Down to Earth movie - Glitches lyrics

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Song by The Roots and Amel Larrieux<br /><br>

Chorus [Amel Larrieux]<br>

You live, you die<br>

And spend the years in between asking the question<br>

Why you've been through what you been<br>

You lose, you win<br>

You even pay for other sins<br>

But you most always adore the skin you are in<br>

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[Black Thought]<br>

I woke up and it was pouring down rain<br>

I put my head on, it really wasn't no thing<br>

One of them days I was feeling immune to the pain<br>

Threw on, Alice Coltrane, smoked and sang<br>

And wrote this flame compused to the rhythm of the droplets<br>

And went whispering simliar to gossip<br>

The kick slapping at the window glass<br>

Slow down the globe so it don't spin too fast<br>

Because, I been running like a river since<br>

The age of my early innocence<br>

It just made me ambitious<br>

My grams used to tell me "Man listen,<br>

If you can't burn, don't step into the kitchen"<br>

You muscle your turn, the laws of the land viscious<br>

We gotta stick to the plan, which is<br>

Pursuing true riches, whether we trade stock or wash dishes<br>

Throughout setbacks and few glitches<br>

The Big Picture's the focus, fuckin being hopeless<br>

Or helpless, we not selfish so we wrote this<br>

Give it to ya, make you feel good<br>

Know what I'm talkin about? C'mon<br>

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Chorus<br>

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[Black Thought]<br>

Yo from the parquet floors to the fifty foot ceiling<br>

I pull the heavy black curtain back, now revealing<br>

The sun beneath the velvet, and like it was mine<br>

No one elses, embracing the beams yo, I felt it<br>

And stood there, feeling it, getting charged<br>

Turn me loose upon the streets, a young poet at large<br>

Out in the world, up against tremendous odds<br>

Some'll let it break em and throw in they cards<br>

But my squad remain focus when we goin for ours<br>

And we don't, do it for chains or do it for cars<br>

And we don't, do it for lames or do it for broads<br>

And we don't, do it for fame, we do it because<br>

It's for the young black gifted mind<br>

Living the story of the most twisted kind<br>

Turbulent times swirled around they dome like a turban<br>

It gets disturbing, feelin alone in the urban<br>

But maintain ya grip for just a little bit<br>

I'd tell you it's all good but that's bullshit<br>

Let's just try to feel good, yeah...know what I'm talkin bout<br>

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[Amel Larrieux]<br>

A spirit knows we're meant to blow<br>

A ? rose by the seat of your soul<br>

You past it all and seeds your soul<br>

Are destined to grow even after you go<br>

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Chorus <br>

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