People don't sing About days that didn't happen, and People don't cry for tears that weren't shed Time doesn't stop When you close your eyes, and our Big old clock will keep on ticking til it dies Can you hear the hum of the hummingbird Can you smell the breeze carrying leaves that it lured Can you cry for your mother and your father too Can you breathe until there's no air left in you What if there were No wings on a butterfly, and What if we walked 1000 days How long would it take If we all held hands, and How many miles Could we go before our heads layed down Can you hear the hum of the hummingbird Can you smell the breeze carrying leaves that it lured Can you cry for your mother and your father too Can you breathe until there's no air left in you No one's going home tonight without a Heartache and moonlight Keep on moving on until There's nothing else to move on to and we're gone Can you hear the hum of the hummingbird Can you smell the breeze carrying leaves that it lured Can you cry for your mother and your father too Can you breathe until there's no air left in you Can you breathe until there's no air left in you

I don't wanna write this down I wanna tell you how I feel right now I don't wanna take no time to write this down I wanna tell you how I feel right now How I feel right now, yeah, hmm, hey Tomorrow may never come For you or me, life is not promised (Promised) Tomorrow may never show up For you or me, this life is not promised (Promised) I ain't no perfect man I'm tryin' to do the best that I can With what it is I have I ain't no perfect man I'm tryin' to do, the best that I can With what it is I have Put my heart and my soul into this song, you feel me? From where I am, to wherever you are, I mean that sincerely, yeah To see my people not shine I swear that it kills me, if you got a light, gotta be bright Remember the times they tried to conceal me, yeah Tomorrow may never come For you or me, this life is not promised (Promised) Tomorrow may never appear You better hold this very moment (Moment) Very close to you right now (Very close to you, very close to you) (Close to you) Don't be afraid, afraid to shine Afraid to shine, shine, afraid to shine Afraid to shine, shine, afraid to shine My Umi said, "Shine your light on the world" Shine your light for the world to see My Abi said, "Shine your light on the world" Shine your light for the world to see I want black people to be free, to be free, to be free (My Umi said, "Shine your light on the world") I want black people to be free, to be free, to be free (Shine your light for the world to see) I want my people to be free, to be free, to be free (My Abi said, "Shine your light on the world") I want black people to be free, to be free, to be free (Shine your light for the world to see) (Shine your light for the world to see) (My Abi said, "Shine your light on the world") (Shine your light for the world to see) Sometimes I get discouraged I look around and things are weak I know this world produce some evils But won't let my heart skip a beat Sometimes I just wanna fly away Skip the stress for brighter days I turn my every day into a holiday Turn Sundays into Fathers Day I never wanna jump in the water (Water) There's something going on outside These people that's running in the world Enough money and loads of pride I'm sayin', just open your eyes It's all right in front of you, see? When my daughter grow up and hear this song The message just be what you wanna be Be the change that you really wanna see I just hope and believe for that Jump through hoops and achieve for that Pick up my sword and probably bleed for that That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me That's all that matters to me