Life

It began with the drum, intimate, skin to skin rhythmic, simple then, intricate Now add another one Now, we got a conversation Started common language Then we dancin' up in the sun For the stars, with the spirits of our Fathers and mothers, who worked through our struggle To recall our native tongues, syncopation, ululation Creative innovation through blended nations Displaced under the gun So we pick, and we strum, and we hit Then we pluck, then get lit When we plug, all that in We turn up, 'til we split, up the sound Make it bend, make it howl, make it sin Break the ground, with that pick I'm talkin' solid elements and movements New generational view shifts Clever beds of words and better metaphors inject the rebels With a few twists, get Anubis, roll it up, it's a new trip But it turns out it's cyclic Cause in that lick I found my life I been right ever since I found my life I been right ever since I found my life (I found my life) I been right ever since I found my life I been right ever since I found my life (Because I found my tribe) So we sing, from movement to movement Continually provin' the truth in All of those old harmonies and modalities That soul harkening to recreation Liberation Soul clap on de kick, go chat on de riddim A new generation We break yo' language up, we build our own constructs We make it live, we make it fly, bwoi, that's too cold to touch That's how you know it's us First one to scream, first one to swing, first one to bump, us Head to the bridge, vamp it again, hit on the one, us That down beat from that Brown heat, make that crowd leap Make that crowd sing, make that crowd swing Make it loud please, move that's crowd's feet Do the knowledge, we evolvin' how the crowd thinks Merry the sounds from various styles and merry-go-round the beat Then my mouth speaks, of the bounty of our history I avowed mine when I found my life I been right ever since I found my life I been right ever since I found my life (I found my life) I been right ever since I found my life I been right ever since I found my life (Because I found my tribe) Gon' head Said gon' head Well gon' head (go find your life, go find your life) Gon' head (go find your life, go find your life) Gon' head (go find your life, go find your life) Gon' head (go find your life, go find your life)