The Roots, Amel Larrieux - Glitches (The Skin You’re In) lyrics

You live, you die and spend the years in
Between asking the question
Why you've been through what you been
You lose, you win
You even pay for other sins
But, you must always adore the
Skin you are in

I woke up and it was pouring down rain
I put my head on, it really wasn't no thang
One of them days I was
Feeling immune to the pain
Threw on, Alice Coltrane, smoked and sang
And wrote this flame
Composed to the rhythm of the droplets
And went whispering similar to gossip
The kick slapping at the window glass
Slow down the globe so it don't spin too fast
Because, I've been running like a river since
The age of my early innocence
It just made me ambitious
My grams used to tell me "Man, listen
If you can't burn
Don't step into the kitchen"
You muscle your turn
The laws of the land vicious
We gotta stick to the plan, which is
Pursuing true riches
Whether we trade stock or wash dishes
Throughout setbacks and few glitches
The Big Picture's the focus
Fuck being hopeless
Or helpless, we not selfish so we wrote this
Give it to ya, make you feel good
Know what I'm talking about? C'mon

You live, you die and spend the years in
Between asking the question
Why you've been through what you've been
You lose, you win
You even pay for other sins
But, you must always adore the
Skin you are in

Yo, from the parquet floors to
The fifty foot ceiling
I pull the heavy black curtain back
Now revealing the sun beneath the velvet
And like it was mine, no one else's
Embracing the beams, yo, I felt it
And stood there
Feeling it and getting charged
Turn me loose upon the streets
A young poet at large
Out in the world, up against tremendous odds
Some'll let it break 'em and
They throw in they cards
But my squad remain focus when
We going for ours and we don't
Do it for chains or do it for cars
And we don't
Do it for lames or do it for broads
And we don't, do it for fame
We do it because
It's for the young, black, gifted mind
Living the story of the most twisted kind
Turbulent times swirled around they
Dome like a turban it gets disturbing
Feeling alone in the urban
But maintain ya grip for just a little bit
I'd tell you it's all
Good but that's bullshit
Let's just try to feel good, yeah
Know what I'm talkin bout? C'mon

A spirit knows we're meant to flow
A? rose by the seat of your soul
You past it all and seeds you sow
Are destined to grow even after you go

You live, you die and spend the years in
Between asking the question
Why you've been through what you been
You lose, you win
You even pay for other sins
But, you must always adore the
Skin you are in you live, you die
And spend the years in
Between asking the question
Why you've been through what you been
You lose, you win
You even pay for other sins
But, you must always adore the
Skin you are in you live, you die
And spend the years in
Between asking the question
Why you've been through what you been
You lose, you win
You even pay for other sins
But, you must always adore the
Skin you are in you live, you die
And spend the years in
Between asking the question
Why you've been through what you been
You lose, you win
You even pay for other sins
But, you must always adore the
Skin you are in