It'S Natural

It would be wise not to make the mistake of calling me out
My skills radiate light beyond the shadow of a doubt
My will is strong like the floor joists in my house
Home wherever I am but I was raised in the South
Watch your mouth, keep your judgment
I'm no country bumpkin
Got my masters from living, now I'm teaching ya something
Read Faulkner and Fitzgerald, McCarthy and James Joyce
Studied Harper Lee while I was finding my voice
Like a young mockingbird imitating a minor scale
Now I serenade the sunrise like a nightingale
Do re mi fa so la ti do
No way we can stop so we go
On and on until the crowd is gone
'til the curtains are drawn
Moonlight on the lawn
Car stereo on and the magic of the song
Takes control of our hands like Stevie Ray Vaughan
Yes I got the blues in my blood no denying it
The ghost of Fulton Allen is my neighbor, hear him crying it
Can you hear that?
Can you hear that?
Just a sigh of humankind on the breeze, feel that?
You and I are just silhouettes in the landscape
Here for a moment, then we're cut like an outtake
No time for hate I'm working on a song for a friend
Frankly Scarlett, I don't give a damn I'm gone with the wind

Really I do care just not for bad vibes, that's what I meant to say
It's just that my mind moves too fast like cops on the interstate
Brain so big I need a ten-gallon hat like a Texan
Distractions and dark thoughts getting off at the next exit
I promised them I would go along but that was sort of a lie
See I got previous engagements with the course I designed
Ever since I took up residence north of the sky
I watch the fireworks below on the Fourth of July

Y'all wanna celebrate? can we celebrate?
Y'all wanna celebrate? well let's celebrate!
If we're gonna do it right, then the efforts gotta elevate
No time to wait, trade insults or hesitate
Not enough to just know we're here and alive
Hit the next level, we can do more than survive
Check the core of the apple though it may glow red
If it's rotten then I'm swallowing my pride instead
I ain't ducking down trying to hide like Nixon from Watergate
I'm starting fires left and right like Hendrix at Monterey
I'm hot but my rhymes are cool like a pool in December
Hit your mind like an iceberg for a night to remember

How do you make it so good that it hurts?
How do you paint such a picture with words?
How do you turn a simple beat into gold?
Well it just comes natural, just comes natural
How do you tap straight into the soul?
How do you go from local to international?
How do you find that universal flow?
Well it just comes natural

Touch on tragedy in a melody, like: oh no!
Woe is me! Clutch the alphabet in my hand like a rosary
Bounce around the dictionary like it's my playground
Power down the screen yo critics: whatcha'll got to say now?
I breathe life into the rhymes like wind through the pines
Make the girls in the back think they're losing their minds
Avoid the girls in the front row so as not to be a villain
No eye contact cause I'm afraid it'll kill 'em
Gotta mind full of rhymes like a hive full of honey
Got flare to spare like Cher and Sonny
I got you babe, don't worry, I take my time with a pencil
Watch the world in a hurry but contemplation is essential

I was born with the drive and the talent to do it
But without the hard work I never would've seen through it
Took a while to chase away the butterflies and the stage fright
Nervous like a boxer's wife front row at a cage fight
Then slowly I started crawling outta my shell
Like the brilliant words of the man who wrote The Diving Bell
And the Butterfly to glorify the beauty all around us
Couldn't comprehend how these blessings should astound us
Impatient kid sitting with my family at our church
Now I try to sing it pretty like I'm competing on Star Search

How do you make it so good that it hurts?
And how do you paint such a picture with words?
How do you turn a beat into gold?
Well it just comes natural, just comes natural
How do you tap straight into the soul?
How do you go from local to international?
How do you ride that universal flow?
Well it just comes natural