After 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world 'Bout to have a little boy or girl, who knows? Anyway, just you start getting' that little age And to you You start thinkin' about stuff, to make the right moves So it out, this is what I was thinkin', check it
Yo, the of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Lynn Began, began with Bein' my bloodline is one the divine In time brotha, you discover the light Some say that God is and the devil's white Well, the is wrong and God is what's right
I fight with myself in the ring of and fear The rain ain't gone but I can still see As a child, given religion with no to why told believe in Jesus 'cuz for me he did die
Curiosity the catechism Understanding and became the rhythm that I played to And became a slave to master A rich man is one with knowledge, and his health
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 read boys You just can't 'em, different branches of belief
But one root that '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 they to say to you pray ain't right
That's who got you doin' right and got you far Whether you say, "In name", or, "Al hum du'Allah" Long as you know a bein' that's supreme to you You let that show towards in the things you do
'Cuz when the trumpets blowin', 24 surround the throne Only 144,000 gon get 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get it,
I've and I've learned I have taken and I've I have laughed, I've I have failed and I tried Sunshine, rain joy through all my pain I just wanna be happy being me
Let me voice my So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a That their actions earn Our ignorance is in the same breath as our Subconsciously, to find An impressionable mind to
I've come to the realization Why black people in the place 'Cuz it's hard to correct yourself when you know Who you are in the place , so I try to find the clue in you But evidently, white folks know more history than we do
Why're we lied to? I ain't know our history was purposely Damn, somethin' in me wanna who I am So I began my search, my journey started in It gave my heartache relief when I started to understand Hustlin' was like a gift spent my of time in the streets
Taught me survival this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with And I felt like a fool I tried to learn it in school It almost seemed like a rehearsal when the and math are universal
Takin' advice, read the Bible, the Koran Searched from the Hebrew Israelites Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus white Some were granted with insight
And it's all in the plan, but it took me some to overstand He still with the imperfection of man So, with followin' I By no means have I or forgiven What's 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 and evil niggas You gon surely find there's no without negativity But one side you gonna to choose Any to speak I refuse to misuse
So how can you call God When you let a worldly Become an obsession and the way you your rhymes And can't your lesson
If a seed's sown, you make sure known You make sure grown If you God, then your own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, then save your own, don't mentally your own If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave own
Well, I've lived and learned I've and I've earned I have laughed, I have I failed and I tried Sunshine, pourin' I found joy my pain Just be happy, bein' me, bein' me