Glitches (The Skin You’re In) Amel Larrieux (Ft. The Roots)

[Chorus: Amel Larrieux]
You live, you die
And spend the years in between asking the question
Why you've been through what you been
You lose, you win, you even pay for other sins
But you must always adore the skin you are in

[Verse 1: Black Thought]
I woke up and it was pouring down rain
I put my head on, it really wasn't no thang
One of them days I was feeling immune to the pain
Threw on, Alice Coltrane, smoked and sang
And wrote this flame, composed to the rhythm of the droplets
And went whispering similar to gossip
The kick slapping at the window glass
Slow down the globe so it don't spin too fast
Because, I've been running like a river since
The age of my early innocence
It just made me ambitious
My grams used to tell me "Man, listen
If you can't burn, don't step into the kitchen"
You muscle your turn, the laws of the land vicious
We gotta stick to the plan, which is
Pursuing true riches, whether we trade stock or wash dishes
Throughout setbacks and few glitches
The Big Picture's the focus, fuck being hopeless
Or helpless, we not selfish so we wrote this
Give it to ya, make you feel good
Know what I'm talking about? C'mon