality Raise the teacher's salary Why not? They teach your kids Are they so small and you so big? Hell nah, you're just that cold You don't give a damn to reap what's sowed True indeed you're three four gold It's not worth travelling that tough road It might lead you to your grave Will one day see mistakes we've made Through the haze with few sunrays Respect the old ways and go unscathed The walls [?] by the train tracks Graffiti ain't a crime, a way to pay back Enjoy it while it lasts, it might give us A rusty train a colorful touch It must mean much if they're try hard To stay up all night and paint a whole car It once looked old they made it like new Cause oh what a coat of paint might do We've been here before it's deja vu Nature is a source of great Haiku Believe in God and He'll stand by you Do unto others as the golden rule Oh what a coat of paint might do {x4}