After bein' 25, you know, just to survive in the world 'Bout to a little boy or baby girl, who knows? Anyway, just when you start getting' 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 Lynn Began, began time Bein' my is one with the divine In time brotha, you will discover the Some say 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 gone but I can still see As a child, given religion with no to why Just believe in Jesus 'cuz for me he did die
Curiosity killed the Understanding and wisdom the rhythm that I played to And became a slave to master A rich man is one knowledge, happiness and his health
My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the Koran and the Bible, to me all vital And got truth 'em, gotta read them boys You can't skim '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 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 it's a bein' that's supreme to you You let that show others in the things you do
'Cuz the trumpets blowin', 24 elders surround the throne Only 144,000 gon get 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get it,
I've lived and I've I have and I've earned I have laughed, cried I have and I have tried Sunshine, rain Found joy all my pain I just wanna be happy with me
Let me voice my So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a That actions didn't earn Our is in the same breath as our innocence Subconsciously, to find An impressionable to convince
I've come to the realization Why black people in the place it's hard to correct yourself when you don't know Who you are in the place , so I try to find the clue in you But evidently, white folks know more black than we do
we bein' lied to? I ain't know our was purposely hidden Damn, in me wanna know who I am So I began my search, my journey in church It gave my relief when I started to understand belief Hustlin' was like a gift spent my share of time in the
Taught me survival from evil I'm just gonna have to deal with And I like a fool when I tried to learn it in school It almost seemed like a rehearsal the only Science and are universal
elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran Searched scrolls from the Israelites Hold on, ain't right, Jesus wasn't white Some leads were granted insight
And it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to He created with the imperfection of man So, followin' I disagree 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 white folk and evil niggas You gon find there's no positivity without negativity But one side you gonna have to Any to speak I refuse to misuse
So how can you call God you let a worldly possession Become an obsession and the way you your rhymes And can't follow your
If a seed's sown, you make it's known You make sure grown If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave own If you God, then save your own, mentally enslave your own If you God, then save your own, don't enslave your own
Well, I've and I've learned I've and I've earned I have laughed, I cried I failed and I tried Sunshine, pourin' I found joy my pain wanna be happy, bein' me, bein' me