After bein' 25, you know, just trying to survive in the 'Bout to have a little boy or girl, who knows? Anyway, just when you start getting' that age And to you You start about stuff, tryin' to make the right moves So it out, this is what I was thinkin', check it
Yo, the education of the Lynn Began, with time Bein' my is one with the divine In brotha, you will discover the light Some say that God is black and the devil's Well, the devil is wrong and God is what's
I with myself in the ring of doubt and fear The rain ain't gone but I can still see As a child, given religion no answer to why Just told believe in 'cuz for me he did die
killed the catechism Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I to And became a slave to master A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his
My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the Koran and the Bible, to me they all And got truth within 'em, gotta them boys You just can't skim 'em, branches of belief
But one that stem 'em But people of the venom try to 'em And use as an emblem When it be a natural way of life Who am I or they to say to you pray ain't 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 it's a bein' that's to you You let show 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 learned I have taken and earned I have laughed, I've I have failed and I have Sunshine, rain joy through all my pain I just wanna be with being me
Let me my concern So of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title That their actions didn't Our ignorance is in the same breath as our Subconsciously, to find An mind to convince
finally come to the realization Why black people in the 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, folks know more black history than we do
we bein' lied to? I ain't know our history was hidden Damn, somethin' in me wanna who I am So I began my search, my started 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 have to deal with And I felt like a fool I tried to learn it in school It almost seemed like a rehearsal the only and math are universal
Takin' advice, read the Bible, the Koran Searched scrolls the Hebrew Israelites Hold on, this right, Jesus wasn't white Some leads were with insight
And it's all in the plan, but it took me time to overstand He still created with the of man So, followin' I disagree By no have I forgotten or forgiven What's done to me but I do know the devil ain't no white man, the devil's a mind
That's color blind, there's white folk and evil niggas You gon surely find there's no positivity negativity But one side you gonna have to Any chance to I refuse to misuse
So how can you yourself God you let a worldly possession Become an obsession and the way you write your And can't follow lesson
If a seed's sown, you sure it's known You make sure it's If you God, then save your own, don't mentally your own If you God, save your own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, then save own, don't mentally enslave your own
Well, I've lived and learned I've and I've earned I have laughed, I cried I and I have tried Sunshine, pourin' I joy through my pain Just wanna be happy, me, bein' me