Drift On - John Forte

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Refrain:

I hope you can see the shore from where you are

You might be miles away, but close at heart

I hope you can see the dawn from where you stand

It might be dark, but you will land

Drift on, you will land

End Refrain

Beyond the braggadocio, of what rap is supposed to

Epitomized, I was legitimized a score ago

Beyond that small thinking, what you call thinking

I never speak on what 'Clef, Pras and Lauryn knows

I was free before it was signed official

The body is the cage while the mind is the vessel

Thoughts in barrio we were taught to live

Distraught and destroy our areas, the more the merrier

It varies with the messengers, well today the lesson is:

Question everything, especially these pessimists

My suggestion is let it go, and let it live

I'm a gambler. I say love is LOVE and bet it is.

Mere aesthetics don't attract mine, Google me and fact find

I stand up when it's that time,

We'll make it happen, that's the dealer's hand

Drift on, family. You will land

Refrain

"People recognize that they can refashion themselves. They can rehabilitate themselves. They have lived the life of the mind"

Let me tell you about perseverance, in this land of smoke and mirrors

My man, you need a hand to focus clear?

Well I can paint a pretty picture, and tell you that hope is near

Shorty learned to swim 'cause he's floatin' there

Waitin' for some mystery to fall and appear to us

While those so near to us, flip as co-conspirators

The belly was designed to stay full and warm

They gave me a TV and a dorm, and they call that reform

I read a book, wrote a song and freed my spiritual form

And then an oath amongst ourselves was sworn:

If any one of us made it to the other side and got back home,

We'd make sure the little babies hold on, well here I am

Refrain