Skin On The Drum Lyrics - Spearhead

I'm a little under the weather today 

Too much of pepper spray can make a brother congested 

You know what I'm saying 

But the harder they hit us the louder we become 

Kinda like the skin on the drum, you what I'm saying? 

I was born botanical, the soul of an animal 

Deep beneath the layers, I sink my roots 

No need for mechanical, I come strictly organical 

When I need to feast, I look to the East 

That's why I'm never scared of the beast 

Even though they try to prey upon me 

I'm protected by the one always greater than me 

So now I reveal to thee because you wanna see 

The contour of my mystery, the strength of my arches 

The color of my conscience and the way that I process my diction 

Some fact, some fiction, some mystery and some future fantasy 

I'm the trunk that holds the branches 

The leaves who do the dances 

My flowers romantic, my love gigantic 

From Africa, transplanted to transatlantic 

In the heat of the sun, I bring shade for everyone 

Like the beat on the one, I'm the skin on the drum 

I keep on living with the fullness of the one 

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum 

I keep on living with the fullness of the one 

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum 

I keep on living with the fullness of the one 

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum 

I keep on living with the fullness of the one 

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum 

I'm fully marinated and now I'm ready for the fire 

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two 

See I'm fully marinated and now I'm ready for the fire 

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two 

Fire one, fire two, fire one, fire two, fire one, fire two 

See I've been fully marinated and now I'm ready for the fire 

See I'm beginning to perspire from deep within to the skin 

Yo, the feminine and the masculine 

The pieces of the puzzle, see me reflections in the puddle 

After the storm the purple of the sky brings to mind another time 

When we resided below the water line, life was fine there human divine 

But in the years following, evil men came swallowing everything in sight 

Some learned to run, some stayed to fight 

I knelled at the tomb of the soldier, said I would love to behold her 

The magic in store there, she touched me on the shoulder 

She said, "In time all is revealed, box of light be unsealed 

Now listen to me son, be like the skin on the drum" 

I keep on living with the fullness of the one 

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum 

I keep on living with the fullness of the one 

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum 

I keep on living with the fullness of the one 

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum 

I keep on living with the fullness of the one 

Like the heat of the sun or the skin on the drum 

I'm fully marinated and now I'm ready for the fire 

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two 

See, I'm fully marinated and now I'm ready for the fire 

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two 

See I'm fully marinated and now I'm ready for the fire 

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two 

See, I'm fully marinated and now I'm ready for the fire 

So you can fire one, fire one, fire two 

Fire one, fire two, fire one, fire two 

And as the pepper gas clears and police and protesters go home 

Just as the morning dew are tear drops of the night 

My emotions are always there for you and will never leave you dry 

Bless