Be Water My Friend

Empty your mind Be formless, shapeless Like water When you put water into a cup It becomes the cup When you put water into a bottle It becomes the bottle When you put it in a teapot It becomes the teapot Now water can flow Or it can crash Be water my friend Running water never goes stale So you gotta just keep on flowing Be water my friend Its very slow And you push it out But all the time You are keeping the continuity going Bending Stretching Everything I suppose you know You just keep it moving See the idea is Running water never grows stale So you gotta just keep on flowing Be water my friend To express oneself honestly Not lying to oneself And to express myself honestly Now that, my friend Is very hard to do And you have to train You have to keep your reflexes So that when you want it its there When you want to move You are moving And when you move You're determined to move Not taking one inch Not anything less than that If I want to punch I'm gonna do it man Be water my friend Here I am you know As a human being How can I express myself Totally and completely Its a process Of continuing growth Empty your mind Be formless Shapeless Be water my friend You what I want to think of myself? As a human being Because, I mean I don't want to sound like, you know 'As Confucius say' But under the sky Under the heavens man There is but one family It just so happens man that People are different