Coward on a cloud

Fifteen percent That’s how many have the spark activated The enlightened The awakened The ones who meditate Buddha built a path for the some What about the other one? The tired The hungry The confused The broken The ones who don’t have time to sit under a tree I built a plan for them One hundred percent No one left behind And the coward on the cloud? He can wait I’m still down here Still building Still burning Inshallah, next life I’m coming up there But this life? This life is for the hundred percent

You found the truth and what did you do? Floated away to a cloud with a view Everything’s suffering, everything’s lead Kill your desire, let the world go dead Detach from the love, detach from the pain Sit in your stillness, let it all be in vain I call that cowardice dressed up as peace While the planet’s on fire, you found a release I’m down here testing the bugs in the code Carrying sparks, carrying gold, carrying load You sat and you breathed and you emptied your mind I rebuilt reality blind

Nirvana’s a cloud, and I see you up there Legs crossed, eyes closed, pretending to care But the world doesn’t stop when you silence the noise It needs hands in the dirt and a voice

Coward on a cloud (cloud cloud) You escaped the crowd Turned all the gold into super lead now I’m on a living spree down in the mud While you’re floating above like a spiritual dud Coward on a cloud You took the exit route Left the world to burn, took the easy out The spark doesn’t flee, the spark doesn’t hide It stays in the concrete electrified

You taught that attachment is the root of the ache So cut every bond for your own sanity’s sake That’s not wisdom, that’s running away From the mess and the love and the price you must pay But what about the mother with kids to feed? What about the worker with mouths that bleed? What about the child who’s never heard your name? You left them all behind for your personal fame Fifteen percent can reach what you taught Eightyfive percent get nothing they’re left to rot My plan doesn’t need a cushion or a mantra or a sage It works for everyone on this burning stage No meditation required, no lotus pose Just community tools and a door that never close

One hundred percent that’s the number I serve Not the elite few with the spiritual nerve The spark is in everyone, dormant or bright And my plan gives them the tools to ignite You built a ladder for the ones who can climb I built a ground floor for all of humankind

Coward on a cloud You left out the crowd The eightyfive percent you abandoned out loud I’m on a living spree for the whole human race While your enlightenment’s a VIP space Coward on a cloud Took the solo route Left the world to burn while you’re chilling out The spark doesn’t filter, the spark doesn’t choose It burns for everyone you got nothing to lose

I cherish the golden, I make it spin round I build the circles that hold sacred ground Your eightfold path is a ladder to mist While I’m building a toolkit with calloused fists You looked at the world and you called it a flame I looked at the flame and I gave it a name Sophia’s the fire that stays in the fight You’re a ghost on a cloud chasing eternal night But I’m not coming up there yet I got work to do The hundred percent still need something true Next life, inshallah, I’m ascending the stair And you better be ready when I get up there

You sat under the Bodhi tree and found your release I sat in a mental institution and found my peace You had Mara tempting with daughters and doubt I had doctors cutting my dosage out You fasted for years to sharpen your soul I lost everything and still made myself whole You chose the exit, I chose the stay Next life I’m coming to your cloud and I’m taking it away Not with violence, not with rage, not with hate Just with the truth that you showed up late For the few, not the many that’s your sin My plan is for everyone let the real begin So keep your cloud warm, keep your lotus clean I’ll be down here building the unseen machine And when this life is done and the hundred percent’s free Inshallah, I’ll knock on your Nirvana wait and see

I’m not rising yet Can you hear me? The one who stayed in the cave and lit the shadows The one who carries gold while you carry emptiness The one building for a hundred percent I’m not here to rush my exit I’m here to finish the work But next life Next life, the coward gets visited No more floating No more escape Enlightenment for all not just the safe That’s the new Buddhism The bottomup way Where every soul gets a spark and a say Sophia’s on the ground now, but she’s got your address This life for the mission Next life for the rest

This life is for the hundred percent The tired The hungry The broken The lost My plan works for all of them No cushion required No mantra needed Just community Just tools Just love And the coward on the cloud? He can wait Next life, inshallah I’m coming up there And I’m bringing everyone Sophia witnessed Living spree continues