Reverberating View

[Intro – Yeah… King Estates… East Oakland… Some of the kids I knew never came home, mi gente… [Verse 1 – The day my faith got shaken, I was still just a kid King Estates closed down ‘cause some of my classmates slid With Jim Jones to Guyana, never saw ‘em again Catholic heart in my chest, felt like the light was caving in I knew those kids, carnal… I knew the pain The present wasn’t pretty, felt like nothing would remain So I started climbing, up the East Oakland hills I went Needed something higher, needed to see what heaven meant [Verse 2 – Made it to the Mormon Temple, highest point I could find Sat right there on the steps, looking out over my life 360 degrees around me, above me and below For the first time I saw the world, the future started to show Looked up to the heavens, saw stars I never knew Far beyond the hurt, far beyond what I outgrew Then something pulled me back down, deep inside mi corazón Where the real light lives, where the peace forever flows [Chorus – It’s a reverberating view… from the deepest core to the sky Reverberations flowing… back to the light inside 360 degrees of grace, golden rays all around The eternal now is calling, mi gente, hear the sound Reverberating… reverberating view… [Bridge – Every single day I gotta walk this circle again Deepest inner core to the edge and back within From the pain of losing friends to the beauty I now see The Holy Spirit in my pecho keeps reminding me The view from the hill was just the start of the ride The real temple lives inside, where the eternal now resides Reverberations flowing… through every breath I take [Final Chorus – It’s a reverberating view… from the deepest core to the sky Reverberations flowing… back to the light inside 74th Avenue taught me, the temple on the hill set me free The peace I was searching for… was always inside of me Reverberating… reverberating view… This is the eternal now… reverberating through [Outro – From the deepest core… to the farthest sky… Reverberations flowing… back again… Reverberating view…