It’s effortless between us Sunday morning praise It’s DJs on the breaking beat Summer at the lake It feels like we’re meant to be If I believed in fate But destiny has lied to me We’ve got choices to make We can’t just let the river flow We’ve got to be intentional True love is not as simple as they say A broken heart can be made whole Regret is irreversible If we let fear chase our chance away But if we build this home together We won’t end up down the river Maybe this time love is here to stay And it’s simple as they say I never expected to be so afraid You’re clearly a blessing but I am not a saint I prayed for a lover like you But didn’t really have the faith Oh my Lord a dream come true Why do I wanna run away We can’t just let the river flow We’ve got to be intentional True love is not as simple as they say A broken heart can be made whole Regret is irreversible If we let fear chase our chance away But if we build this home together We won’t end up down the river Maybe this time love is here to stay So if we build this home together We won’t end up down the river Maybe this time love is here to stay And it’s simple as they say Maybe this time love is here to stay And it's simple as they say

Nothin' is gonna break us Nothin' is gonna take us under Nothin' can really shake us Nothin' is gonna ruin this love Melody from the heavens Gabriel with a lyre couldn’t quiet my soul Like your voice and your presence Sittin' and doin' nothin' we're top of the globe Even your imperfections Kissin' the constellations of your marks and your moles I know that I did nothin' to deserve this I know that I did nothin' to deserve this I know that I did nothin' to deserve this Nothin' is gonna break us Nothin' is gonna take us under Nothin' can really shake us Nothin' is gonna ruin this love Nothin' is gonna break us Nothin' is gonna take us under Nothin' can really shake us Nothin' is gonna ruin this love Ah ah ah ah ah ah Nothin' is gonna take us under Ah ah ah ah ah ah Nothin' is gonna ruin this love Why you always complaining Every word that you sayin' is like nails on a board Losing all of my patience Compromising ‘till both of us are bitter and bored Why are we even angry Honestly don’t remember what we arguing for I know that I did nothin' to deserve this I know that I did nothin' to deserve this I know that I did nothin' to deserve this Nothin' is gonna break us Nothin' is gonna take us under Nothin' can really shake us Nothin' is gonna ruin this love Nothin' is gonna break us Nothin' is gonna take us under Nothin' can really shake us Nothin' is gonna ruin this love Ah ah ah ah ah ah Nothin' is gonna take us under Ah ah ah ah ah ah Nothin' is gonna ruin this love I’m sorry for the hair in the sink I’m sorry for eating your leftovers I’m sorry you’re allergic to things I know you can’t control the crazy way that you sneeze I’m sorry for my pettiest ways Forgettin' you’re the answer to the prayers I prayed I’m done with letting all this nothin' get in the way I promise lover nothin’s gonna get in the way Nothin' is gonna break us Nothin' is gonna take us under Nothin' can really shake us Nothin' is gonna ruin this love Nothin' is gonna break us Nothin' is gonna take us under Nothin' can really shake us Nothin' is gonna ruin this love Ah ah ah ah ah ah Nothin' is gonna take us under Ah ah ah ah ah ah Nothin' is gonna ruin this love

Got a message from somebody Who shares your given name And I thought that you were Coming home to me You told me to not be waiting I tried hard to go my way But I'm stuck on these unfading memories Got no reason to be dating Every waltz I try to take They can feel the hesitation in my feet It's been years It's been ages And I cannot seem to heal From affection that is not a wound to me The months just keep on going by So what's a dozen more I've ran out of excuses I just don't want to move forward I'd rather be alone in life Than say I do unsure As long as we're still possible I'll never lock the door I was driving through the city When I thought I saw your car That old piece of junk I hated But I felt joy in my heart And it made me want to call you Just to ask you how you are How I hate that you still love me 'Cause I wish that we could talk I don't want the things you want from me Except the days I do Though I told you not to wait for me It'd kill me if I knew You were deep in love with somebody And finally moving on It's been years It's been ages Still I wonder if I'm wrong The months just keep on going by So what's a dozen more I've ran out of excuses I just don't want to move forward I'd rather be alone in life than say I do unsure As long as we're still possible I'll never lock the door I wish you'd just get married soon I wish you'd hurt me more So I can have a reason to Stop peaking at the porch I'd rather be alone in life Than say I do unsure As long as we're still possible I'll never lock the door As long as we're still possible I'll never Never lock the door

I’m flattered that you fancy me But don’t get too excited Girl you don’t know what I’m hidin’ I got blood upon my hands you see I didn’t mean to do it But I don’t know what I’m doing Baby if you wanna dance with me Better wear some steel-toe heels Love is a skill I’m ready to learn If it’s a pain you’re ready to feel ‘Cause I’m bound to hurt you baby Bound to break your stride If you learn to love this fool You’ll learn to love like God If we learn to love like God We might just stand a chance All off-beat with four left feet But it sure feels good to dance Appreciate the warnin’ baby But let me tell you plainly I ain’t always been a lady Don’t care who got the greater shame Unless you tryin’ to save it Let the grace of God erase it How foolish to become afraid Of the power that casts out fear Love is a skill I’m ready to learn If it’s a pain you’re ready to feel ‘Cause I’m bound to hurt you baby Bound to break your stride If you learn to love this fool You’ll learn to love like God And if we learn to love like God We might just stand a chance All off-beat with four left feet But it sure feel good to dance ‘Cause I’m bound to hurt you baby Bound to break your stride If you learn to love this fool You’ll learn to love like God If we learn to love like God We might just stand a chance All off-beat with four left feet But it sure feel good to dance Sure feels good Sure feels good Sure feels good to dance Said it sure feels good Sure feels good Sure feels good to dance I said it sure feels good Sure feels good Sure feels good to dance Said it sure feels good Sure feels good Sure feels good to dance But I'm bound to hurt you baby Love is a skill I'm willing to learn But I'm bound to hurt you baby Love is a skill I'm ready to learn Said I'm bound to hurt you baby Love is a skill I'm ready to learn But I'm bound to hurt you baby Love is a skill I'm ready to learn Said I'm bound to hurt you baby Bound to break your stride If you learn to love this fool You'll learn to love like God If we learn to love like God We might just stand a chance All off-beat with four left feet But it sure feels good to dance

Her love arrived The night before the calendar repeats When everyone makes promises They soon forget to keep She came to change The absent-minded way we choose to be To love her we will have to pay attention There's really nothing special 'bout the way She wants and needs We all could use some guidance through These complicated streets Our cheeks would all be rosy If we held each face we greet Let beauty speak Just close your eyes and listen There's no such thing as silence There's no such thing as noise The world is always singing There is music in the soil The quietness a melody The chaos tells a story She walks a little slower And she's not afraid to pause She stops to smell the roses And admires every thorn This world is full of fragrance We got flower petal hearts Be gentle and we'll help each other bloom Be patient and we’ll taste the sweetest tune There's no such thing as silence There's no such thing as noise The world is always singing There is music in the soil The quietness a melody The chaos tells a story Be gentle and we'll help each other bloom Be patient and we’ll taste the sweetest tune

No one's home She's all alone Her secrets are weighing her down What is love she asks As she watched herself get dressed Wondered if love would come around She'd fall to her knees Pray somebody please Save her from herself She'd fall to her knees Pray somebody please Save her from herself She couldn't understand Why she couldn't keep a man She'd say she didn't need nobody By her side She was broken And time wasn't healing And lying lost its power To keep her alive She'd fall to her knees Pray somebody please Save her from herself She'd fall to her knees Praying somebody please Save her from herself She knows fear How they know love And freedom's still not free enough And nobody knows she feels so different How much time 'till she can't fake it She wishes she could love just like them Like them Mm'yeah Just like them Yeah Fourteen years old A man took off her clothes He said This is what love should feel like She then promised herself She'd never need nobody else And grew addicted to protecting herself Now she doesn't know how to love No no no love No Somebody teach her how to love And she knows fear How they know love And freedom's still not free enough And nobody knows she feels so different How much time till she can't fake it She wishes she could love just like them Or love at all

There is a nation My people came from It is supposed to be my home Open my mouth and I am a stranger Everyone hears it in my tone As I fumble through the language Father wrote my mother poems And I wonder Is there a place where I belong A place where I belong There is a nation I'm born and raised in It is supposed to be my home I am a stranger Here in my own land Everyone hears it in my tone Speaking Spanglish With an echo Of an island I don't know All my features Tell my neighbors I’m too other to belong Where is the water Where is the sand Where is the sky and Where is the land Where is the nation Where is the flag That treats me as their own Where is the kindness Where is the hand Where is the neighbor Where is the friend Where is the welcome Where is the love That I can call my home There is a nation I'm born and raised in It is supposed to be my home My people been here For generations Still I'm unsure if we'll ever belong Brown versus board of assimilation Hollow the victory Tokenization Still in the ghettos Still segregation Natives still suffering on reservations I am American I am as true as it knows Red white and singing the blues Blacks and Indigenous Hated by the very nation They built with our ancestors bones I am a river polluted With greed and with theft I am a protest with flesh I am the thirsty dark children Still guzzling lead Still no one can answer me this Where is the water Where is the sand Where is the sky and Where is the land Where is the nation Where is the flag That treats me as their own Where is the kindness Where is the hand Where is the neighbor Where is the friend Where is the welcome Where is the love I am the kindness I am the hand I am the neighbor I am the friend I am the welcome I am the love That you can call your home

Call me a broken record Go 'head and roll your eyes It's gonna take A lifetime of faith To uproot these age-old lies Call me a broken record It should be no surprise Long as my people Lesser than equal Every day I rise Lift our voices With a freedom song Cry for justice with a mighty drum Pour our love on our enemies We will fight this evil with poetry Don't put your hope Don't put your hope Don't put your hope in a man Don't lose your hope Don't lose your hope Don't lose your hope To a president This is more than one goliath Needing to be slain Don't look for a hero king To rescue us from pain We need a whole symphony An honest marching band To play a truthful melody In this deceptive land Lift our voices With a freedom song Cry for justice with a mighty drum Pour our love on our enemies We will fight this evil with poetry Call me a broken record Go 'head and roll your eyes It's gonna take A lifetime of faith To uproot these age-old lies Call me a broken record It should be no surprise Long as my people Lesser than equal Every day I rise Lift our voices With a freedom song Cry for justice with a mighty drum Pour our love on our enemies We will fight this evil with poetry Lift our voices With a freedom song Cry for justice with a mighty drum Pour our love on our enemies We will fight this evil with poetry Lift our voices With a freedom song Cry for justice with a mighty drum Pour our love on our enemies We will fight this evil with poetry