excuse me while i kiss the sky

long ago i played this part willingly
worked myself into the script
but now the time has come
that we all need the script to be flipped
i let myself stand in the wings
but that was in the past
one long ass mistake i let myself make
and now you all want to see me typecast

i don't know why committed men
seem to make me rhyme
i do know that i just go with the flow
and in my mind love is blind
and now i hear of another girl
somehow looking down on my friends
and i ask myself "ashevillage -
when does the bull shit end?"

i don't even know you
but i do know that you're kind
and i don't wish to hurt anyone
by admiring what isn't mine
but people need to recognize
and open up their eyes
and shovel out their own stable
and give up the ghost that lies
i never hit on anyone
or flashed booty in nobody's face
i'm just a woman on my own
looking for a place

a place where i can get in, fit in
maybe even stay
a place where i can mostly work
and that would be okay
a place where i am met with smiles
invitations to walk on stage
a place where i can play and dance
and sing and love and rage
a place where visions come to life
lifted off my page
a place where i can support my family
with more than minimum wage

and i just like his smile, his eyes
but mostly his open mind
the way it pours into my heart
riding on the wings of the rhyme
but i don't have to tell you
you hear his voice every day
i'm sure it makes you hot like a tater tot
or some fireworks on freedom day
and it is not my aim to fix what's workin'
'cause if it's workin' it don't need to be fixed
but unless it's open for everyone to read
there's always gonna be tricks

my advice to you is to own your spot
project what's true and don't believe what's not
instead of snatchin' hats when you're not that stealth
walk up and introduce yourself
could've nipped it in the bud 8 months ago
but instead - i don't even know you, yo

i wish i had somewhere else to go
but this is my home through heat, sleet and snow
the only place i'm going is on the road
so better get together and work on your code
a code of ethics so that noone gets hurt
when everyone's messy, playin' out in the dirt
it needs to cover locals, not just bitches on the road
and atleast two people who respect the code

namaste from kid and play
we cain't help it  - we was born this way