After bein' 25, you know, just trying to in the world 'Bout to a little boy or baby girl, who knows? Anyway, just you start getting' that little age And to you You start thinkin' about stuff, tryin' to the right moves So it out, this is what I was thinkin', check it
Yo, the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Began, began with Bein' my is one with the divine In time brotha, you discover the light Some say that God is black and the white Well, the devil is and God is what's right
I fight with myself in the ring of doubt and The rain ain't gone but I can still see As a child, given with no answer to why Just told believe in Jesus for me he did die
killed the catechism Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm I played to And became a to master self A rich man is one knowledge, happiness and his health
My mind had dealt with the 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, branches of belief
But one root stem 'em But people of the try to trim 'em And use religion as an When it should be a natural way of Who am I or they to say to 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 it's a bein' that's supreme to you You let that towards others in the things you do
'Cuz when the trumpets blowin', 24 elders the throne 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get Only 144,000 gon get it,
I've lived and I've I have and I've earned I laughed, I've cried I have failed and I have Sunshine, pouring Found joy through all my I just wanna be with being me
Let me voice my So many of my fellow brothers given themselves a title That their actions earn Our ignorance is in the breath as our innocence Subconsciously, seeking to An mind to convince
I've finally to the realization Why people in the worse place 'Cuz it's hard to correct yourself you don't know 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 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 relief when I started to belief Hustlin' was like a gift spent my of time in the streets
Taught me survival from this evil I'm gonna have to deal with And I felt like a fool when I to learn it in school It seemed like a rehearsal when the only Science and math are
Takin' elder advice, read the Bible, the Searched scrolls the Hebrew Israelites Hold on, this ain't right, wasn't white Some leads were with insight
And it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to He still created with the of man So, with followin' I By no means I forgotten or forgiven been done to me but I do know the devil ain't no white man, the devil's a spiritual
That's color blind, there's evil white folk and niggas You gon find there's no positivity without negativity But one side you gonna to choose 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 sown, you make sure it's known You sure it's grown If you God, then save your own, don't mentally your own If you God, then save own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, then save your own, mentally enslave your own
Well, lived and I've learned I've taken and I've I laughed, I have cried I failed and I have Sunshine, rain I found joy through my Just wanna be happy, me, bein' me