Born Without Hate

From unspeakable acts of evil
Beauty and good, they can spring
While the tyrant sinks into personal hell
The hurt ones hearts can fly glide and sing
Jazz and blues and folk and reggae
They were forged in fire and flames
The shimmering strength of the human soul
Can smash the bonds of all these chains

Please, brother please
Can you hear what I have to say
Please, Mister please
There are lessons to learn today
Please, brother, please
We're all born without hate one fine day
One fine day one fine day
Many backs against many walls
They recall the dreadful lash
Shackles crack, and are shaken off
Phoenix rise, up from the ash
I feel the hate
In my own land against me for who I am
And I see the hate for the immigrant man
And yet my own are in every land

I took a breath and in it were the
Screams of every grieving Mother and Daughter
The heaving of the water thick with oil
The dreaming of the prisoner
Staring at the walls and imagining
The kisses of her son
And I was sickened by the fumes
The city's on it's knees
Blood's dripping from the teeth of the
Kids who walk the street
The junkie with a baby in her womb
Numb beneath the stranger in her room
But then I took a step and with
It I walked past the feeling
That there's nothing I can do to
Help or grasp with any certainty
Life is ours to take care of
You can't love what you're scared of
And love is the key
I took another breath and with it I was
Sure that no matter what's to come or
What has been before we have the right now
The right here to make peace with
No hidden truth no secret
We have all the answers already
We were born without hate
Eyes bright hearts heavy
Skies full of lightning tonight
The clouds' bellies are purple
And ready to rain
What's pleasure to the man that
Has never known pain never known pain