In touch with the sky

Poetry and music from emerging Toronto artist, Collin Black

Lights So Deep © Collin Black
Lights So Deep - Detail © Collin Black
Lights So Deep – Detail © Collin Black
Lush Chaos © Collin Black

Burnt Records of a Forgotten Past

In the eyes of the man
He doesn’t understand
I’m not a simple plan band I’m a brother first

Already lived the worse, they lied about the curse
I’m always striving damn man don’t you see it hurts
To know you been a victim of the beast since birth

There’s too much melanin
They say that we should win
I say you should go take a minute and review the sins

Forefathers made the choice to come poison the land
You need to understand, I’m not their biggest fan
Venomous lies in text deception on command

They got us praying now
Forcing ideas down our throat like we’re on the boat
They didn’t hope we float

Just tryna drown us out
Mothers they scream and shout
Children they suffer loud, pastors know all the answers we should check how

Storyline with no facts
Their verses lead to traps
My verse is on the track, their lies are on the maps

My truth is in the black
Call a spade a spade
When I see it clear I’m calling that

Breaking Mental

I will smile for your lies
With every touch – I’m in touch with the sky
Forever I
Forever I

It so happened that I just realized
I’m here to help nothing else
Bless my soul when I die

Even believers come and woe me with their lies
Petrified by heights of the mountains that I’ve climbed

Come and tell me that you love me with a smile it’s fine
Get some grub and love enjoy our perfect piece of mind

I will smile for your lies
With every touch – I’m in touch with the sky
Forever I

Duck and move – duck and move
I don’t have many minutes left in the round to prove
That I trust you and that I’ll be here forever ever
Hear my words of wisdom if you ever need me there

I mean I say goodbye to my fellow energies
Cause I understand a higher place is where I wanna be
Selfish motions when I get my elixir and pour it up
Fill my cup with doom as my eyes express the gloom
That I feel from living within four walls that is my tomb

Rest my eyes
Rest my soul
Release my body
Every desire I let go

I got dreams filled with passion
Life filled with pain
Even with good my mental stays the same
Coughing up reasons for demons to take me away
Angels keep fighting but they could leave me any day

Momma said pray
Poppa paved the way
Wife cursed my father
Sacrilegious words stayed

I’m a son though

Heat the atmosphere
So I suffer like the sun though
Burning forever even though a brother is done though

I will smile for your lies
With every touch – I’m in touch with the sky
Forever I
Forever I

Tried to fix myself to have some fun I’m out of luck
The devil said I could pay for love so I put it up
What’s money to an angel with a couple of broken wings
I need some release from living
I put my finger through the ring
With promises of a brighter day and newer things
That was a lie corrupted by the treats the devil brings

Never listen, never listen, never listen, seeking wisdom of the gods can kill the mission
Never listen, never listen, never listen, drop the mission if it’s love that I’m missing
I am wishing, on the brightest star in the night
Bless my wings with the power to take flight

Cause I need that
Collin bleeds black
Red-eyed dragon coughing up love
I need that feedback

Rest my eyes
Rest my soul
Release my body
Every desire I let go

I will smile for your lies
With every touch – I’m in touch with the sky
Forever I
Forever I
Forever I

Breaking mental © Collin Black
Lights So Deep – Detail © Collin Black


Collin Black is a Canadian poet, songwriter and music producer of Jamaican and Guyanese descent. His art focuses on his lived experiences and emotional expression.