When the Drum Calls Me Home

If you can hear this drum
You still belong here

Hey now
IAO

I've learned the beauty of a slower pace
But the beat still finds me face to face
Heel to toe and toe to heel
I don't need young I need real

Talking drum writes a name in the air
Says step in like a simple prayer
No scoreboard no finish line
Just time turned into shine

Ko to ko doom
Ko to ko doom
Feel that answer fill the room

If you can breathe you can move
If you can move you can groove

The drum calls me home
The drum calls me home
Not the past not alone
The drum calls me home

Hey now stomp then smile
Hold that glow for a while
Still strong still known
The drum calls me home

Djembe sparks like a bright hot rain
Washing worry out my brain
Ankle bells in a silver line
Ticking joy not counting time

Mask stays calm but the footwork flies
Lower body telling no more lies
Fast below steady above
That's my prayer that's my love

Ko to ko doom
Clap on two
Let that ancient pattern carry you

Ko to ko doom
Clap on four
Bring that good life to the floor

Dunun pulse
Djembe slap
Talking drum answers back

Who came back
We did
Who still shines
We do
Who owns this night
We do

The drum calls me home
The drum calls me home
Not the clock not the cold
The drum calls me home

Hey now stomp that ground
Let that joy ring loud
Every scar every bone
The drum calls me home

They can count the years
But they can't count this light
If you can feel the floor
You're still in the fight

Not finished
Just returning