Nujabes: Feather

Light as a feather when i'm floating through
Reading through the daily news
Measuring the hurt within the golden rule
Centimeters of ether i'm heatin the speaker
Motivational teacher with words that burn people
Seeing the headlines lined with discord
It's either genocide or the planet in uproar
Never good, the rules of paradise are never nice
The best laid plans of mice and men are never right
I'm just a vagabond with flowers for algernon
An average joe who knows what the fuck is goin on
Its the hope of my thoughts that i travel upon
Fly like an arrow of god until i'm gone so

Driftin away like a feather in air
Lettin my words take me away from the hurt and despair
So im keepin it vertical forever elevator
Riding the escalator to a somethin that is greater so i'm

Driftin away like a feather in air
Lettin my soul take me away from the hurt and despair
So i'm keepin it vertical forever elevator
Riding the escalator to a somethin that is greater

Takin chances, words tapdancing with wolves
In an ice arena i'm there deep in the woods of arizona
The sun be high, life's ironic ain't tryin to be talib when i write
Surreal life i paint it vivid
Habitat, crazy insane, watchin propoganda six o clock news that are sayin
Cultures clash, more black thought and white trash
They revel in the cyberspace that might crash
Dash to millenium a million miles of runnin
At the speed of now they'll return gunnin
Rambo style gunho child gunning
Ammo blao two times loud stunnin
Stunnin, when i hit ya, lift ya off the earth like
Ayo take you right back to earth
And niggas wonder why
They might wonder why this shit might happen but it does, it goes

Driftin away like a feather in air
Lettin my words take me away from the hurt and despair
So i'm keepin it vertical forever elevator
Riding the escalator to a somethin that is greater so i'm

Driftin away like a feather in air
Lettin my soul take me away from the hurt and despair
So i'm keepin it vertical forever elevator
Riding the escalator to a somethin that is greater

Treat you, better than me cuz that's the heavenly key
To unlock the inner strength where my essence will be
It's the knowledge of self, understanding of the things around me
That becomes the wisdom that i need,
Livin this life to the best of my ability
Channelin energy to my thoughts into you're symmetry
Remember me, becuz my clothes remain gold
I got the gift of gab like them pimps in Kangols
It never ends, i keep it rulin like a cypher,
The first cave man bringing fire, innovating it higher
To blast mistakes i raise the stakes
Its double or nothing in this vacuum-less space
I will, survive, divine, the time to cry
Fuck a hold or hide i'm alive with pride
And i drove the chevy to the levy but the levy was dry
Singing "this will be the day that i die"