Flesh & Bone

Today would have been the perfect day to go to the beach
 I'm on the sofa trying to get over a hate speech
 We do not love ourselves the way the prophets teach
 Even Jesus kept his feelings like a lamp in the dark
 Until he flipped the tables over up in the market
 Oh, Mother, there are lamps but there are sparks
 But I need to know
 I don't need to be shown
 I've gotta see it for myself
 I've gotta learn it on my own
 I need to know if I am flesh and bone
 And am I still growing or full grown?
 And am I still growing or full grown?
 Oh, ooh, yeah
 She's coming up for the rising like the dark before dawn
 She has come to a place and she feels like her love's gone
 She has come of an age and a line should be drawn
 He's walking around in a tank top getting caught in a bluff
 Little boys do not cry, don't you think that you're hot stuff?
 It's real tough when your daddy don't call you enough, oh
 But I need to know
 I don't need to be shown
 I've gotta see it for myself
 I've gotta learn it on my own
 I need to know if I am flesh and bone
 And am I still growing or full grown, honey?
 And am I still growing, or am I full grown? Hey!
 Oh, ooh, yeah
 Oh, no, ooh
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 Striking matches to watch 'em burn in my childhood bedrooms
 Little time, little water and light, little seed, every bud blooms
 And I've been striking matches to watch 'em burn
 In my childhood bedroom, ooh
 Little time, little water and light, little seed, every bud blooms, oh
 There are days I need to tell myself I'm doing alright
 My inner child and my ego got caught up in a knife fight
 I get nervous, and then I will get out of sight
 'Cause everybody I came up with says that I'm going too slow, whoa
 Oh, but it's cool though
 And I can hear my people when I check out the show
 I feel real low
 'Cause I need to know
 I don't need to be shown
 I've gotta see it for myself
 I've gotta learn it on my own
 I need to know if I am flesh and bone
 Am I still growing or am I full grown?
 'Cause I need to know
 Oh, I don't need to be shown
 Gotta see it for myself
 I've gotta learn it on my own
 I need to know if I am flesh and bone
 And am I still growing or full grown, honey?
 And am I still growing, like a-a-a-ah-, hey
 Oh, ooh, yeah