Translucent Soul Lyrics - Ellis Paul

I get a call from vance he's an old friend 

He's got some you-won't-believe-story to share 

He's the place that I go when I need someone who knows me 

He brings the smile of a billionaire 

And I laugh when he pretends he's a white guy 

'cause he knows how bad I fail playing black 

He says, "if even you could, I don't advise that you should 

'cause once you go there you might not want to turn back" 

(chorus) 

There isn't a thing 

In this god-all-mighty world that I wouldn't do 

To help him outta trouble 

Seein' as how we're friends and 

That goes deeper than skin can go 

To a translucent soul 

Deeper than color will show 

Translucent soul 

He says, "now, you and i, I know we look a little different, 

But, I was raised middle class, same as you. 

But, let's make it clear even on the way here, 

I had to watch for blue lights in the rear view " 

He says, "last week, I was visiting l.a., 

Walking the streets where the riots went down. 

You got black killing black killing black killing black, 

While all the whites were sweating bullets across town" 

(chorus) 

He says, "in l.a., they're whispering race war, 

Like it's something that has yet to begin 

Like they can plug up the cracks 

In four hundred years of history 

And prove that the melting pot's not broken" 

He says, "in the event of some unlikely disaster, 

We find ourselves armed, and face to face " 

I said, "i'd turn around, I would protect your ground" 

He said, "i'd do the same thing for you at your place" 

(chorus) 

There isn't a thing 

In this god-all-mighty world that he wouldn't do 

To help me outta trouble . . . 

Embrace what you have in common, 

Celebrate what sets you apart 

It takes more than the color 

That you find on a palate 

To turn humanity into an art 

Into the form of an art 

Translucent soul 

Translucent soul 

Soul