"All It Takes" lyrics

Maybe all it takes
Maybe all it takes is time
To forgive, forget and make
Forgive, forget and make things right

Let's bury the hatchet
I'm ready to listen
You ain't no Liston
I ain't no Cassius
You got your ways
And I got my ways
I ain't gonna bash it
Remember the days
We'd light up the haze
And move like molasses?

Are you ready and able
To make every people
Honored and equal
Get rid of the fables
Been having a meeting
Face to face with
My guardian angel
It was good, it was painful
'Til I fixed my angle

But ain't nobody really knows
How it's done
But we try and we try and we try
To give and get love
Nobody really grows
Without the sun
So please shine a little light
To remind me that

Maybe all it takes
Maybe all it takes is time
To forgive, forget and make
Forgive, forget and make things right

Oh my goodness gracious
You are so god damn audacious
I can hardly make a statement
On the way you're acting lately

I heard the message on the stereo-reo-reo
Said ya boy you gotta let it go, let it go
Be careful of the shade you throw, you never know
If the flowers keep on fighting for the sunshine
How your garden gonna grow?

Well you wouldn't be planting no seeds
Not playing it cool, you fighting fools
You ain't getting the best of me
No contesting especially
We're in need of a recipe
To lose this anger and go find yourself relief
Please
Oh me, oh my, almighty
I'm tired of this dividing
Colliding, thunder and lighting
Inviting nothing but violence
Instead of a sense of pride
That could pry open all our eyelids
If we could take a minute just to try it
All in time...

If it gets too hot, we gon' need some ventilation
I need you as a friend, but I need a little patience
I said if it gets too hot, we gon' need some ventilation
I need you as a friend, but I need a little patience

Maybe all it takes
Maybe all it takes is time
To forgive, forget and make
Forgive, forget and make things right