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Reach Out
words and music by John Lester


I'm gonna reach out
And hold on to the positive
I'm gonna reach out
And shake the judgement tree
Don't always need to talk about
All the petty little problems that are and will always be
Instead I'm gonna reach out
Reach out with me

I heard it in the Rasta man's song
I bathed in the Reggae on the River and the whole daylong
He sang of peace, love, and living in harmony
But when I returned to my normal day
I heard the critical voice of my America say
That’s just dreadlocks and drugs
But we stand in our own way, unless we

I'm gonna reach out
And hold on to the positive
I'm gonna reach out
And shake the judgement tree
Don't always need to talk about
All the petty little problems that are and will always be
Instead I'm gonna reach out
Reach out with me

I read it in a book that they call the Koran
And now the I Ching shows me all the balances of man
But the right side of religion says there's only one word to read
If we're all to reach for the highest peak
Then while I travel from the west my brother journeys from the East
And we could both help each other through the obstacles we meet, if we just

I'm gonna reach out
And hold on to the positive
I'm gonna reach out
And shake the judgement tree
Don't always need to talk about
All the petty little problems that are and will always be
Instead I'm gonna reach out
Reach out with me

Believe what you believe
But you’ve gotta set your neighbor free
We can all spread our wings in flight
If we stop wasting energy making wrong from right, instead

I'm gonna reach out
And hold on to the positive
I'm gonna reach out
And shake the judgement tree
Don't always need to talk about
All the petty little problems that are and will always be
Instead I'm gonna reach out
Reach out with me

The positive vibration
Makes its way into every religion
So reach out
The positive vibration
Doesn't recognize the borders of a nation
So reach out
We gotta reach out


©John Lester

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from Big Dreams and the Bottom Line, released August 25, 2003

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