In Tune
Robert Glasper"In Tune" is a song by Robert Glasper, released in 2022 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:10 long and contains 96 lines and 492 words.
Lyrics
0:00I heard him call out
0:02I heard him call for his mother
0:04And I didn't even call my mother
0:07I wanted to avoid talking
0:08About the elephant in the room
0:10The pig on my neck
0:12The devil on detail
0:14We were born of a people
0:16Who were torn from their people
0:18For the root of all evil
0:20From it sprung the trunk
0:21The branches
0:22And the fruit of all evil
0:24Unless they need you
0:25They act as if they don't see you
0:27Besiege you and tell you to cooperate
0:29As if it's something you agreed to
0:32Before criminals constitution nothing's illegal
0:35Except people who were once
0:37Property destroying property upheaval
0:40Keep your eye on the sparrow
0:41The bald eagle
0:43Defeathered and beheaded
0:44At the stoop of the steeple
0:46Guarded by soldiers stupid yet lethal
0:50It doesn't matter if a liar has a republic
0:53Or democracy or monarchy
0:54It's malarkey
0:56Don't mind me if I seem a little off key
0:58Or I sing a little off key
1:01But when we're on keys
1:03We can unlock things
1:04Souls freed otherwhise held hostage
1:07On the ebony and ivory
1:09With the heart of a gnostic
1:10But hands of a locksmith
1:12A pharmacist a prescription for the toxic
1:15Eating away at our subconcious
1:178 ball in the corner pocket
1:198 ball on the corner cop it
1:21How can we stop it when
1:22The cops and the robbers
1:23Money is their religion
1:25They follow the same profits
1:27So don't mind me if
1:28I seem a little off key
1:30Or I sing a little off key
1:33But once we're in tune oh
1:36We can conduct the cosmos
1:39Conductor of the orchestra
1:41Conductor of the underground railroad
1:44Don't you see the kick the thump the heart
1:47The crashing cymbals as symbols of shields
1:51No Captain America no cap in America
1:54If you're black in a finger snap
1:56Fade to black in America
1:58So don't mind me if I seem
2:00A little off key
2:02Or I sing a little off key
2:04More than mere melody
2:06Using horn and string
2:07To quarantine from a disease
2:10That sees us as less as humans
2:12And more as things
2:14So we don't play music
2:16We pray music
2:17Those same nooses hang useless
2:20Raise the dead like Jesús did
2:23We don't play music
2:24We pray music
2:26Vivid and lucid
2:27Dreams let loose in the pure
2:29Hearts with divine acoustics
2:31We lay blueprints at the blue note
2:34I come from a people transmuted
2:37Transformed by song
2:40Until the musicians are translucent
2:43Until you see through
2:44Them and see through this
2:46And bear witness to the oneness
2:48That from nothingness
2:50Brought forth all of existence
2:52So don't mind me
2:54If I seem a little off key
2:56Or I sing a little off key
2:58It's more than mere melody
3:00I'm in tune
3:03We're in tune
3:04We're in tune
3:04We're in tune
3:05We're in tune
3:06We're in tune
3:07We're in tune
3:08We're in tune
3:09We're in tune
3:10We're in tune
I heard him call out I heard him call for his mother And I didn't even call my mother I wanted to avoid talking About the elephant in the room The pig on my neck The devil on detail We were born of a people Who were torn from their people For the root of all evil From it sprung the trunk The branches And the fruit of all evil Unless they need you They act as if they don't see you Besiege you and tell you to cooperate As if it's something you agreed to Before criminals constitution nothing's illegal Except people who were once Property destroying property upheaval Keep your eye on the sparrow The bald eagle Defeathered and beheaded At the stoop of the steeple Guarded by soldiers stupid yet lethal It doesn't matter if a liar has a republic Or democracy or monarchy It's malarkey Don't mind me if I seem a little off key Or I sing a little off key But when we're on keys We can unlock things Souls freed otherwhise held hostage On the ebony and ivory With the heart of a gnostic But hands of a locksmith A pharmacist a prescription for the toxic Eating away at our subconcious 8 ball in the corner pocket 8 ball on the corner cop it How can we stop it when The cops and the robbers Money is their religion They follow the same profits So don't mind me if I seem a little off key Or I sing a little off key But once we're in tune oh We can conduct the cosmos Conductor of the orchestra Conductor of the underground railroad Don't you see the kick the thump the heart The crashing cymbals as symbols of shields No Captain America no cap in America If you're black in a finger snap Fade to black in America So don't mind me if I seem A little off key Or I sing a little off key More than mere melody Using horn and string To quarantine from a disease That sees us as less as humans And more as things So we don't play music We pray music Those same nooses hang useless Raise the dead like Jesús did We don't play music We pray music Vivid and lucid Dreams let loose in the pure Hearts with divine acoustics We lay blueprints at the blue note I come from a people transmuted Transformed by song Until the musicians are translucent Until you see through Them and see through this And bear witness to the oneness That from nothingness Brought forth all of existence So don't mind me If I seem a little off key Or I sing a little off key It's more than mere melody I'm in tune We're in tune We're in tune We're in tune We're in tune We're in tune We're in tune We're in tune We're in tune We're in tune
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