Lyrics Welcome to Speak to My Soul - Evita Colon

Welcome Welcome Welcome
To Speak to My Soul: A Montage of Voices Open Mic
The open mic where the poems come to LIFE
Here you will experience magic, melanated magic
From the griots who pass down history through music and spoken word
Our ancestors emerge from the retelling
Here's what to do if they're snapping or how they say in London
Shelling on stage
Proper praise or Etiquette
If you like it, if you love it if you feel it
Snap to it, snap to it, snap to it, snap to it or clap to it, or clap to it, or clap to it, or clap to it
I am your Hostess of the Mostess
Here to open you up like a lotus
To all of the hocus pocus of our DNA
We give thanks to our ancestors
And the Most High as they lead the way
And we ask them to Speak to our souls
Speak to my soul, Speak to my soul, speak to my soul
So, we can speak life to it let's go

I know there's people like me
That have potential to be
Named among the greatest
Like Lauryn Hill, Pac, Maya Angelou and Spike Lee
And I know it's hard for me
To say this but it doesn't seem likely
When I focus my goals
Where someone else might be
Because God has a plan for me
She speaks to my Soul
So I can be the voice of my people
Until every story is told
For every woman silenced
And every African sold
For every Panther jailed
And every sister in the mirror
Hating themselves
Because the world is so cold
For every Black man that heard
Boy, do as you're told
For those that were denied organizations
And decided to break the mold
For those that walk these streets
Every day facing adversity and never choose to fold
I'm voicing our stories
Speak to my soul
Our generation is unconscious
The ignorance is getting old
From chains to chains of gold
Will we change to gain control
Of identities we lost with our names
And lives they stole
I'm voicing our stories
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
So, we can speak life to it let's go

For my folx in the hood
My graduates with degrees
For my cousins locked down
My uncles and aunties
My sistas and brothas that love a good read
My folx in the struggle
My kinfolk overseas
All the people with the same bloodline as me
And my son, our future, my legacy
Speak to My Soul
Speak to My Soul
Speak to My Soul
Speak to My Soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
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Speak to my soul
Speak to my soul
Plant a seed watch it grow
Speak to my soul