I Am/shades Of Life Lyrics - Music Through Heartsongs - Billy Gilman

I am black, I am white 

I am all skins in between 

I am young, I am old 

I am each age that has been 

I am scrawny, I am fed 

I am starving for attention 

I am famous, I am cryptic 

I am hardly worth a mention 

I am short, I am height 

I am any frame or stature 

I am smart, I am challenged 

I am striving for a future 

The color of sky 

Is blues and grays 

The color of earth 

Is greens and browns 

The color of hope 

Is rainbows and purple 

And the color peace 

Is people together 

Shades of life 

People together 

Shades of life 

I am 

I am able, I am weak 

I am some strength, I am none 

I am being, I am thought 

I am all things, said and done 

I am born, I am died 

I am dust of humble roots 

I am grace, I am pain 

I am labor of willed fruits 

I am slave, I am free 

I am bonded to my life 

I am rich, I am poor 

The color of sky 

Is blues and grays 

The color of earth 

Is greens and browns 

The color of hope 

Is rainbows and purple 

And the color peace 

Is people together 

Shades of life 

People together 

Shades of life 

I am 

I am shadow, I am glory 

I am hiding from my shame 

I am hero, I am loser 

I am yearning for a name 

I am empty, I am proud 

I am seeking my tomorrow 

I am growing, I am fading 

I am hope amid the sorrow 

I am certain, I am doubtful 

I am desperate for solutions 

I am leader, I am student 

I am fate and evolutions 

I am spirit, I am voice 

I am memory, not recalled 

I am chance, I am cause 

I am effort, blocked and walled 

I am hymn, I am heard 

I am reasoned without rhymes 

I am past, I am nearing 

I am present in all times 

I am many, I am no one 

I am seasoned by each being 

I am me, I am you 

I am all-souls now decreeing 

The color of sky 

Is blues and grays 

The color of earth 

Is greens and browns 

The color of hope 

Is rainbows and purple 

And the color peace 

Is people together 

Shades of life 

People together 

Shades of life 

I am