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I Am A Sleeping Giant
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One white kid in the whole neighborhood
All my friends spoke Spanish but still I knew the truth
That every one of us wants the same exact thing
To find a safe haven and to have a family
So it's funny when I meet someone who says that I don't know
How it feels to be different cause I'm not from a ghetto
That I'm guilty of racism cause I've got white skin
When my grandfather walked in D.C. against oppression
And why judge me on the wrongs of my ancestry?
It's not who I am and it's not at all how I was raised
I'm too pale, too short, too weak, too ugly
I've heard it all before, all directed at me
But not once have I ever judged another by his skin
Nor have I ever treated someone differently for being a woman
I can honestly say this, I've never betrayed a friend
And my loyalty runs deeper than the river I drowned in
That's right, I died for thirty minutes
And in that timeless place I was locked in a prison
I relived every sin, saw what I could've been
And I cried for salvation as eternity pulled me in
This couldn't be the end, I couldn't go like this
Not my future out of reach, as though I were Tantalus
No heaven, no hell, just a vast nonexistence
And for a time I can't describe I floated in stillness
No. A voice cut through eternity.
Self-recognition, thoughts came back to me.
Who am I? Where am I? Am I dead? Is this the end?
"Not yet" the voice said as I began to ascend
Ever since then I've known who I am
Beneath this scarred skin there's a sleeping giant
I live to learn, and fall to rise
Wrong deeds with right intentions, but I'll try to make them right
Sometimes I feel like I'm living on borrowed time
Paid off by being a light to save anothers life
To nspire, to entertain, to support and to change
To love, to protect, to help along their way
So judge me not on what you see externally
Every moments a blessing and I know I'm so lucky
Not for the things I have in my possession
But for all these people I've known, and for all of these lessons
I don't know if there's a God who is watching me now
I know not if there's a heaven, nor if there's a hell
But regardless of the trials and the struggles that I'll face
My love for this world can never be changed