Be Songtext
von Common

I want to be as free as the spirits of those who left
I′m talking Malcolm, Coltrane, my man, Yussef
Through death through conception, new breath and resurrection
For moms, new steps in her direction in the right way

Told inside is where the fight lay
And everything a nigga do may not be what he might say
Chicago nights stay, stay on the mind
But I write many lives and lay on these lines


Wave the signs of the times, many say the grind's on the mind
Shorties blunted-eyed and everyone wonderin′ where I'm
Bush pushing lies, killers immortalized
We got arms but won't reach for the skies

Waiting for the Lord to rise, I look into my daughter′s eyes
And realize that I′ma learn through her
The Messiah, might even return through her
If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her

Furs and a Benz, gramps wantin ′em
Demons and old friends, pops they hauntin' him
The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun
When drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones


Walk like warriors, we were never told to run
Explored the world to return to where my soul begun
Never looking back or too far in front of me
The present is a gift and I just wanna be...