Of Course You Can-Michael Franti & Spearhead

[ti:Of Course You Can] [ar:Spearhead] [al:Home] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Of Course You Can - Michael Franti & Spearhead [00:12.46]Ya know one day the indigenous [00:13.71]People of the Earth [00:15.02]Are gonna reclaim what's rightfully theirs [00:17.05] [00:21.98]Really [00:22.33] [00:28.07]Well lose your mind misplace your mind [00:30.00]Forgot you even had a mind [00:31.10]'Cause someone told you it's impossible [00:32.96]To change your mind [00:34.00]A friend of mine made it to twenty five [00:36.43]We had a celebration man [00:37.84]I'm glad that you're alive [00:38.63]I'm happy to see my man [00:40.68]You're beatin' the odds [00:41.91]And for this on this day [00:43.05]We give thanks to the gods [00:44.33]'Cause everyone deserves [00:45.40]A shot except you only get one [00:47.28]I hope it's not through the head my son [00:49.32]But life is short when you're afraid to cry [00:52.48]Life is hard when you're afraid to die [00:54.60]But when I feel alone I sing myself a song [00:57.55]Because wherever I lay a groove is my home [00:59.87]But can you see me in the desert [01:01.69]Of course you can [01:02.77]Can you see me on the mountain [01:04.28]Of course you can [01:05.40]Can you see me in the ocean [01:06.93]Of course you can [01:08.11]I'm just splishin' splashin' [01:09.70]Jumpin' in the sand [01:10.92]But can you see me in the desert [01:12.29]Of course you can [01:13.47]Can you see me on the mountain [01:14.95]Of course you can [01:16.12]Can you see me in the ocean [01:17.73]Of course you can [01:18.95]I'm just splishin' splashin' [01:20.40]Jumpin' in the sand [01:21.68] [01:32.74]But he remembered memories of [01:34.03]Walkin' through the puddles [01:35.07]Sayin' gee dad [01:35.80]Am I the one who's wanted by [01:37.14]The federal government [01:38.60]Doesn't want me to go to school [01:40.56]I ask too many questions [01:41.70]And I don't play by their rules [01:43.21]In school they tried [01:43.96]To tell me that a rock is not alive [01:46.03]But I have seen [01:46.80]A volcano growin' up and die [01:48.66]In school they tried [01:49.42]To tell me that a tree [01:51.08]It couldn't feel [01:51.54]But I have felt a tree [01:52.51]And it was bleedin' for real [01:53.96]In school they tried [01:54.74]To tell me animals couldn't talk [01:56.79]But they can understand [01:57.45]It when a dog starts to bark [01:59.56]In school they tried to tell me [02:00.84]Man doesn't have a soul [02:02.14]What happened to his [02:03.10]I say 'cause mine is still whole [02:04.65]But can you see me in the desert [02:06.16]Of course you can [02:07.28]Can you see me on the mountain [02:08.74]Of course you can [02:09.94]Can you see me in the ocean [02:11.44]Of course you can [02:12.67]I'm just splishin' splashin' [02:14.17]Jumpin' in the sand [02:15.50]But can you see me in the desert [02:16.96]Of course you can [02:17.99]Can you see me on the mountain [02:19.40]Of course you can [02:20.62]Can you see me in the ocean [02:22.19]Of course you can [02:23.37]I'm just splishin' splashin' [02:24.89]Jumpin' in the sand [02:26.45] [02:37.86]Can you see me [02:41.16] [02:42.95]Can you see me [02:47.91] [02:48.58]Can you see me [02:51.89] [02:53.18]Can you see me [02:57.30] [02:57.98]I have the reoccurring dream [02:59.78]Of a life's imprisonment [03:01.12]The reoccurring scream [03:02.32]Of a world and it's residents [03:03.76]The reoccurring theme [03:05.13]Of a mind full of finger prints [03:06.59]The reoccurring dream [03:07.82]Of a knife and a president [03:09.09]Well would you like [03:09.90]To look at Madonna's book on sex [03:12.15]Or would you rather [03:13.12]Alex Haley's book on Malcolm X [03:15.08]Their f**kin' with ice tea [03:16.49]But they don't even care if [03:17.59]Eric Clapton's singin' [03:18.83]I Shot The Sheriff [03:19.96]But how many more books [03:20.93]On this subject can I read [03:22.83]And how many more frustrations must [03:24.11]I try to ease [03:25.30]And how many more days [03:26.21]Of this bad air can I breathe [03:28.12]And how many more [03:28.80]Of my friends must just die and leave [03:30.74] [03:31.36]But you can't diffuse the ticking time bomb [03:34.06]You can't refuse the time it has come [03:36.46]You can't erase our people from the nation [03:38.86]I'll take a life before they call us [03:40.64]'The Lost Generation' [03:41.44]But can you see us in the desert [03:43.37]Of course you can [03:44.59]Can you see us on the mountain [03:45.81]Of course you can [03:46.76]Can you see us in the ocean [03:48.06]Of course you can [03:49.44]We're just splishin' splashin' [03:50.93]Jumpin' in the sand [03:52.18]But can you see us in the desert [03:53.53]Of course you can [03:54.74]Can you see us on the mountain [03:56.21]Of course you can [03:57.38]Can you see us in the ocean [03:59.12]Of course you can [04:00.16]We're just splishin' splashin' [04:01.83]Jumpin' in the sand [04:02.83]But can you see me in Africa [04:04.43]Of course you can [04:05.55]Can you see us in Asia [04:07.35]Of course you can [04:08.20]Can you see us in Australia [04:09.73]Of course you can [04:10.71]Aotearoa Western Samoa Eskimoa [04:13.72]Can you see us in the White House [04:15.29]No you can't [04:16.40]Can you see us on the radio [04:17.84]Hell no [04:19.15]Can you see me with the police [04:20.71]In handcuffs [04:21.84]Splishin' splashin' [04:23.26]Jumpin' in the sand