Numb I was on the roof and Contemplatin' truth and Saw myself runnin' But now I ain't runnin' Came a long way Remember them days Still see it in we face Blues blood them waves Come out to show them Looking for a old place, new space Behind the moon and the stars But not another planet, just balance But we stuck, love my pain Whole life bad luck 'caus- (God) They ain't trust us Ain't the type to know real, just us or without us Make a new dance about, then drown us Make the pain go away, brain go away Celebrate sorrow, till I can't tomorrow Just time borrowed It's just time borrowed Imagine light without the darkness Or the mind without solace This what mama taught us? This what mama taught us? This ain't what they taught us (I sa-) (I saw myself, saw my-) I was on the roof and Contemplatin' truth and Saw myself runnin' (But now I ain't runnin') Now I'm back where I begun Nowhere to run After freedom, now my feets stay numb But I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone Like a hole, or like a ghost, like coals, like smoke My soul, blue shell Like shoals, no roads Where I go? Where I go-o? They know, they know I'm alone, ain't home, I'm home I was on the roof and Contemplatin' truth and I- Saw myself runnin' But now I ain't runnin'