Adrian Belew

Friends seen an unseen...to you that are ridin along
in your automobile...to you that are sitting at you table
I greet you with the holy word Peace...
for with my infinite mind I thinks constructively...
and Im able to draw whatsaever I want into my immediate
surroundin...for yo minds are my mind
and my mind is yo mind and Im sendin out
my mind to you, you, an you...
Youve got to remain to bein yourself...you cannot be
nobody else, it aint no use tryin bein no whirlwind
an uh, jumpin here an an playin checkers with
your own life, that aint gonna work, baby...
Now repeat these words behind me:
I am what I am...now thats all you are...
you are what you believe you are...stretch out
So many of you all in Radioland, youre not stretchin out...
but I want to say one thing to you today...it makes no
differen who you are, what youre doin, what youre
tryin to do or want to do, repeat these words
I am what I am and thats all I am...is what I am...
thats all I, look, that, thats all I am is what I am...and Im it
Make no differen whether its in the mornin,
the evenin, or in the night time...
hair breakin out, bald headed...its the same thing...
you are what you believe you are
Cause some of you all are sittin there right now,
amen, an tell if you had a necktie on yo, on now, right now,
a whirlwind would come along an choke you to death,
thats how bad luck some of you all in...
some of you all in such a bad luck right now
that you couldnt hit a barn with a baseball bat...
some of you all in such a bad luck right now, amen,
if you was to sit down by-a-by-men, by a pond, amen,
somethin would come up an stick ya
you just in that bad a luck...
I am what I am...now repeat this behind me:
I am what I am and that is all I am and I am it...
Yes, I know what youre sayin...stretch out...oh, yes...stretch out
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