Of Course You Can-Spearhead

[ti:Of Course You Can] [ar:Spearhead] [al:Home] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Of Course You Can - Spearhead [00:12.36]Ya know one day the indigenous [00:13.62]People of the Earth [00:14.92]Are gonna reclaim what's rightfully theirs [00:16.95] [00:21.89]Really [00:22.23] [00:27.97]Well lose your mind misplace your mind [00:29.90]Forgot you even had a mind [00:31.00]'Cause someone told you it's impossible [00:32.86]To change your mind [00:33.91]A friend of mine made it to twenty five [00:36.34]We had a celebration man [00:37.75]I'm glad that you're alive [00:38.53]I'm happy to see my man [00:40.58]You're beatin' the odds [00:41.81]And for this on this day [00:42.96]We give thanks to the gods [00:44.23]'Cause everyone deserves [00:45.30]A shot except you only get one [00:47.18]I hope it's not through the head my son [00:49.23]But life is short when you're afraid to cry [00:52.38]Life is hard when you're afraid to die [00:54.50]But when I feel alone I sing myself a song [00:57.45]Because wherever I lay a groove is my home [00:59.77]But can you see me in the desert [01:01.60]Of course you can [01:02.68]Can you see me on the mountain [01:04.18]Of course you can [01:05.30]Can you see me in the ocean [01:06.84]Of course you can [01:08.01]I'm just splishin' splashin' [01:09.60]Jumpin' in the sand [01:10.82]But can you see me in the desert [01:12.20]Of course you can [01:13.38]Can you see me on the mountain [01:14.85]Of course you can [01:16.02]Can you see me in the ocean [01:17.63]Of course you can [01:18.85]I'm just splishin' splashin' [01:20.30]Jumpin' in the sand [01:21.59] [01:32.64]But he remembered memories of [01:33.94]Walkin' through the puddles [01:34.98]Sayin' gee dad [01:35.70]Am I the one who's wanted by [01:37.04]The federal government [01:38.51]Doesn't want me to go to school [01:40.46]I ask too many questions [01:41.60]And I don't play by their rules [01:43.11]In school they tried [01:43.86]To tell me that a rock is not alive [01:45.93]But I have seen [01:46.70]A volcano growin' up and die [01:48.56]In school they tried [01:49.32]To tell me that a tree [01:50.99]It couldn't feel [01:51.44]But I have felt a tree [01:52.41]And it was bleedin' for real [01:53.87]In school they tried [01:54.64]To tell me animals couldn't talk [01:56.69]But they can understand [01:57.35]It when a dog starts to bark [01:59.46]In school they tried to tell me [02:00.74]Man doesn't have a soul [02:02.05]What happened to his [02:03.00]I say 'cause mine is still whole [02:04.55]But can you see me in the desert [02:06.06]Of course you can [02:07.19]Can you see me on the mountain [02:08.64]Of course you can [02:09.84]Can you see me in the ocean [02:11.35]Of course you can [02:12.57]I'm just splishin' splashin' [02:14.07]Jumpin' in the sand [02:15.40]But can you see me in the desert [02:16.87]Of course you can [02:17.89]Can you see me on the mountain [02:19.30]Of course you can [02:20.52]Can you see me in the ocean [02:22.09]Of course you can [02:23.28]I'm just splishin' splashin' [02:24.80]Jumpin' in the sand [02:26.35] [02:37.76]Can you see me [02:41.06] [02:42.85]Can you see me [02:47.81] [02:48.49]Can you see me [02:51.79] [02:53.08]Can you see me [02:57.20] [02:57.88]I have the reoccurring dream [02:59.69]Of a life's imprisonment [03:01.02]The reoccurring scream [03:02.22]Of a world and it's residents [03:03.66]The reoccurring theme [03:05.04]Of a mind full of finger prints [03:06.49]The reoccurring dream [03:07.73]Of a knife and a president [03:08.99]Well would you like [03:09.81]To look at Madonna's book on sex [03:12.05]Or would you rather [03:13.03]Alex Haley's book on Malcolm X [03:14.98]Their f**kin' with ice tea [03:16.40]But they don't even care if [03:17.49]Eric Clapton's singin' [03:18.73]I Shot The Sheriff [03:19.86]But how many more books [03:20.83]On this subject can I read [03:22.74]And how many more frustrations must [03:24.01]I try to ease [03:25.20]And how many more days [03:26.12]Of this bad air can I breathe [03:28.02]And how many more [03:28.70]Of my friends must just die and leave [03:30.64] [03:31.26]But you can't diffuse the ticking time bomb [03:33.96]You can't refuse the time it has come [03:36.36]You can't erase our people from the nation [03:38.76]I'll take a life before they call us [03:40.54]'The Lost Generation' [03:41.34]But can you see us in the desert [03:43.27]Of course you can [03:44.49]Can you see us on the mountain [03:45.71]Of course you can [03:46.66]Can you see us in the ocean [03:47.96]Of course you can [03:49.34]We're just splishin' splashin' [03:50.83]Jumpin' in the sand [03:52.08]But can you see us in the desert [03:53.43]Of course you can [03:54.64]Can you see us on the mountain [03:56.11]Of course you can [03:57.29]Can you see us in the ocean [03:59.02]Of course you can [04:00.06]We're just splishin' splashin' [04:01.74]Jumpin' in the sand [04:02.74]But can you see me in Africa [04:04.34]Of course you can [04:05.45]Can you see us in Asia [04:07.25]Of course you can [04:08.10]Can you see us in Australia [04:09.63]Of course you can [04:10.62]Aotearoa Western Samoa Eskimoa [04:13.62]Can you see us in the White House [04:15.19]No you can't [04:16.30]Can you see us on the radio [04:17.74]Hell no [04:19.05]Can you see me with the police [04:20.61]In handcuffs [04:21.74]Splishin' splashin' [04:23.17]Jumpin' in the sand