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| Michael Franti & Spearhead |
Skin On The Drum
I was born botanical
The soul of an animal
Deep beneath the layers, I sink my roots
No need for mechanical
I come strictly organical
When I need to feast, I look to the East
That's why I'm never scared of the beast
Even though they try to prey upon me
I'm protected by the one always greater than me
So now I reveal to thee
Because you wanna see
The contour of my mystery
The strength of my arches
The colour of my conscience
And the way that I process my diction
Some fact some diction some mystery
Some future fantasy
I'm the trunk that holds the branches
The leaves who do the dances
My flowers romantic
My love gigantic
From Africa, transplanted translantic
In the heat of the sun
I bring shade for everyone
Like the beat on the one
I'm the skin on the drum
[Chorus]
I keep on living with the fullness of the one
Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum
I'm fully marinated and now I'm ready for the fire
So you can fire one
Fire one
Fire two
See I've been fully marinated
And now I'm ready for the fire
See I'm beginning to perspire
From deep within to the skin
Yo, the feminine and the masculine
The pieces of the puzzle
See my reflections in the puddle
After the storm the purple of the sky
Brings to mind another time
When we resided
Below the water line
Life was fine there human divine
But in the years following
Evil men came swallowing
Everything in sight
Some learned to run, some stayed to fight
I kneeled at the tomb of the soldier
Said I would love to behold her
The magic in store there
She touched me on the shoulder
She said, "in time all is revealed, box of light be unsealed
Now listen to me son, be like the skin on the drum"
[Chorus]
And as the pepper gas clears
And police and protestors go home
Just as the morning dew are tear drops of the night
My emotions are always there for you
And will never leave you dry
Bless
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Bless
And will never leave you dry
My emotions are always there for you
Just as the morning dew are tear drops of the night
And police and protestors go home
And as the pepper gas clears
[Chorus]
Now listen to me son, be like the skin on the drum"
She said, "in time all is revealed, box of light be unsealed
She touched me on the shoulder
The magic in store there
Said I would love to behold her
I kneeled at the tomb of the soldier
Some learned to run, some stayed to fight
Everything in sight
Evil men came swallowing
But in the years following
Life was fine there human divine
Below the water line
When we resided
Brings to mind another time
After the storm the purple of the sky
See my reflections in the puddle
The pieces of the puzzle
Yo, the feminine and the masculine
From deep within to the skin
See I'm beginning to perspire
And now I'm ready for the fire
See I've been fully marinated
Fire two
Fire one
So you can fire one
I'm fully marinated and now I'm ready for the fire
Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum
I keep on living with the fullness of the one
[Chorus]
I'm the skin on the drum
Like the beat on the one
I bring shade for everyone
In the heat of the sun
From Africa, transplanted translantic
My love gigantic
My flowers romantic
The leaves who do the dances
I'm the trunk that holds the branches
Some future fantasy
Some fact some diction some mystery
And the way that I process my diction
The colour of my conscience
The strength of my arches
The contour of my mystery
Because you wanna see
So now I reveal to thee
I'm protected by the one always greater than me
Even though they try to prey upon me
That's why I'm never scared of the beast
When I need to feast, I look to the East
I come strictly organical
No need for mechanical
Deep beneath the layers, I sink my roots
The soul of an animal
I was born botanical
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| SSkin OOn TThe DDrum |
| kin n he rum |
| kSin nO hTe rDum |
| zkin kn fhe xrum |
| zSkin kOn fThe xDrum |
| Szkin Okn Tfhe Dxrum |
| wkin 9n 5he erum |
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| wSkin 9On 5The eDrum |
| Swkin O9n T5he Derum |
| dkin 0n hhe frum |
| dSkin 0On hThe fDrum |
| Sdkin O0n Thhe Dfrum |
| ekin ln yhe rrum |
| eSkin lOn yThe rDrum |
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| Sekin Oln Tyhe Drrum |
| xkin in 6he crum |
| xSkin iOn 6The cDrum |
| Sxkin Oin T6he Dcrum |
| akin Onn ghe srum |
| aSkin O gThe sDrum |
| Sakin On Tghe Dsrum |
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| Skkin Om rhe |
| Sin Omn rThe Dum |
| Sikn Onm Trhe Durm |
| Slin Oh Ddum |
| Slkin Ohn Te Ddrum |
| Sklin Onh Teh Drdum |
| Soin Oj Tje D4um |
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| Sokin Ojn Tjhe D4rum |
| Skoin Onj Thje Dr4um |
| Smin Ob Tue Dgum |
| Smkin Obn Tuhe Dgrum |
| Skmin Onb Thue Drgum |
| Sjin Tne Dtum |
| Sjkin Tnhe Dtrum |
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| Skjin Thne Drtum |
| Siin Tbe D5um |
| Sikin Tbhe D5rum |
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