After bein' 25, you know, trying to survive in the world 'Bout to a little boy or baby girl, who knows? Anyway, just when you 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 time my bloodline is one with the divine In time brotha, you discover the light Some say that God is black and the 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, religion with no answer to why Just believe in Jesus 'cuz for me he did die
Curiosity killed the and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to And became a slave to master A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his
My mind had dealt the books of Zen, Tao the lessons Koran and the Bible, to me all vital And got truth within 'em, gotta them boys You just can't 'em, different branches of belief
But one that 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 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 towards in the things you do
'Cuz when the trumpets blowin', 24 elders the throne 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get 144,000 gon get it, baby
I've lived and learned I have taken and earned I laughed, I've cried I failed and I have tried Sunshine, pouring Found joy all my pain I just be happy with being me
Let me my concern So many of my brothers have given themselves a title their actions didn't earn Our is in the same breath as our innocence Subconsciously, to find An mind to convince
I've come to the realization Why people in the worse place it's hard to correct yourself when you don't know Who you are in the first , so I try to find the clue in you But evidently, folks know more black history than we do
Why're we lied to? I ain't know our history was purposely Damn, in me wanna know who I am So I began my search, my journey in church It gave my heartache relief when I started to belief Hustlin' was like a gift spent my share of time in the
Taught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal And I felt like a fool when I to learn it in school It almost seemed like a rehearsal the only and math are universal
Takin' elder advice, read the Bible, the Searched from the Hebrew Israelites Hold on, this ain't right, wasn't white leads were granted with insight
And it's all in the plan, but it took me some to overstand He still created the imperfection of man So, with followin' I By no means have I forgotten or been done to me but I do know the devil ain't no man, the devil's a spiritual mind
That's color blind, there's evil white 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 When you let a worldly an obsession and the way you write your rhymes And follow your lesson
If a seed's sown, you make it's known You make sure it's If you God, then your own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave own If you God, save your own, don't mentally enslave your own
Well, I've lived and I've I've and I've earned I have laughed, I have I and I have tried Sunshine, pourin' I joy through my pain Just wanna be happy, me, bein' me