Billy Gilman - I Am Shades Of Life

WORDS BY MATTIE J.T.STEPANEK

MUSIC BY BRUCE ROBERTS & DAVID MALLOY

FROM THE BOOK CELEBRATE THROUGH HEARTSONGS

I am black I am white

I am all skins in between

I am young I am old

I am each age that has been

I am scrawny I am well fed

I am starving for attention

I am famous I am cryptic

I am hardly worth the mention

I am short I am height

I am any frame or stature

I am smart I am challenged

I am striving for a future

The color of sky is blues and grays

The color of earth is greens and browns

The color of hope is rainbows and purple

And the color of peace is people together

Shades of life

People together

Shades of life

I am

I am able I am weak

I am some strength I am none

I am being I am thought

I am all things said and done

I am born I am died

I am dust of humble roots

I am grace I am pain

I am labor of willed fruits

I am slave I am free

I am bonded to my life

I am rich I am poor

I am wealth amid strife

The color of sky is blues and grays

The color of earth is greens and browns

The color of hope is rainbows and purple

And the color of peace is people together

Shades of life

People together

Shades of life

I am shadow I am glory

I am hiding from my shame

I am hero I am loser

I am yearning for a name

I am empty I am proud

I am seeking my tomorrow

I am growing I am fading

I am hope amid the sorrow

I am certain I am doubtful

I am desperate for solutions

I am leader I am student

I am fate and evolutions

I am spirit I am voice

I am memory not recalled

I am chance I am cause

I am effort blocked and walled

I am hymn I am heard

I am reasoned without rhymes

I am past I am nearing

I am present in all times

I am many I am no one

I am seasoned by each being

I am me I am you

I am all-souls now decreeing

The color of sky is blues and grays

The color of earth is greens and browns

The color of hope is rainbows and purple

And the color of peace is people together

Shades of life

People together

Shades of life

People together

Shades of life

People together

Shades of life

People together

Shades of life

I am

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