Broken Chains

My momma told me about a man
Who sits up in the sky
She said, "Child he's gonna save your life
But you can't meet him till you die."

Old blind man told me yesterday
That if I said some words just right
It would change my life like magic
And I would see "the light".

And the preacher on the corner's selling tickets to Heaven
Collecting money in his hat
I said, "Why buy something I already got?
That just ain't where it's at"

Don't flip thru your Bible
To find your opinion for the day
Don't bother me
I'm living my own way

Cos I've found my own truth
And when all is said and done
My mansion's not in heaven, it's inside of me
And either way, life goes on....

unselfconscious

Let them whisper, let them stare
They can't penetrate me
With their condescending glares
Not today
Because today I am:
unselfconscious

The ignorant try to destroy
That which they don't understand
But they don't determine our reality
We don't have to give in to their demands
 

Although my uniqueness was never a crime
I've discovered that I've been doing time
For envoking the fear of narrow minds
But my shackles are off, I've been set free
And I've found that my only salvation was me

....somewhere....
Hidden beneath our cruel make up
High above the clouds of unforgiving cares
We are all:
unselfconcious
And we are:
pure.