Of Course You Can Lyrics - Home - Spearhead

Ya know, one day the indigenous people of the Earth 

Are gonna reclaim, whats rightfully theirs 

Really? 

Well, lose your mind, misplace your mind 

Forgot you even had a mind 

Cause someone told you its impossible 

To change your mind 

A friend of mine made it to twenty-five 

We had a celebration, man, Im glad that youre alive 

Im happy to see, my man youre beatin the odds 

And for this on this day we give thanks to the gods 

Cause everyone deserves a shot except you only get one 

I hope its not through the head my son 

But life is short when youre afraid to cry 

Life is hard when youre afraid to die 

But when I feel alone, I sing myself a song 

Because wherever I lay a groove is my home 

But can you see me in the desert? 

Of course you can 

Can you see me on the mountain? 

Of course you can 

Can you see me in the ocean? 

Of course you can 

Im just splishin, splashin 

Jumpin in the sand 

But can you see me in the desert? 

Of course you can 

Can you see me on the mountain? 

Of course you can 

Can you see me in the ocean? 

Of course you can 

Im just splishin, splashin 

Jumpin in the sand 

But he remembered memories of walkin through the puddles 

Sayin gee dad, am I the one whos wanted by 

The federal government doesnt want me to go to school 

I ask too many questions and I dont play by their rules 

In school they tried to tell me that a rock is not alive 

But I have seen a volcano growin up and die 

In school they tried to tell me that a tree it couldnt feel 

But I have felt a tree and it was bleedin' for real 

In school they tried to tell me animals couldnt talk 

But they can understand it when a dog starts to bark 

In school they tried to tell me, man doesnt have a soul 

What happened to his? I say 'cause mine is still whole 

But can you see me in the desert? 

Of course you can 

Can you see me on the mountain? 

Of course you can 

Can you see me in the ocean? 

Of course you can 

Im just splishin, splashin 

Jumpin in the sand 

But can you see me in the desert? 

Of course you can 

Can you see me on the mountain? 

Of course you can 

Can you see me in the ocean? 

Of course you can 

Im just splishin, splashin 

Jumpin in the sand 

Can you see me? 

Can you see me? 

Can you see me? 

Can you see me? 

I have the reoccurring dream of a lifes imprisonment 

The reoccurring scream of a world and its residents 

The reoccurring theme of a mind full of finger prints 

The reoccurring dream of a knife and a president 

Well, would you like to look at Madonnas book on sex? 

Or would you rather Alex Haleys book on Malcolm X? 

Their fuckin with ice tea but they dont even care if 

Eric Claptons singin, "I Shot The Sheriff" 

But how many more books on this subject can I read? 

And how many more frustrations must I try to ease? 

And how many more days of this bad air can I breathe? 

And how many more of my friends must just die and leave? 

But you cant diffuse the ticking time bomb 

You cant refuse the time it has come 

You cant erase our people from the nation 

Ill take a life before they call us 'The Lost Generation' 

But can you see us in the desert? 

Of course you can 

Can you see us on the mountain? 

Of course you can 

Can you see us in the ocean? 

Of course you can 

We're just splishin, splashin 

Jumpin in the sand 

But can you see us in the desert? 

Of course you can 

Can you see us on the mountain? 

Of course you can 

Can you see us in the ocean? 

Of course you can 

We're just splishin, splashin 

Jumpin in the sand 

But can you see me in Africa? 

Of course you can 

Can you see us in Asia? 

Of course you can 

Can you see us in Australia? 

Of course you can 

Aotearoa? Western Samoa? Eskimoa? 

Can you see us in the White House? 

No you cant 

Can you see us on the radio? 

Hell no 

Can you see me with the police 

In handcuffs? 

Splishin, splashin 

Jumpin in the sand