The Roots - Glitches (The Skin You're In) lyrics

[Chorus: Amel Larrieux] 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 [Verse: Black Thought] I woke up and it was pouring down rain I put my head on, it really wasn't no thing 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 gla** 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, f** being hopeless Or helpless, we not selfish so we wrote this Give it to ya, make you feel good Know what I'm talkin about? C'mon [Chorus: Amel Larrieux] 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 [Verse 2: Black Thought] 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 goin' 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, feelin' alone in the urban But maintain ya grip for just a little bit I'd tell you it's all good but that's bullsh** Let's just try to feel good, yeah Know what I'm talkin bout? C'mon [Bridge: Amel Larrieux] A spirit knows we're meant to flow A ? rose by the seat of your soul You past it all and seeds your soul Are destined to grow even after you go [Chorus: Amel Larrieux] 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