Moment to Reflect - Amel Larrieux

There was a man

He had a thought

He couldn’t keep it to himself

Though he ought

He spread it 'round knowing that

Mouths would run like water

And turn it into fact

This is how wars begin

This is how bombs start droppin'

If it begins with stopping I will, I will

Before I say something I regret I

Need a moment to reflect I’d

Like to keep my foot out of my mouth

And not be speakin' out my neck

And not say it just to be sayin' it

I got a butterfly net

In which my thoughts I collect

Puttin' the head and heart to the test to come with something better

If a thought is an opinion

To the truth it has no relation

But many mouths want attention

Intoxicated by the feelin of getting some

This is how wars begin

This is how hearts get broken

If it begins with stopping I will, I will

Before I say something I regret I

Need a moment to reflect I’d

Like to keep my foot out of my mouth

And not be speakin' out my neck

And not say it just to be sayin' it

I got a butterfly net

In which my thoughts I collect

Puttin' the head and heart to the test to come with something better

When the tongues start waggin'

Yeah yeah

It burns fire like dragon

Yeah yeah

I don’t want to be havin'

That on my conscience, no

I remember, I remember

Said the mother, to the daughter

«If you don’t have nothin' nice to say then don’t say nothing at all»

Before I say something I regret I

Need a moment to reflect I’d

Like to keep my foot out of my mouth

And not be speakin' out my neck

And not say it just to be sayin' it

I got a butterfly net

In which my thoughts I collect

Puttin' the head and heart to the test to come with something better

To come with something better, to come with something better

To come with something better, to come with something better

To reflect

Puttin' the head and heart to the test to come with something better

To come with better yea