There's a form of violence that we learn as men
That happens when we simply run from love
Don't let it take a whole lifetime to get your humanity back
I'm not running anymore
Shards of a heart picked up from the floor
Scars on our bodies, in our brains, and more
Growing up here was more like surviving a war
It's hard, but I know that we are so much more
I grew up poor, I've been broke on tour
And turned down money cuz my worth is more
Got something in me that they can't afford
A year shy of 40 with the best in store
I learned love is all that I was put here for
And I learned those words mean so much more
We used to fear growth, I'm not running anymore
This love goes deep like feet in the floor
Like trees with roots that reach the earth's core
Never have I been so sure
Seen life for what it is
And it don't hurt no more
Shed this man skin
Let this broken heart of ours mend
Touch the light of love within
Shine on
New suns
We all hold trauma but we're so much more
When hearts break, it takes time to restore
We come back changed, a new range to explore
More stronger and tender than ever before
I am something brand new in a body that's worn
Made out of stories with some pages torn
Space to create more worlds out my limbs
And words out my skin, I can't keep this in
Love is salvation, let it take you in
I take a look in the mirror and I'm breaking men
Their form of manhood's a cage we're in
Like we could be free but we embrace prison
We stay impaired, keep running from love
Just to run into all the abuse we're from
Some stories come with a predictable drum
There is nothing new under, but there are new suns
Shed this man skin
Let this broken heart of ours mend
Touch the light of love within
Shine on
New suns
Octavia Butler said that last part
She also said all you touch you change
And all you change changes you
It's the only lasting truth
Maybe forgiveness isn't real
What happens to us is not our fault
But it's on us to heal
In time, we grow beyond the hurt
Ijeoma Oluo said that last part
And Ijeoma got my whole heart