Integrate– ( written 9/98)

I went downtown on a Monday night

I was surprised to see you’d already gone

You told me the ways of the people and their bitter smiles

Has brought you even further from home

You said there ain’t no difference wherever you go

You find the same old community

And then folks laugh as the people who are getting stronger

They’ve found some unity…unity

And then their minds and their body they’ve found it so complete

And they’re smiling to themselves as they’re walking down the street

Unity

I look in the mirror almost every day

It seems the distance away is so long

And you weren’t blind to the notion that what you want to be

Is something you can’t prolong 

And in your virtual world that appears so complete and

Everything seems fine but you’re stepping off beat

Well, don’t be afraid to integrate the identities of all your worlds

You’ll find some unity…unity

Through your mother and your father and your sister and your brother

Your friends and your family and your life is your love

Don’t be afraid to integrate

Don’t be afraid to integrate…