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I've been walking down this road of tears
A trail that has been worn, for many years
A sorrow that is known
By a people who've been torn
From their sacred homes
To build up castles to the sky
Can you tell me what makes a life?
Can you tell me what makes a life?
Can you tell me what makes a life?
Can you tell me what makes a life form!?

Can you tell me what makes a life?
What makes a modern man more civilized?
Is there a warmth within his bones?
One unlike any other this hollow world has known?

And what of this shell?
The one we color justified or condemn to hell
What is it in the hue of man
That makes him worthy of his fair share of land?
What makes him worthy of his fair share of land?
What makes her worthy of her fair share of land?
What makes her worthy of her fair share of land?

To carry on in her traditions
Even when she's lost, and missing, her family
Is there a space to grieve in these crowded streets
Eye to eye? Yes, I Believe!
Eye to eye, Yes, I Believe!
Eye to eye, Yes, I Believe!
Eye to eye, Yes, I Believe that -

This next generation's here to pick up the slack
Of what it is in this culture that's holding us back
What is it in this Culture that's holding us back!?
What is it in this Culture that's holding us back!?
What is it in this Culture that's holding us back!?
What is it in this Culture that's holding us back

Against the wall!?
Against the Wall!
Against the Wall!
Against The Wall!!!

And, What is that in my brother's eyes?
A pain that has been crystalized
By time spent in the reaping fields
At a cost much higher than our yield;
At a cost much higher than our yield!

And, To my sisters with my brother's face - Know
There's no shape a soul can't take - And
In my heart you have a place - There's
Nothing wrong with anything My God Creates
There's nothing wrong with anything my God creates!
There's nothing wrong with anything my God Creates!
There's nothing wrong with anything, you can feel.

Some tell me there's an end in sight
Some ask me if I can see the light
Of a new day being born
Where every scarred mind is mourned
A gift of Grace sent from above
To Release the Pride
And fill us All with Love
To Release the Pride
And fill us All with Love
Release the Pride and fill us All with Love
Release the Pride and fill us All with Love

My friends, We've been honest since the beginning
With Love, My friends,
We've been honest since the beginning
With Love, My friends,
We've been honest since the beginning

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from Release The Pride (part 2), released April 1, 2019

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SMILE! You Are Alive. Asheville, North Carolina

When Worlds Collide
Groups Divide
But I Subside,
'Cause
Where Do
We Derive?
All Soft Souls;
Alive.

SMILE! We Are Alive.

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