yeah I'm deep in my crucible burnin these cleansing fires
lifelong inspired now taking me higher
I'm goin for the gold transmutation bein told
purifying fires through life they take us higher
don't shy away from your crackle and burn
write your own book of changes, you might learn
comin from within stayin true to your heart
butterfly baby with a fresh out of the oven start
so shake your head, come back out of the clouds
bodhisattva baby I see that you've been checkin out
higher truths and how they're gonna set you loose
but come on back now let's get to the steppin on through
see I've been busy distillin all the best of me
so I can give you a cup of this soul remedy
it don't fit in that 9 to 5 travel mug
so take a minute to deepen steep in uh
drunken masters life's gonna show you how
dervish dancing around the daily pitfalls now
got mounted and stood up as one on one
ever since that day givin praises for this love
since we pressed record on that gangsta shit
these beats been takin me across the continent
a sacrificial van brought me to Jack De Johnette
and I haven't gotten rid of Horacio el Negro yet
now I'm talking about Giovanni hangin with Bola
talking about puttin out the fuju and now I told ya
prophetically still livin positive and thankful
like Dante you know that we?ve all been through our own inferno
now I'm bein deliberate so I can float this hit
loose lips sink battleships
and that's just what I'm about to do with this peace and love tip
raise your voice maybe later your fist
first the knowledge then come awareness
we see the vampires now where's our garlic
now who's the real patriot are you in our midst
there's a heart on a sleeve sun-kissed
with all this lovin you might think this is bliss
but don't you know that my soul is timeless
this is a romance heavenly with the most gracious goddess
we put the science and the math to the test , we'll find it organically caressed
we breathe easy spiritually blessed, time and again live freely when stressed
Vocals, drums and percussion-Todd Anders Johnson, Bass-Dave Solzberg, Guitar-Christian Mockett, Rhodes-Chris Campbell, Bongo-Larry Hoff, Trumpet-Ken Aiken
from the tao of physics to the dow of jones
figurin out how I?m gonna get my own
spiritual redemption comin on strong
looking to the people when I sing this song
I?m on my eleventh year in the sunshine
aurora borealis all over my mind
so I think this just might be the time
you know I got this here metaphysical rhyme
from east to west re-animatin a divination for the nation
it?s that southern motivation that keeps my heart in relation
with the power of suggestion, I question arrestin
and all the while questin with blessings
I?m goin northward with my soul, stretchin into the unkown, you know I?m on the way home
I like to find myself with a wealth of health baby
that?s why there be no animal flesh up in my gravy
my mode of production is development
and from Rumi?s lips I sip syrup of thought and then I trip
skull and bones on every billboard that I see
with my so and so conquerin the demons of me
every day linkin next to next, relax and flex
you know you gots to be prepared for the weight of the next test
I?m goin northward with my soul, stretchin into the unkown, you know I?m on the way home
from project human genome to the club of rome
I find myself compelled to gather my strength and compose
in the midst of the myth of keeping up with the jones
we see the corruption and interruption in our flows
so I?m back to the world of the livin, communicatin
before I found myself suffocatin, debatin
where and when I?d enter like Paula Giddings, I?ll forever
hold my piece with peace, now.
I?m goin northward with my soul, stretchin into the unkown, you know I?m on the way home
Vocals, drums and percussion-Todd Anders Johnson, Bass-Dave Solzberg, Guitar-Christian Mockett, Piano-Chris Campbell, Congas, bongo and timbales-Larry Hoff, Saxophone-Dexter Payne, Trumpet-Ken Aiken and Dave Rajewski, Trombone-Carly Meyers