The Gift Of Gab - The People Tree lyrics

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Intro

With the N.A.S.A. team, we will take you bodly where

No man has ever gone before.

We will take you back some fifteen billion years to the beginning of time.

Verse (Chali 2na)

Yo! From a drop of blood to bones and body parts

To vital organs form and your brain and tiny heart

Your fetus, date of birth, til puberty finally starts

Adolescence, adult, then your elderly body rots

It was devine decree that begun the plan

But it's disease by the greed of the sons of man

Who try to lead with their guns in hand

Understand God's the one that command...

Pre-chorus (David Byrne)

Did we climb out of the sea?

Where did we come from you and me?

Two legs to walk and eyes to see

Am I the man I want to be?

Chorus (David Byrne, The Crack Alley Children's Choir & Gift of Gab)

People grow in my back yard

In my garden, in my heart

Pink and purple, red and blue

On this sunny afternoon

Verse (Gift of Gab)

Back before time was time and space was space

The ever present I divine so laced with grace

Decided it was time to try to chase the taste

To what it was designed, now life is taking place

Within it' self-divided, now it takes some space

They can't be fathomed by a mind creates the state

Of ego now what's is mine, is mine, ok now hate

We'll reign until the blind have eyes and they awaken...

Pre-chorus (David Byrne)

Planting the seeds in the ground

How is my garden growing now?

A tender kiss, a little smile

The way a mother holds her child

Chorus (David Byrne, The Crack Alley Children's Choir & Chali 2na)

Tasty little human beings

I grow them on the people tree

I will eat them one by one

If there's enough for everyone

Bridge (GIft of Gab and Chali 2na)

Oh, unending ever flowing life beyond the birth

Tell me what the purpose is for creating the earth

Mainly we created the planet as man's habitat

Be fruitful and multiply across the planet's back

But why does hate exist, the war and AIDS and shit?

It we're to be fruitful, why can't poor people pay they rent?

Cause love and hate, both sides are conjoined

Physical forms have to deal with both sides of the coin

Why do we die?

So you can live

Why do we strive?

So you can win

But why do you defy every truthful word I recommend?

My question back is: Why do you recommend then throw temptation in?

So I can test you patience and tolerance in the face of sin

But why a test when you hold all the answers to the state we in?

For you to bear witness to imperfections of mortal man

So it's a lesson?

And a blessing journey back to where you've been

Cause before the tree can flourish, seeds must first be planted in!

Chorus (David Byrne, The Crack Alley Children's Choir & Gift of Gab)

People grow in my back yard

In my garden, in my heart

If you like my garden, you might like me

Underneath the people tree

Outro

Getting closer to God!

Getting closer to God!

Call upon your God!

Closer to God!

He'll answer your question!

Closer to God!

God said I trust you!

Behold!

Who are you?

I'm God muthafucka and I'm not who you thought I was!

They better be giving me all the respect

All y'all, all y'all, all y'all, all y'all check yo self!

Cause I'm God!

Hello hello hello hello

Feel me, feel me, feel me all you