After bein' 25, you know, just to survive in the world to have a little boy or baby girl, who knows? Anyway, when you start 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 education of the Lynn Began, began 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 devil is and God is what's right
I fight myself in the ring of doubt and fear The ain't gone but I can still see clear As a child, given with no answer to why Just told believe in Jesus for me he did die
Curiosity killed the Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I to And a slave to master self A rich man is one with knowledge, and his health
My mind had with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons and the Bible, to me they all vital And got truth within 'em, gotta read them You just can't 'em, different branches of belief
But one root that 'em But of the venom try to trim 'em And use religion as an 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 doin' right and got you far Whether you say, "In name", or, "Al hum du'Allah" Long as you know a bein' that's supreme to you You let that show towards others in the you do
'Cuz when the trumpets blowin', 24 surround the throne Only 144,000 gon get 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get it,
I've lived and I've I have taken and I've I have laughed, I've I have and I have tried Sunshine, rain Found joy through all my I just wanna be happy with me
Let me my concern So many of my brothers have given themselves a title That actions didn't earn Our is in the same breath as our innocence Subconsciously, seeking to An mind to convince
I've finally come to the Why people in the worse place 'Cuz hard to correct yourself when you don't know Who you are in the first place , so I try to the clue in you But evidently, white folks know more black than we do
Why're we bein' to? I ain't know our history was hidden Damn, somethin' in me wanna who I am So I my search, my journey started in church It gave my heartache relief when I started to understand Hustlin' was like a gift spent my share of in the streets
me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with And I felt a fool when I tried to learn it in school It almost seemed like a rehearsal when the Science and math are
Takin' elder advice, read the Bible, the Searched scrolls the Hebrew Israelites Hold on, ain't right, Jesus wasn't white Some leads granted with insight
And it's all in the plan, but it took me time to overstand He still created with the of man So, with I disagree By no means have I or forgiven What's 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 have to choose Any to speak I refuse to misuse
So how can you call God you let a worldly possession Become an obsession and the way you write rhymes And can't your lesson
If a sown, you make sure it's known You make it's grown If you God, then save own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, save your own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, then save your own, don't mentally your own
Well, lived and I've learned taken and I've earned I have laughed, I have I and I have tried Sunshine, pourin' I found joy my pain Just be happy, bein' me, bein' me