SOPHREE VERSE I — LAND Bare feet good dirt sun coming through the trees Roots know where they came from branches know when to leave Stone got patience grass got nerve little green thing push through earth Whole world turning underneath us quietly doing the work I don't need to own the mountain just to know the mountain's there Don't need everything to follow me to know that I belong somewhere Seed split new life look what breaking can become Land said stand where you are then grow toward the sun HOOK LAND hold me AIR move me WATER flow right through me FIRE show me how to change without losing me Round and round everything moves Nothing in nature got only one groove Earth below blue above River run sun come up Sophree Sophree Come alive come alive VERSE II — AIR + WATER Wind came dancing through the window moved the curtain changed the room Never saw the hands that touched me still I watched the flowers move Breathe in breathe out little tide inside the chest Air don't ask me where I'm going just gives motion to the next Then the rain came tap tap roof talk street shine cloud break Water found the smallest opening never needed force to make River bend don't mean surrender flow got strength the stone can learn Ocean lifting toward the heavens coming back as rain in turn Change your shape keep moving there are many ways to be HOOK LAND hold me AIR move me WATER flow right through me FIRE show me how to change without losing me Round and round everything moves Nothing in nature got only one groove Earth below blue above River run sun come up Sophree Sophree Come alive come alive VERSE III — FIRE + WHOLE Spark jump wood catch night suddenly got a face Fire don't stand still for nobody every second changes shape Warm the hands cook the food light the road clear the old Same flame can give you shelter same flame needs respect to hold So I dance with what is living not above it not outside Land beneath me air around me water moving fire inside Mother earth don't speak in sentences still her patterns answer back Season turn leaves fall rain comes green returns Nothing living stays one thing long enough to call it done FINAL HOOK LAND hold us AIR move us WATER flow between us FIRE show us how to change and still remember us Round and round everything moves Life keeps making another groove Earth below sky above River run sun come up Sophree Sophree Come alive come alive Root breath river flame Different forms one living change.
