India Arie - Back to The Middle lyrics

She istwenty fivespent over half of her life

So afraid to speak her mindit's such a shame

¡®cause what a brilliant mind she has

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And now she's been introduced to confidence

She doesn't seethat she is bordering on arrogance

When will she learnto come back to the middle

He isa young black mangrew up without his father

And now it falls into his handsto protect his mother

¡®cause if he doesn'twell then who willhis older brother lives in fear

Of everythingespeciallytrying to fill his father's shoes

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Respectivelythey go to extremesof masculine and feminine

Chasing dreamsbut they keep on falling

¡®cause they don't know no balance

When will they learnto come back to the middle

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You must take the good with the badand you might hit the wall

Sometimes you'll fly and sometimes you'll fall

There isn't any wayto avoid the pain

But it's getting burnedthat's how you will learn

To come back to the middle

Instrumental break

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Needing to protect your self now that is just a part of life

If you let your fears keep you from flyingyou will never reach your height

To get to the top you must come back to the middle

When will we learnto come back to the middle

Come back to the middlecome back to the middle

Don't make no mind about falling down

¡®cause it's when you're in that valley

You can see both sides more clearly

Come back to the middle