After bein' 25, you know, just trying to survive in the 'Bout to have a boy or baby girl, who knows? Anyway, just when you start getting' little age And to you You start thinkin' about stuff, tryin' to make the right So it out, this is what I was thinkin', check it
Yo, the education of the Lynn Began, with time Bein' my is one with the divine In time brotha, you discover 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 of doubt and fear The rain ain't but I can still see clear As a child, given religion with no to why Just told believe in 'cuz for me he did die
Curiosity killed the and wisdom 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, read them boys You just can't skim 'em, different branches of
But one root stem 'em But people of the try to trim 'em And use as an emblem it should be a natural way of life Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't
That's who got you doin' right and got you far you say, "In Jesus name", or, "Al hum du'Allah" Long as you know it's a bein' supreme to you You let that towards others in the things you do
'Cuz when the blowin', 24 elders surround the throne 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get Only 144,000 gon get it,
lived and I've learned I have taken and earned I laughed, I've cried I have failed and I have Sunshine, rain joy through all my pain I just wanna be with being me
Let me my concern So many of my fellow brothers have themselves a title That their actions didn't Our is in the same breath as our innocence Subconsciously, seeking to An impressionable mind to
I've come to the realization Why black in the worse place 'Cuz it's hard to correct yourself you don't know Who you are in the first , so I try to find the clue in you But evidently, white folks know more history than we do
Why're we lied to? I know our history was purposely hidden Damn, somethin' in me know who I am So I began my search, my journey started in It my heartache relief when I started to understand belief Hustlin' was like a gift spent my share of in the streets
Taught me survival from this evil I'm gonna have to deal with And I felt like a fool when I to learn it in school It almost like a rehearsal when the only Science and are universal
Takin' elder advice, read the Bible, the 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 have I forgotten or forgiven been done to me but I do know the devil ain't no 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 side you gonna have to Any to speak I refuse to misuse
So how can you call God When you let a possession Become an obsession and the way you your rhymes And follow your lesson
If a seed's sown, you make sure known You sure it's grown If you God, then save your own, don't enslave your own If you God, then save your own, don't mentally your own If you God, then save your own, don't mentally your own
Well, I've lived and learned taken and I've earned I laughed, I have cried I and I have tried Sunshine, pourin' I found joy through my Just be happy, bein' me, bein' me