After 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world 'Bout to have a little boy or girl, who knows? Anyway, just when you getting' that little age And to you You start thinkin' about stuff, tryin' to make the right So bust it out, is what I was thinkin', check it
Yo, the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Began, began with Bein' my bloodline is one with the In time brotha, you discover the light say that God is black and the devil's white Well, the devil is 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, 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 self A man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health
My had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons Koran and the Bible, to me all vital And got truth within 'em, gotta read them You just can't skim 'em, different branches of
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 to say to whom you pray ain't right
That's who got you right and got you this far Whether you say, "In name", or, "Al hum du'Allah" Long as you know it's a that's supreme to you You let show towards others in the things you do
'Cuz when the trumpets blowin', 24 surround the throne Only 144,000 gon get Only 144,000 gon get Only 144,000 gon get it,
I've lived and learned I taken and I've earned I have laughed, cried I failed and I have tried Sunshine, rain Found joy 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 didn't Our ignorance is in the same as our innocence Subconsciously, seeking to An mind to convince
I've finally to the realization Why black people in the worse 'Cuz it's to correct yourself when you don't know Who you are in the first place , so I try to find the in you But evidently, white folks more black history than we do
Why're we bein' to? I ain't know our history was purposely Damn, somethin' in me wanna who I am So I my search, my journey started in church It gave my heartache relief when I to understand 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 a fool when I tried to learn it in school It almost seemed like a rehearsal the only Science and math are
Takin' advice, read the Bible, the Koran scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't Some leads granted with insight
And all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand He still created with the of man So, followin' I disagree By no means have I forgotten or 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 surely there's no positivity without negativity But one side you have 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 write your And can't follow lesson
If a seed's sown, you sure it's known You sure it's grown If you God, then save own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, then your own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave own
Well, I've and I've learned I've and I've earned I laughed, I have cried I failed and I have Sunshine, pourin' I joy through my pain Just wanna be happy, bein' me, me