Grace

We are broken
We are unstable
The hardest of hearts
Is the weakest of men
The wise are all gone
Only us poor fools are left
To be awakened
To know love
To love life
To give your all
Substance, we waste it
Fulfillment, we fail to hasten it
Redemption is always near
Living life without fear
Living with a purpose
This is why we are here.

Everything's Not Lost

In man's time, love will never conquer hate
Hate sows more hate
Color sows color
Life ends in death
We pray death ends in new life
We pray so many different fates
We pray to fulfill hunger
Yet we don't seek knowledge
We pray for dreams
Yet we don't climb the mountains
Everything is to be handed
Everything is to be dumbed down
Neglect who you are
Be ignorant of who you should be
Forget everything that you were taught
And what do you end up with
Who are you behind closed doors
Who are you in the storms
Who are you in the sun
Who are you if you don't seek love
The wicked seek hate
The wicked don't know their wicked
We live amongst the sick
We won't cure them, cause we're not healed
We don't understand our tears
We don't understand our struggles
Yet we listen to those who are the wolves
Never to be tamed, hidden as sheep
Mirrored as humbled.

Early Morning Glory

Only God knows my thoughts
Only God gives me my dreams
The only originality in me is what I believe
The visions that blind men see
The division of religion is hypocrisy
Black and white yet we serve the same God
Black church and white church do we serve the same God?
Its funny that we walk by faith and not by sight
But a power trip is what divides a church, there is no conquer in divide
Maybe we shouldn't see the black and the white
So much for having faith
So much for converting those who are of the world
When we can't even unify our churches but tell folks they're going to hell
If they're going to hell, then so are we
Racial divide doesn't spell l-o-v-e
Speaking my mind will never sit on ears with ease
I'm seeking the divine and I know He hears me
Live not for personal desire
Live not for your selfish ways
God I'm trying to get it right
I pray I'm not too little, too late.

Choice

A generation of lost slaves

A weight burdened by these chains

Digging holes for our own graves

No ships just spiritual infiltration

Weak minds and weak hearts

Walking further from the roots that once fought

Blame the parents who never taught

Blame the government for the system into which we bought

Blame yourself for not fighting their brainwashed oughts

The only thing that is true is truth

Will you fight for your rights no matter if the force is brute

Would you fight for your life just to do it for you

Why do you live this life if you just insist to live in a deep gloom

How do you live if you don't know what you're living for

This wickedness in our hearts is no more dangerous than the eye in this storm

We're responsible for our own deaths, we're no longer the victims

We choose the lives we live, who will rise and be the difference.

Happiness

You can read fifty books
You can listen to a thousand songs
But why live in some else's thoughts
If you don't know the truth within their heart
Each day could be our last
So do what puts a smile on your face
Even if you hide behind a mask
Live your freedom without dismay
If you love writing then write.
If you live in love, then be loved.
If you love playing guitar then grace every note in the name of funk
No one controls how you feel
Only you can control how happy you are
Its easy to convey the sad feelings
But its easier to live out heart warming moments
Don't waste today talking about tomorrow
Don't waste today living in yesterday
Never find shame from where you came
Because where your going is a happier place
In the end our loved ones will have to deal with death
Don't allow that to determine your bitter sweet end
Don't wait until the end to live
Don't wait until the end to forgive
Don't wait until the end to be the friend you should have been
Every dream you want to pursue, pursue it
There is no greater hope then rising from the ruins
Failure is a delight in the eyes of success
This is your life you live your own happiness.

Parallels

Never had any glass house dreams
Never really found profit in another's belongings

Self worth and predictabilities leading me to accept the laws of be

The loneliness of a rolling stone

Focused on how to build a home

There's a point where you realize the world can't have you

There's a point when you realize time will surpass you

Everything always feels surreal 

And the only thing that ever sinks in  

Are the dishes into the soap, daydreaming about "one day when..." 

Not sure if I'm more happy with my failures or the wins

I'm just loving this place that I'm in

It's just us, her and I

No longer do I worry about broken hearts or goodbyes 

No longer caught up in the thoughts of could I

Cause I did

I have

And none of the should haves are still resonant

My most valuable photographs are the ones I see in her eyes

And there's never a bashful smile I'm ashamed to wear with pride

The difference between you and I 

Is the choice of being a man 

Boys don't understand and that's the place we're in

I'm not afraid of the world outside

Death is inevitable

Your aged and failed dreams are no longer a parallel

Maybe one day we'll speak again

Maybe one day I'll be the father that you tried to be

Not a day goes by that I don't pray for you

Not a day goes by that I don't cry a little inside

There's never a day that will exist where you're not bigger than the sun in my eyes

Paid attention to your mistakes

A life in lies is one I won't portray

A life in your eyes has got to be scary every day

Lost, bitter and enthralled in self decay

I wish I could rewind time to give you better days
Maybe on the road is where you should've stayed

Now the sun is setting and my brothers can't sit steady
Wish we had the means to heal all the temporaries
Dollar bills can't solve a bitter sweet ending
However they can solve the hunger and tears
That have existed in this world for decades
We're never in want but all of our problems lead to headaches
I know the sun will shine tomorrow, hopefully tomorrow lasts for always.