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for "Friend Speaks My Mind." "Friend Speaks My Mind" From Jon Watts' album "The Art of Fully Being". Download! http://bit.ly/hhPSNT Listen to the Full Album! http://bit.ly/qPkgGd Live Version! http://bit.ly/nVoV0w Twitter! http://bit.ly/qU7cwI Facebook! http://on.fb.me/5grDKA T-Shirts! http://bit.ly/dkuAki Blog! http://bit.ly/hyyj6q Lyrics I found Quakers when I was just a kid and now I'm studying them I hope you know how that is I've got George Fox on my right, James Naylers on my left and Margaret Fell is holding us together give her some respect It's that first generation we look back to to find out what being a Friend means through and through I don't fully understand it I don't know if I can but I understand enough to know that I am a fan I'm like, damn, I didn't think that I would do this anymore I got bored listening to lectures felt like a chore But now I'm begging Max Carter just to tell me some more Oh lord So when I heard this Christian stuff I'd get uncomfortable a lot I'm like, What does Jesus have to do with George Fox? And when I heard the word Christ it would make my jaw drop but now I kind of understand the man I've got a soft spot I'm not a Christian but I'm a Quaker I've got Christ's inner light but he's not my savior I'm on a date to meet my maker I got down at Young Friends with some funky behavior Now I'm a liberal Friend That means F-G-C and tons of other acronyms that set me free and I've been running the gammut from Quaker camps to sandwiches with the Young Friends crew I know we offend you but yo, we're Quaker like the rest of y'all Just 'cause we go to bed later doesn't mean that midnight isn't Quaker And yo I'm sorry like everybody that Quakers had to split but just don't blame Elias Hicks for all our problems We're the Society of Friends it's time we acted like it and start to work together just to try to solve them So all you Friends in the Meetinghouse put your hands up and then twist them at the wrist like you just got out of handcuffs That's how you clap for me you've got to clap silently I'm not a Christian but I'm a Quaker I've got Christ's inner light but he's not my savior I'm on a date to meet my maker I got down at Young Friends with some funky behavior I found George Fox living in a journal and it's fertile I'm learning I mean, I've jumped a lot of hurdles and done a lot of discerning just to get to where I'm sure that the ancestors are working for certain met the Spirit in person now I'm living life nurturing worship (in certain circles there's a focus on service) Now I know you might say "Well, that's some backwards theology" I know you might say "Well, that's not right" But that's the way that I grew up and it's the way that I'm presenting it Let's hold all our differences in the Light Alright I'm not a Christian but I'm a Quaker I've got Christ's inner light but he's not my savior I'm on a date to meet my maker I got down at Young Friends with some funky behavior To Richmond Friends Meeting BYM FGC Guilford College QLSP Pendle Hill Earlham College Shiloh Quaker Camp Catoctin and Opequon FCNL AFSC Langley Hill Friendship Friends Meeting Ashland Vineyard FRIEND SPEAKS MY MIND tags: jon watts, quaker, rapper, pendle hill, yvis, what does the fox say, friend speaks my mind, parody, religious society of friends, quakers and christianity, quakerism, liberal, three perspectives,