Asha The First

by Kamasi Washington

From the album: Fearless Movement

Duration: 7:46

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Lyrics for Asha The First

Now my heart is free Staring back at me Future's past, I see Life shines from the tree Now my heart is free Staring back at me Future's past, I see Life shines from the tree Now my heart is free Staring back at me Future's past, I see Life shines from the tree No man can run from impending doom Prays to raise his son for many moons Fuck that, gotta raise my vibration Might raise my voice out of frustration Trying to raise this financial situation 'Cause I'm plagued with the same problems I was raised in Does that raise some concerns for your birth? Does it raise some concerns that the sun rays burn on the Earth? Huh, and we not fast for solutions I can breathe the air, but the air breeds pollution Minds get ensnared by institutions And if not, then they get impaired by confusion And if not, then it's both, lost hope for improvement That's why The Coast can't coast through the movement That's why when you ask why, I won't be ready When I look in your eyes and see the light, I feel heavy But you'll never notice 'cause I'll never show it Plus, you'll be too busy dissectin' the motives Of the world around you, trying to balance your focus Anything can become your everything in the moment Every moment for me brings me closer to eternity And you might think that that's closer to uncertainty But perfect you, that's a perfect me In a perfect world that can never be I recognize you're the future Future Life shines from the tree Heaven's in the kids, Hell don't exist Inhale, exhale for the male, female, themselves to exist Mind your tongue for what's to come, death may have fell from your lips Speak life for the health benefit and whoever else benefit The youth, they soak our vibes up Our frequency must rise up, rebuke the chemicals and ditch the products Teach'em what's natural, how nigga naps could wake the God up Teach'em the Afrocentric lens of this life that's upon us Not just vices and trauma, give advice on the prices of karma Deeds and actions, laws of righteous rights and honors They on us since the schoolyard, drilling it too hard Indoctrinated, who most hated? I'll break it to y'all The only way to predict the future is to create it And school's designed to rob our children of imagination Snuffing generations, future after future Slow our innovations, that's how you trap your future That's how you trap when it come to rap or how you react to future Social engineerin', these ain't words for fearin' You holding court with the wise, this a positive hearing To aid us on our journey, this universal law And we got power of attorney, so ain't no need to worry And ain't no need to hurry Our family trees plant money trees, the proceeds is buried Enemies and adversaries follow greed through cemeteries But won't receive a cherry, the fruits of our labor stem from our purpose We the emblem of perfect, we ain't descend from no curses And yes, I have read Deuteronomy, but Due to the rhymes in me, I got knowledge in infinite verses, and so Heaven's in the kids, Hell don't exist Inhale, exhale for the male, female, themselves to exist Mind your tongue for what's to come, death may have fell from your lips Speak life with a health benefit or whoever else benefit Your Higher self would admit Now my heart is free Staring back at me Future's past, I see Life shines from the tree Now my heart is free Staring back at me Future's past, I see Life shines from the tree

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