Own Light

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You're not using your heart for
What hearts are for

[Chorus]
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They've been trying to shut us down 
our whole life
Em
   I thank God for healing
                         F
You ain't got to get me lit, I got 
my own light
Em
  Thank God for listening, listen
                       F
You've been trying to build me up my
 whole life
Em
  I thank God for building
                         F
You ain't got to get me lit, I got 
my own light
Em
  I thank God I'm living

[Verse 1]
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Sometime I feel like a stranger, 
maybe I ain't from here
              Em
World going crazy, how could that be
 unclear?
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Know that I'm a soldier, heart's are
 my battleground
              Em
Sword in the holster, had to come 
back around
                   F
I ain't trying to hide away, I just 
had to meditate
               Em
I ain't got a lot to say but the 
ancestors may
                  F
Speaking to the whole globe, numbers
 don't occur to me
                Em
You can listen solo 'cause you're 
the whole world to me
                F
I jump in with both feet nothing low
 key
                             Em
You can find me where I'm s'posed 
be, where my folks be
                     F
If you listen very closely you know 
who chose me
                   Em
Nothing that I own owns me and so 
I'm so free
                  F
I remember being hungry needing 
groceries
                   Em
Nighttime getting no sleep 'til my 
nose bleed
                      F
Got a message to the police:
                             Em
You're not using your heart for what
 hearts are for

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                         F
They've been trying to shut us down 
our whole life
Em
   I thank God for healing
                         F
You ain't got to get me lit, I got 
my own light
Em
  Thank God for listening, listen
                       F
You've been trying to build me up my
 whole life
Em
  I thank God for building
                         F
You ain't got to get me lit, I got 
my own light
Em
  I thank God I'm living

[Verse 2]
             F
Not for one second I believe what 
you're telling me
               Em
I know you invented disease and sell
 the remedy
             F
Universe is sending me centuries of 
memories
              Em
So the very breath that I breathe is
 all I ever need
              F
I got that Muhammad Ali up in my 
pedigree
           Em
Yes I be speaking my peace up in my 
seventies
                       F
Ain't worry bout ya threatening me, 
I'm just being honest
                Em
I ain't buying fear just because 
it's all you got left
                 F
We just want to make love 'til we 
wake up
                   Em
I believe whoever made us envisioned
 greatness
                           F
And you know they want to paint us 
with the same brush
             Em
Wanna interchain us 'til we fill our
 grave up
                   F
Alright okay but when it's all said 
and it's all done
            Em
And I look back at the trophies I 
won
                  F
I will only count one
                    Em
I'm using my heart for what hearts 
are for

[Chorus]
                         F
They've been trying to shut us down 
our whole life
Em
   I thank God for healing
                         F
You ain't got to get me lit, I got 
my own light
Em
  Thank God for listening, listen
                       F
You've been trying to build me up my
 whole life
Em
  I thank God for building
                         F
You ain't got to get me lit, I got 
my own light
Em
  I thank God I'm living

[Verse 3]
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And I know who I am

I know whose I am
                 Em
On your wings, I fly

And in your shoes, I stand
                 F
I'm animated by love, I don't move 
by chance
             Em
Any stage I touch or any place I 
stand
                   F
There y'all land, living in the 
world as it is
                  Em
Cracked vessel, I am no more and no 
less than a man
     F
Any po-sessions that I have are just
 in my hand
     Em
I'm balancing the best that I can
         F
I'm not making no claims but
                    Em
I'm using my heart for what hearts 
are for

[Chorus]
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All the beauty in this whole life 
(uh)
Em
  I thank God for healing
                             F
And You ain't got to get me lit, I 
got my own light
Em
  I thank God for listening, listen
                       F
You've been trying to build me up my
 whole life
Em
  I thank God for building
                         F
You ain't got to get me lit, I got 
my own light
Em
  I thank God I'm living
                         F
Just reflecting all the beauty in 
this whole life