IN THE SUN

Every morning I wake up with a choice to live life

And I yearn to live it out in the sun

Speech verse:

Yo, coming from a city like Milwaukee

The weather there has taught me

That a foggy day don’t mean there’s no sun

Between being a man of God

Or a no one walking the streets

I yield for no one

(whoo)

Life is like a sword

I wanna wield it like a shogun

Swinging back and forth as I road run

Like Chuck D says ‘My uzi weighs a ton”

So I gotta use it well if I want to succeed

My mama said

There’s no less pain in the heart of the city

Thanks mama,

Now that I’m older I’ve witnessed both extremes

And love seems to be the ocean

While the pain is the stream that leads to it

People say your life seems so fluid

But I tell ‘em yo, it just seems that way

Cause in reality pain comes from day to day

And many bruises I’ve made from the bumps and mistakes

If you get a bruise in life, don’t keep rubbin’ it

Let God take it away

Yo, we gotta hit it, quit it, learn from it, love it

Life lessons all around for the discovering

If the area’s sore, don’t keep rubbin’ it

Let it try to heal itself, let it try to heal itself, let it try to heal itself

Every morning I wake up with a choice to live life

And I yearn to live it out in the sun

Jax:

Truth born

In the deepest part of the great lakes

Living in the heart of the mitten state

The Midwest vibe

Where the Sun don’t shine, half the time

And cats got Cali dreams on their minds

There’s something in the water

Making this part of the world here

Brighter than a light bulb idea

Let creativity be the contrast, clear

To all the greys and browns

That want to keep us down

We live it up

IX Lives:

Moving swift to the rhythm of my heartbeat
shuffling feet absorbing heat from these concrete streets
immersed deep in the struggle
to find the balance between being myself
and letting myself go
I strive to reflect the energy given by
the MOST HIGH like the lunar guide in the night sky
Eyes open searching for the luminous truth
and letting go of the useless excuses

Every morning I wake up with a choice to live life

And I yearn to live it out in the sun

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