After bein' 25, you know, just to survive in the world 'Bout to have a little boy or baby girl, who Anyway, just when you start getting' that age And to you You start thinkin' about stuff, tryin' to make the right So it out, this is what I was thinkin', check it
Yo, the education of the Lynn Began, with time Bein' my bloodline is one with the In time brotha, you discover the light say that God is black and the devil's white Well, the is wrong and God is what's right
I with myself in the ring of doubt and fear The rain ain't but I can still see clear As a child, given with no answer 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 slave to self A man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health
My mind had with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons and the Bible, to me they all vital And got truth within 'em, gotta them boys You just can't skim 'em, different branches of
But one that stem 'em But people of the venom try to '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 ain't
That's who got you doin' and got you this far you say, "In Jesus name", or, "Al hum du'Allah" Long as you know it's a bein' that's to you You let that show towards in the things you do
'Cuz when the blowin', 24 elders surround the throne Only 144,000 gon get Only 144,000 gon get 144,000 gon get it, baby
I've lived and I've I have and I've earned I have laughed, cried I have failed and I tried Sunshine, rain joy through all my pain I just be happy with being me
Let me my concern So of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title their actions didn't earn Our ignorance is in the breath as our innocence Subconsciously, to find An impressionable to convince
I've finally come to the Why black in the worse place 'Cuz it's hard to correct yourself you don't know Who you are in the first , so I try to find the clue in you But evidently, white folks more black history than we do
Why're we lied to? I know our history was purposely hidden Damn, in me wanna know who I am So I began my search, my journey in church It gave my heartache relief I started to understand belief Hustlin' was a gift spent my share of time in the streets
Taught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna to deal with And I felt like a fool when I to learn it in school It almost seemed like a rehearsal when the Science and math are
Takin' elder advice, the Bible, the Koran Searched scrolls from the Hebrew Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't Some leads granted with insight
And it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to He still with the imperfection of man So, followin' I disagree By no means have I forgotten or been done to me but I do know the devil ain't no white man, the devil's a spiritual
color blind, there's evil white folk and evil niggas You gon surely find no positivity without negativity But one side you gonna have to Any chance to speak I refuse to
So how can you call God you let a worldly possession Become an and the way you write your rhymes And can't follow your
If a sown, you make sure it's known You make it's grown If you God, then save own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, save your own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, save your own, don't mentally enslave your own
Well, I've lived and learned I've taken and I've I laughed, I have cried I failed and I tried Sunshine, pourin' I joy through my pain Just wanna be happy, bein' me, me