outside the cocoon

Breathe Breathe soul into the words Breathe life into the beat Speak Speak truth into the air Speak love into their ears Listen Listen with intention Listen to those who've lacked affection, pay attention Pay attention to life Walk with purpose Know what you deserve is Joy, love Heartache Heart break Learn from your mistakes Take a break It's ok to sit back And watch the world go by But never simply lose your will to try Let fear motivate you Let doubt push you forward Lift weights with ease Don't forget to bless your trees And water your own grass And remember to have your own back And it's not always easy being a leader Being stuck in a role as a teacher But always the student Always making new rules Finding new tools Building new schools Lending lessons like leprechauns lending luck To sistas silently suffering stuck in systems slowly sustaining stuck But oh well You place rhymes on a beat They groove and move feet Never afraid to accomplish the feat Always knowing that something remains deep Always making you want to leap Soar high Touch the sky Land among the stars Aim at new heights Be the dreamer you have always wanted to be Learn to be your own friend Change the channel Tune into you Tune into you Tune into you And you'll always shine through The good and the bad The great balancing act Smile and frown You're up, you're down Before the saddest of clowns After you're a butterfly with wings now Fly out to the sky and never lose focus And never forget to stop and smell the roses Sincerely Your future