Featuring Dequadray James White, lyrics and melodies
Also featuring the Mount Zion Baptist Choir: Terra Allen, Latanya Maymon, Toya Robinson, and Tamera Stanley
Composed by Mark Hetzler
lyrics
Stained brain heavy in my conscious
Living in a pompous moshpit of wicked animosity.
Then there’s poverty, treat us like novelty,
Disorient the image with the body now we copying
A false photog to just survive.
Not allotted my opinion, this is the system.
We walking intermissions from the purpose of the outcome is our revelation
I know its hard to let go
when fear’s teeth are too sharp and too deep and too real and too hungry for black skin
For my kin sake, I wish that every waking hour was peace on earth
Take another shower let the water work and drift from Earth to be immersed in the most loving vibratory state of mind
Reality isn’t manmade it’s from divine consciousness
Remember your formlessness
Before indoctrination, there was you without a hesitation.
Turn to your nature.
Notice there’s more than tears of joy in reflection.
There’s a longing for freedom longing for change.
It feels like I’m constantly aware
Of the burden in the bones that we share
The wear and tear of my optimism startles me to question, “Will it ever get better?”
“Will I ever really weather the storms that cover my path?”
Every time when I feel like I’m defeated
and my mind has become my worst critic.
I’m inclined to give in to the pressure
To never sing a melody when hate is running rampant, yeah.
Then a voice whispers softly,
“In this life you are the key.”
“Put your pride behind you.”
I’m leading with love in front of me.
Then the walls begin to crumble.
The mask shatters to pieces.
And the demons of the day won’t stand a chance in the wake of my light.
There’s a fire in your heart please tell me will you take it there.
In with the new out with the old.
Don’t put it out just let it grow.
You thought you knew but it unfolds in your lap of the simple fact,
That when you were made,
You are perfect and pure.
The closet calls for lies to be released.
Underneath the bed screams for spring cleaning.
Master the monsters that strive to take your energy.
Complacency costs your soul will you pay the fee.
Will you take the leap, forget the danger?
Will you help the weak, or any stranger?
That's in need? Let your guard down.
Because they’ll feed on fear that's not real.
Our separation is in our imagination.
Divide us then they conquered us for generations.
Where do we go from here?
This is your life. Take it by control.
If there’s a will there’s a way.
Moonlit melodic jazz on the latest from Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty that ponders humanity’s place in the universe. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 26, 2022