The Baton - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Oh, if I had a daughter, I know what I would tell her

I know what I would tell her when she's old enough to know

I would tell my daughter she must be her own mother

’Cause I can only take her as far as I can go

And on that very same day, she'd join a kind of relay

I'd pass her the baton and I’d say, "You'd better run"

'Cause this thing has been going for many generations

But there is so much healin' that still needs to be done

So go on, girl

It's out of my hands

I can't come where you're goin'

But time unfurls

And you’ll understand

The baton, it will be passed again

But today I have no daughter, I only have a mother

And I know that my mother taught me everything she knows

And I don’t want to leave her, but she is drawing nearer

She's coming around the corner, I can hear her yelling "go"

Go on, girl

It’s out of my hands

I can't come where you're goin'

Time unfurls

And you’ll understand

The baton, it will be passed again