I was born botanical
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The soul of an animal
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Deep beneath the layers, I sink my roots
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No need for mechanical
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I come strictly organical
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When I need to feast, I look to the East
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That's why I'm never scared of the beast
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Even though they try to prey upon me
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I'm protected by the one always greater than me
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So now I reveal to thee
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Because you wanna see
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The contour of my mystery
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The strength of my arches
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The colour of my conscience
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And the way that I process my diction
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Some fact some diction some mystery
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Some future fantasy
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I'm the trunk that holds the branches
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The leaves who do the dances
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My flowers romantic
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My love gigantic
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From Africa, transplanted translantic
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In the heat of the sun
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I bring shade for everyone
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Like the beat on the one
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I'm the skin on the drum
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[Chorus]
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I keep on living with the fullness of the one
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Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum
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I'm fully marinated and now I'm ready for the fire
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So you can fire one
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Fire one
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Fire two
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See I've been fully marinated
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And now I'm ready for the fire
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See I'm beginning to perspire
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From deep within to the skin
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Yo, the feminine and the masculine
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The pieces of the puzzle
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See my reflections in the puddle
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After the storm the purple of the sky
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Brings to mind another time
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When we resided
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Below the water line
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Life was fine there human divine
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But in the years following
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Evil men came swallowing
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Everything in sight
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Some learned to run, some stayed to fight
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I kneeled at the tomb of the soldier
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Said I would love to behold her
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The magic in store there
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She touched me on the shoulder
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She said, "in time all is revealed, box of light be unsealed
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Now listen to me son, be like the skin on the drum"
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[Chorus]
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And as the pepper gas clears
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And police and protestors go home
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Just as the morning dew are tear drops of the night
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My emotions are always there for you
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And will never leave you dry
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Bless
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Skin On The Drum
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Michael Franti & Spearhead |