I met a prophet dark as the night
She could see into my soul
Said she'd been watching and had some advice
She said shadows make you whole
A life without pain is a wolf in sheep's clothes
Cause if you listen to the lessons that it holds
You'll find the gold
Child it's time to break the shell
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
You cannot fly until you break the shell
I can remember when I was a child
How the grown folks seemed so crazy
Why are they so angry, why are they so loud?
And when I grow up that's never ever gonna be me
That was the moment that I decide
That I would build a wall just shy of six feet tall
Too strong to fall
Child it's time to break the shell
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
You cannot fly until you break the shell
Courage is not being hard
It's time to peel back all of the layers
You put between who You're meant to be
And who You are
And go be who You are
So much disappointment to finally understand
That there is no such thing as perfect
Were all simply doing the best that we can
And we have a choice to live or truly be alive
(This is your life)
Child it's time to break the shell
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
You cannot fly until You break the shell
Child it's time to break the shell
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
A bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell
Do with these words what you will
It's time for us to be for real
You'll be stuck on the ground until
You finally break the shell
Break the Shell
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6th Avenue A Beautiful Day [*] Acoustic Soul-Intro Acoustic Soul-Outro Always In My Head Auld Lang Syne Back To The Middle Beautiful Beautiful Flower [*] Beautiful Surprise Better People Better Way Brother's Keeper Brown Skin Brown Skin [Instrumental] Brown Skin [Instrumental] Can I Walk with Can I Walk With You Cocoa Butter Complicated Melody Eyes Of The Heart (Radio's Song) Favorite Time of Year Flowers Get It Togehter Get It Together Ghetto God is Real God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Good Man Good Morning Good Mourning Gratitude Great Grandmother (interlude) Growth Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Headed in the Right Direction Healing I Am Light I Am Not My Hair I Am Not My Hair (Featuring Akon) I Am Ready For Love I Choose I See God In You I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm India's Song India'Song Interested Interlude Interlude #1 ('Songversation' album) Interlude #2 ('Songversation' album) Interlude-Grains Interlude: Grains Interlude: Grains Interlude: Living (interlude) Intro Intro ('Songversation' album) Intro-Grains Intro: Grains Intro: Loving (interlude) Just Do You Let It Snow Life I Know Little Things Living (Interlude) Long Goodbye Mary, Did You Know? Merry Christmas Baby Moved By You Nature Nothing That I Love More One Outro Outro ('Songversation' album) Outro-Grains Outro: Grains Outro: Learning (interlude) Outtro - Grains Part Of My Life Pearls Private Party Promises Psalms 23 Purify Me Ready For Love River Rise Silent Night Simple Slow Down SoulBird Outro: Clarinet SoulBird Reprise: Ney Soulbird Rise Strength, Courage & Wisdom Strength, Courage and Wisdom Strength, Courage, & Wisdom Strength, Courage, & Wisdom Summer Talk To Her Thank You The Christmas Song The Cure The Heart Of The Matter The One The Truth Therapy Therapy [Instrumental] There's Hope These Eyes This Love Thy Will Be Done Vagina's Monologues Video Wings Of Forgiveness Wonderful Wonderful [Stevie Wonder DeDication][*] Words Yellow You Made a Fool of Me
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