The Embrace

[Verse 1] Tis often the rain calms our souls Open the glands, relieving the earth Lately language been less a gift more a curse Less a house and more of a hearse, and what’s worse It’s detrimental to my offsprings birth It’s destroying me as I write this verse, we need to breath Loosen the rigid mind we use to read Start to look out for the world we leave our seeds We are trees burning off all of our leaves, can’t you see As the riming recedes we raise the seas? Believe Power precedes our needs, I put my life in check Trying to get up out of debt, momma wants me to succeed I just want to earn respect, I just wanna to catch my dreams No time for me to reflect, I’mma shimmer, I’mma gleam Finger tips are shooting beams, rain streaming down my face In the windows reflection, thinking ‘bout all the women Who gave too much affection, how could I open up my mind To someone else when all my passion’s in the music and I’m focused on my self? The water drops slow, my soul is at ease My body floats high, synchronized with the breeze Falling down to my knees, I’m waiting for God to show me something Can’t believe I’ve spent my whole life so reluctant Well fuck it, if I fail I’m doubling down My mind’s too big to wear a diamond studded vanity crown When rain is heavy you don’t drown, you climb to get higher ground So I’m climbing until I summit the sound where my liberations found, up [Hook] Cleanse my soul and wash away my name I need to believe in something more than money Free me from these chains, I’m standing in rain Above the clouds, amongst the stars I wade For peace comes dropping slow, dropping slow, slow I know that we need love I know that we need some pain I know that life can hurt you for no reason But if you don’t know the meaning know that seasons change I know that we need love I know that we need some strife When you start to let the world in, it’s just water to your skin Absorb your life, your life [Verse 2] Walking the streets alone, these pavement streets I roam Looking for answers to questions that are written bold Pacing quick and hastily, it’s hard to find complacency When you grow up in a country that's founded off of slavery Man, when we gon’ compensate that? When we gon’ right our wrongs? When we gon’ see that it’s always been men who write the psalms? Look through the eyes of the oppressed and change your vision Thought I feel in love and found commitment even though I didn't, now I’m Getting women, different women, in different positions I know I’ve made bad decisions but lately I can’t admit it It seems that the ripest fruit in life is always deemed forbidden Well maybe we need religion to free us from all the sinning So Jews, Muslims and Christians, apologize, be forgiven And realize money isn’t the key to life, it’s a prison The key to life is the wisdom in seeing pain as efficient It’s when rain falls upon us we realize we are livin’ Let me live, Lord [Hook] Cleanse my soul and wash away my name I need to believe in something more than money Free me from these chains, I’m standing in rain Above the clouds, amongst the stars I wade For peace comes dropping slow, dropping slow, slow I know that we need love I know that we need some pain I know that life can hurt you for no reason But if you don’t know the meaning know that seasons change I know that we need love I know that we need some strife When you start to let the world in, it’s just water to your skin Absorb your life