After 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world 'Bout to have a little boy or girl, who knows? Anyway, just when you start that little age And to you You start thinkin' about stuff, tryin' to the right moves So bust it out, this is I was thinkin', check it
Yo, the education of the Lynn Began, began time Bein' my bloodline is one with the In time brotha, you will the light say that God is black and the devil's white Well, the devil is and God is what's right
I fight myself in the ring of doubt and fear The rain ain't gone but I can see clear As a child, given religion no answer to why told believe in Jesus 'cuz for me he did die
Curiosity killed the Understanding and became the rhythm that I played to And became a slave to self A rich man is one knowledge, happiness and his health
My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the and the Bible, to me they all vital And got truth within 'em, gotta read them You just can't skim 'em, different of belief
But one root that 'em But of the venom try to trim 'em And use as an emblem it should be a natural way of life Who am I or they to say to whom you pray right
That's who got you doin' right and got you far you say, "In Jesus name", or, "Al hum du'Allah" Long as you know a bein' that's supreme to you You let show towards others in the things you do
'Cuz the trumpets blowin', 24 elders surround the throne 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get 144,000 gon get it, baby
I've lived and I've I have taken and earned I have laughed, cried I have and I have tried Sunshine, rain Found joy all my pain I just wanna be happy being me
Let me my concern So of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title That actions didn't earn Our is in the same breath as our innocence Subconsciously, seeking to An impressionable mind to
finally come to the realization Why black people in the worse 'Cuz it's hard to correct yourself when you don't Who you are in the first place , so I try to the clue in you But evidently, white folks know more history than we do
we bein' lied to? I know our history was purposely hidden Damn, somethin' in me know who I am So I began my search, my journey in church It my heartache relief when I started to understand belief Hustlin' was a gift spent my share of time in the streets
me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with And I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in It almost seemed a rehearsal when the only and math are universal
Takin' advice, read the Bible, the Koran Searched scrolls the Hebrew Israelites Hold on, ain't right, Jesus wasn't white leads were granted with insight
And all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand He still with the imperfection of man So, with I disagree By no have I forgotten or forgiven been done to me but I do know the devil no white man, the devil's a spiritual mind
That's blind, there's evil white folk and evil niggas You gon surely there's no positivity without negativity But one you gonna have to choose Any chance to speak I refuse to
So how can you call God When you let a possession Become an and the way you write your rhymes And can't follow lesson
If a seed's sown, you make sure it's You make sure grown If you God, then save your own, don't mentally your own If you God, then save your own, mentally enslave your own If you God, then save your own, mentally enslave your own
Well, I've lived and I've taken and I've earned I have laughed, I cried I failed and I tried Sunshine, pourin' I found joy through my Just wanna be happy, bein' me, me