After bein' 25, you know, just trying to survive in the 'Bout to a little boy or baby girl, who knows? Anyway, just when you getting' that little age And to you You start about stuff, tryin' to make the right moves So bust it out, this is I was thinkin', check it
Yo, the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Began, began with Bein' my bloodline is one the divine In time brotha, you discover the light Some say that God is black and the devil's Well, the devil is and God is what's right
I fight with in the ring of doubt and fear The rain gone but I can still see clear As a child, given religion with no to why Just believe in Jesus 'cuz for me he did die
Curiosity killed the and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to And became a to master self A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his
My mind had dealt the books of Zen, Tao the lessons Koran and the Bible, to me all vital And got truth within 'em, read them boys You just can't skim 'em, different of belief
But one root stem 'em But people of the venom try to 'em And use religion as an When it should be a natural way of Who am I or to say to whom you pray ain't right
That's who got you right and got you this far you say, "In Jesus name", or, "Al hum du'Allah" Long as you know it's a bein' supreme to you You let show towards others in the things you do
'Cuz when the blowin', 24 elders surround the throne 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get 144,000 gon get it, baby
I've and I've learned I have taken and earned I have laughed, cried I have failed and I tried Sunshine, pouring Found joy through all my I just wanna be happy with me
Let me voice my So many of my fellow brothers have given a title That their actions earn Our ignorance is in the breath as our innocence Subconsciously, seeking to An impressionable to convince
finally come to the realization Why people in the worse place 'Cuz it's to correct yourself when you don't know Who you are in the first , so I try to find the clue in you But evidently, white folks know black history than we do
we bein' lied to? I ain't know our was purposely hidden Damn, somethin' in me wanna who I am So I began my search, my started in church It gave my heartache when I started to understand belief Hustlin' was like a gift spent my of time in the streets
Taught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal And I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in It almost seemed a rehearsal when the only Science and are universal
Takin' advice, read the Bible, the Koran Searched scrolls from the Hebrew Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't Some leads were with insight
And it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to He created with the imperfection of man So, with I disagree By no means I forgotten or forgiven What's done to me but I do know the ain't no white man, the devil's a spiritual mind
That's color blind, evil white folk and evil niggas You gon surely find there's no positivity negativity But one side you gonna have to Any chance to speak I to misuse
So how can you call God you let a worldly possession Become an and the way you write your rhymes And follow your lesson
If a seed's sown, you make sure it's You make it's grown If you God, then save your own, don't mentally your own If you God, then save your own, don't mentally your own If you God, save your own, don't mentally enslave your own
Well, I've and I've learned I've taken and earned I laughed, I have cried I and I have tried Sunshine, rain I found joy through my Just be happy, bein' me, bein' me