[Interlude: R.A. Brown] What a time to be alive If I haven't before understood that time is relative Well, I understand it now Understand that less profound and now is all that exist We no longer recognize one another in these different masks No longer feel threatened by a covered face even if it's black And yes, I remember a time before this Before COVID-19 and livid 24/7 I remember complacency shrouded in normalcy And ignorance to bliss, one seeks I was Black before and now it appears that everyone sees me Before, prayer had me on my knees We all seeing the dark now When we've been seen through on ghost and chalk outlines Seemingly born laying down But I've always stood in love's transparency Always been the magic in black Always the night that brings the stars Always the breath in life's lungs Living life while I'm alive, now look at where we are We're alive just tryna live Tryna do it one more time and give it one more chance Born into fear and dying by the hands of someone on their phone or in their privilege 'Cause I walk the land and stood I took a stand And if I haven't understood before that these lessons hold with them gifts As hard as it is to comprehend hate It may be hard to understand this, but we must give Give ourselves a break Give to your life Give to you and yours Love is something they can't take Be in love's transparency We can't take this pain with us All we have is love And it ain't on the other cheek Meek ain't never met weak What a time to be in love For beyond this life and certainly beyond time, love Love is what will save us from it all And it's love that will deliver us to ourselvesTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
