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Break the Shell - India Arie |
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I met a prophet dark as the night |
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She could see into my soul |
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Said she'd been watching and had some advice |
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She said shadows make you whole |
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A life without pain is a wolf in sheep's clothes |
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Cause if you listen to the lessons that it holds |
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You'll find the gold |
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Child it's time to break the shell |
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Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt |
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You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself |
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You cannot fly until you break the shell |
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I can remember when I was a child |
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How the grown folks seemed so crazy |
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Why are they so angry why are they so loud |
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And when I grow up that's never ever gonna be me |
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That was the moment that I decide |
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That I would build a wall |
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just shy of six feet tall |
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Too strong to fall |
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Child it's time to break the shell |
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Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt |
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You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself |
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You cannot fly until you break the shell |
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Courage is not being hard |
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It's time to peel back all of the layers |
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You put between who You're meant to be |
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And who You are |
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And go be who You are |
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So much disappointment to finally understand |
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That there is no such thing as perfect |
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Were all simply doing the best that we can |
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And we have a choice to live or truly be alive |
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(This is your life) |
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Child it's time to break the shell |
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Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt |
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You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself |
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You cannot fly until You break the shell |
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Child it's time to break the shell |
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Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt |
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You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself |
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A bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell |
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Do with these words what you will |
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It's time for us to be for real |
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You'll be stuck on the ground until |
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You finally break the shell |
