Shelter

[Intro: Sample] Creation a terrifying word The little flickering flame of life I'm talking about wonder and innocence Horror and despair And things that are haunted and fraught with dreams And magnificences and raptures, and glories I am talking about the beating of the human heart And the pulsing of life along its veins Yeah, yeah Here we go [Verse 1: Deca] Number 10 chasin' light at the tunnels end Summer, fall, winter, spring, some'll fall, some ascend Something's in the air, I can't place or decode But lead us not from the sheepfold to the bistro I cheated death but still treat it with a deep respect In a shadow world of illusions and perceived threats So, what's real? What's projected? The signs hum electric, remind us that the circuitry's connected And can't be understood with mindnumbing metrics Or quantified by a fallen angel with a death wish If I can translate what's written in the stars You would see your own image sharper than a scimitar Crescent moons to cut strings at the saloon Quickdraw, fill 'em with holes at high noon From womb to tomb, from tadpoles to worm food Raised in the woods with the wolves and turned loose A fraction of the whole awoken by a love tap You are not that, you are of that Growing up too fast, the years crawl along Next thing you know, they're flying past on the autobahn But all's well that ends on a high note And all the rainclouds will be gone soon Some are never there 'til the weather's fair Others hold you down when it monsoons I took shelter from the storm In a stable where the word became flesh and was born As silver ships pass so the light could shine through [Intermission: Sample] Rhymes with new Skies are [Verse 2: Blu] B-L-U, a reflection of truth Direct from my roots, no question I was destined to do it Blessin' the music, same time music was blessin' me Directin' me through a pure outlet to let it be Extra free, a person couldn't sit next to me Especially if I'm expressin' me to the next degree An MC, I need a mic and a beat On the hour every day, I be writin' a leaf Fightin' to flee the demons off me, call me the G OD, OG niggas want me to B UM but you them, but you could call me the C Calm in the streets, palming the heat, all I can be A reflection of somethin' made direct from love Givin' love to the blessed above, my ancestors' hug Imagine if no one ever died But still, multiply standin' side-by-side Jesus would be here, so would my grandmothers Uh, holdin' hands as they stand above us The answer was us, is us and always will be Alive until God decides to kill me [Outro: Sample] How does each person find peace? Eh, one can't answer that because that's for each one to discover, each one has a different, uh That's the joy and the pain and Yes, yes The challenge This is one of the reasons, let's say, we are here on Earth, is to find out such things. What we are, what we learn to be. Discover our own being and- and live with it and act in accordance with our own being. I think that's the important thing