I am black, I am white
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I am all skins in between
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I am young, I am old
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I am each age that has been
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I am scrawny, I am well fed
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I am starving for attention
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I am famous, I am cryptic
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I am hardly worth the mention
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I am short, I am height
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I am any frame or stature
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I am smart, I am challenged
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I am striving for a future
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[Chorus:]
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The color of shy
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Is blues and grays
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The color of earth
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Is greens and browns
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The color of hop
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Is rainbows and purple
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And the color of peace
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Is people together
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Shades of life
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I am
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I am able, I am weak
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I am some strength, I am none
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I am being, I am thought
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I am all things, said and done
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I am born, I am died
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I am dust of humble roots
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I am grace, I am pain
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I am labor of winned fruites
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I am slave, I am free
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I am bonded to my life
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I am rich, I am poor
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I am wealth amid strife
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[Repeat Chorus]
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I am shadow, I am glory
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I am hiding from my shame
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I am hero, I am loser
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I am yearning for a name
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I am empty, I am proud
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I am seaking my tomorrow
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I am growing, I am fading
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I am hope amid the sorrow
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I am vertain, I am doubtful
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I am desperate for solutions
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I am leader, I am student
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I am fate and evolutions
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I am spirit, I am voice
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I am memory, not recalled
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I am chance, I am cause
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I am effort blocked and walled
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I am hymn, I am heard
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I am reasoned without rhymes
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I am past, I am nearing
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I am present in all times
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I am many, I am no one
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I am seasoned by each being
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I am me, I am you
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I am all-souls now decreeing
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[Repeat Chorus]
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I Am / Shades Of Life
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| Billy Gilman |
