I Am/Shades Of Life

Billy Gilman

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 a 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 colour of sky is blues and grays
The colour of earth is greens and browns
The colour of hope is rainbows and purple
And the colour 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 wealthy amid strife

The colour of sky is blues and grays
The colour of earth is greens and browns
The colour of hope is rainbows and purple
And the colour 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 colour of sky is blues and grays
The colour of earth is greens and browns (I am)
The colour of hope is rainbows and purple
And the colour of peace is people together
Shades of life (I am)
People together
Shades of life (I am)
People together
Shades of life (I am)
People together
Shades of life (I am)
People together
Shades of life (I am)

I am
(I am)
I am
(I am)
Shades of life (I am)