I am black, I am white
white, I am all skins in between
I am young, I am old
old, I am each age that has been
I am scrawny, I'm I am well fed
fed, I am starving for attention
I am famous, I am cryptic
cryptic, I am hardly worth the mentionenter added
I am short, I am height
height, I am any frame or stature
I am smart, I am challenged
challenged, I am striving for a future

[Chorus:]
The color of sky
Is is blues and grays
The color of the earth
Is is greens and browns
The color of hop
Is hope is rainbows and purple
And the color of peace
Is is people together
Shades(Shades of life life)
I amPeople together
(Shades of life)

I am able, I am weak
weak, I am some strength, I am none
I am being, I am thought
thought, I am all things, things said and done
I am born, I am died
died, I am dust of humble roots
I am grace, I am pain
pain, I am labor of winned fruites willed fruits

I am slave, I am free
free, I am bonded to my life
I am rich, I am poor
poor, I am wealth amid strife strive
[Repeat Chorus]The color of sky is blues and grays
The color of the earth is greens and browns
The color of hope is rainbows and purple
And the color of peace is people together
(Shades of life)
People together
(Shades of life)

I am shadow, shallow, I am glory
glory, I am hiding from my shame
I am hero, I am loser
loser, I am yearning for a name
I am empty, I am proud
proud, I am seaking seeking my tomorrow
I am growing, I am fading
fading, I am hope amid the sorrowenter added
I am vertain, certain, I am doubtful
doubtful, I am desperate for solutions
I am leader, I am student
student, I am fate and evolutions

I am spirit, I am voice
voice, I am memory, memory not recalled
I am chance, I am cause
cause, I am effort blocked and walled
I am hymn, him, I am heard
her, I am reasoned reason without rhymes
I am past, I am nearing
hearing, I am present in all timesenter added
I am many, I am no one
one, I am seasoned season by each being
I am me, I am you
you, I am all-souls all souls now decreeing
[Repeat Chorus]The color of sky is blues and grays
(The color of sky is blues and grays)
The color of the earth is greens and browns
(I am)
The color of hope is rainbows and purple
And the color of peace is people together
(Shades of life)
(I am)
People together
(Shades of life)
(I am)

People together
(Shades of life)
(I am)
People together
(Shades of life)
(I am)
People together
(Shades of life)
(I am)

I am
(I am)
I am
(I am)
Shades of life
(I am)