After bein' 25, you know, just trying to 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 about stuff, tryin' to make the right moves So bust it out, this is what I was thinkin', it
Yo, the of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Lynn Began, with time Bein' my bloodline is one with the In time brotha, you will the light Some say that God is black and the devil's Well, the is wrong and God is what's right
I fight with myself in the ring of doubt and The ain't gone but I can still see clear As a child, given with no answer to why Just told believe in 'cuz for me he did die
killed the catechism Understanding and wisdom became the that I played to And became a slave to master A rich man is one knowledge, happiness and his health
My mind had dealt the books of Zen, Tao the lessons Koran and the Bible, to me they all And got truth 'em, gotta read them boys You just can't skim 'em, branches of belief
But one root stem 'em But people of the venom try to 'em And use as an emblem When it should be a natural way of Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't
who got you doin' right and got you this far Whether you say, "In name", or, "Al hum du'Allah" Long as you know it's a bein' that's to you You let that show others in the things you do
when the trumpets blowin', 24 elders surround the throne Only 144,000 gon get 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get it,
lived and I've learned I have and I've earned I have laughed, cried I failed and I have tried Sunshine, pouring Found joy through all my I just wanna be with being me
Let me my concern So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a That actions didn't earn Our ignorance is in the same breath as our Subconsciously, seeking to An impressionable to convince
I've come to the realization Why people in the worse 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 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 heartache relief when I started to belief Hustlin' was a gift spent my share of time in the streets
Taught me survival from this evil I'm just have to deal with And I felt like a 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 Searched scrolls the Hebrew Israelites on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't white Some leads were with 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 have I forgotten or forgiven been done to me but I do know the devil ain't no white man, the a spiritual mind
That's blind, there's evil white folk and evil niggas You gon surely find there's no positivity negativity But one side you gonna have to Any chance to speak I to misuse
So how can you yourself God When you let a possession Become an obsession and the way you write rhymes And can't follow your
If a seed's sown, you make sure known You make sure grown If you God, then save your own, don't enslave your own If you God, then save 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 taken and I've earned I laughed, I have cried I failed and I have Sunshine, pourin' I found joy my pain Just wanna be happy, me, bein' me