After bein' 25, you know, just to survive in the world to have 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 make the moves So bust it out, is what I was thinkin', check it
Yo, the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Began, began time Bein' my bloodline is one with the In time brotha, you discover the light Some say that God is black and the devil's Well, the devil is wrong and God is right
I with myself in the ring of doubt and fear The rain ain't but I can still see clear As a child, religion with no answer to why told believe in Jesus 'cuz for me he did die
Curiosity killed the Understanding and became the rhythm that I played to And became a slave to master A man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health
My mind had dealt the books of Zen, Tao the lessons Koran and the Bible, to me all vital And got truth 'em, gotta read them boys You just can't skim 'em, different of belief
But one root that 'em But of the venom try to trim '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 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 know it's a bein' that's to you You let that show towards in the things you do
'Cuz when the trumpets blowin', 24 elders the throne 144,000 gon get home 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get it,
I've lived and I've I have taken and I've I laughed, I've cried I have failed and I have Sunshine, pouring Found joy all my pain I just wanna be with being me
Let me my concern So many of my brothers have given themselves a title That their didn't earn Our ignorance is in the same breath as our Subconsciously, seeking to An impressionable mind to
finally come to the realization Why black people in the place 'Cuz it's hard to correct yourself when you don't Who you are in the first place , so I try to the clue in you But evidently, white folks know more black history we do
we bein' lied to? I ain't know our was purposely hidden Damn, in me wanna know who I am So I my search, my journey started in church It gave my heartache when I started to understand belief Hustlin' was like a gift my share of time in the streets
Taught me from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with And I felt like a fool when I to learn it in school It almost seemed a rehearsal when the only Science and math are
Takin' elder advice, read the Bible, the Searched from the Hebrew Israelites Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't leads were granted with insight
And it's all in the plan, but it me some time to overstand He still with the imperfection of man So, with followin' I By no have I forgotten or forgiven What's done to me but I do know the ain't no white man, the devil's a spiritual mind
color blind, there's evil white folk and evil niggas You gon surely find there's no positivity negativity But one you gonna have to choose Any chance to speak I refuse to
So how can you call God When you let a worldly Become an and the way you write your rhymes And follow your lesson
If a seed's sown, you make it's known You sure it's grown If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave own If you God, then save your own, don't enslave your own If you God, then your own, don't mentally enslave your own
Well, I've and I've learned I've taken and earned I laughed, I have cried I failed and I tried Sunshine, rain I found joy through my Just wanna be happy, me, bein' me