Jam Baxter - Life In The Balance lyrics

[Intro] Like a leaf clings to a tree [Verse 1: Leaf Dog] The world is well balanced like karma is Do you fight freedom on the front line where the army is Or in your mind opening the left part of this I feel it in-between my bones just like the cartilage When I'm parting this world I won't be sad The true gift was the blessing of life that I've had You can think that I'm mad, Ol' Leaf's on some hippy sh** It took a lot of changes in me to consider it Inspired by an old ancient man*script The Mayans did predict But can you handle it It's a sign of the times that's hidden in the lines The description is what the indigenous define Assure as the sun won't shine, and the rain falling The balance is untold in this life we all in On this misty morning, I zone, at one With the things that molded how I've grown [Verse 2: BVA MC] Looking at the bigger picture There'll always be people like Hitler And balancing it out Mother Teresa tryna fix the world Then Ghandi making sure the scales don't tip turn That darker side but thats just the mix in life's elixir Without bad theres no good, without wood theres no fire Without the hood the posh house price wouldn't be higher No stronger no weaker, no stupid no deeper No dick dropping rubbish theres no work for street sweepers Without life there'd be no d**h And that I don't stop the pain Just concentrate on the memories they left When I'm looking at the stars I realise I'm just a speck on the Earth's surface I measure my worth by my intellect We've all got a purpose, some people got three Some people fall in line and others have got dreams We all do our best with the tools we were given sh** my hammer and chisel is this life that I'm living' [Hook x2: Verb T] Life in the balance, scales of justice Reach for answers, but failed to touch it My mind lost in this, defined by my opposite Life in the balance, rise to the challenge [Verse 3: Verb T] Eight steps away In fact flip that eight on its side Because now I infinitely chase For that intimate embrace with lady luck I mean f**, how long can someone stay in a rut? I'm like 'no' You see thats all on me, to re-evaluate my goal And forget the greed, but sometimes I think Do I know myself? And if not Is that why I can't control myself? I got a family man I should be responsible Same time mind states held in that constant ball That's why my girls so stressed hey 'Cos I get under your skin like an X-Ray But lets pray that it change for the best Deep breath to the chest, now I'm ready for the next day Your in life with the next brain Tryna be the opposite like a s** change Focus head space [Hook x2] [Verse 4: Fliptrix] Its like I'm standin' on the moon staring at the world Tryna work out the balance of this life we hold Its all there is to be encrypted in the Mayan scrolls The cycle of the fifth sun is coming to a close 2012 will only truly show us what that holds The plot thickens as I stand here to break the mold Got my hands out, tryin' not to feel the cold But some people walkin' by are fueled with an icy soul Tools by the side, you take your life for your frigging phone Others feel helpless, the selfless give a child a home Rich feed the rich while the others just apply for loans Money buys everything, but love that's the finest gold I gotta live fast and won't be dying barely old Hedonistic lifestyles reflect how our lives unfold Life is one big cycle like the vinyl spinnin' round it goes And it goes [Verse 5: Jam Baxter] Equilibrium See a billion desperate parts conjoined and they deified brilliance Grand amphibians, submerged in slime Emerging like blood when blunt words collide The sun burnt his eyes, the ice sliced his feet to bits But you ain't gotta teach it sh** 'Cos the change is instinctual, the pace is unthinkable But never put your faith in a fake individual Balance From the fangs and the mandibles and talons To mannicles and battons to cannons To mechanical contraptions, fashioned out of pa**ion That could turn the Earth back to a burnt black chasm sh** happens Atoms, bound by compa**ion To fractal patterns I saw spinning In the caverns of my mind once, it all ties up If I could see a bright sky shine when my eyes shut