Spirit’s Cradle

I was born in the spirits cradle 

I was born to weave my home 

This precious land around me 

Knows the sound for which I roam 

Do you remember freedom 

Can you sound out your name 

Your soul has set to soaring

Earthbound we are the same 

I try hard not to be angry sometimes

By a culture stuck now and living entwined by 

So many systems, these failing systems 

These prison systems, are so uncaring 

And this nation sends the most of its own citizens to jail

Imagine one in one hundred and some without bail 

And what kind of crime could possibly intail 

Locking away so many poor people without fail

Now there’s criminalizing of races with fear

And cops are making folks disappear 

There’s a malfunction of justice denied 

While big businesses are trying to hide 

Under the mask of protection as disguise, 

Under the mask of protection... 

Now why can’t we rehabilitate

Now why can’t we put more stock in faith. 

And I try hard not to be angry sometimes 

I believe in the goodness of humankind 

Is to just stand up and redefine 

That inner grace that lies and each of us confined

And I believe in the magic of self 

And what happens if you get up off that shelf 

Your dusty dreams and undo 

Any unjust that’s been done to you 

And you stand firmly graced by your right to the sun, 

firmly graced now

You stand firmly graced by your right to the sun, 

stand firmly graced now

You stand firmly graced by your right to the sun, firmly graced now  

You stand firmly graced by your right to the sun, firmly graced

I was born in the spirits cradle

I was born to to weave my home

This precious land around me 

Knows the sound for which I roam