Break Yo Back

I remember breaking my back to the break of dawn

I remember breaking my back to the break of dawn

I remember my turning this into temple from song

I remember when we all needed that medicine

When the nine to five from day to day was menacing

I Needed this music to make me better then my former shell of a living human and we were successful and crushing the barriers from the powers that be

I'm an Mayan Inca African warrior baby

I don't play the colonial games baby

I confess to the higher powers that be within me

I make this music into prayer

I keep you moving to the booming sounds in the air

I remember this as ritual

I remember it was mutual

I remember it was beautiful

I remember breaking my back to the break of dawn

Every night under the strobe lights

Every night in the palms of the miestro

Moving my body for salvation while we cope with a nation that has been lost

We will no longer pay the cost

We will no longer carry the burden

We will move our bodies like nature had intended

I'm sending a clear message to your body and soul

But it's up to you to get the license to lose control

I remember back in the club pounding my heels to the drum

Until the dance floor started talking back to me

Talking smack to me

like are you really ready for this

Are you down for this

Do you live this

Then go ahead and break your back to the break of dawn