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 start getting' little age And to you You start thinkin' stuff, tryin' 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 Bein' my bloodline is one with the In time brotha, you will the light Some say God is black and the devil's white Well, the is wrong 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, given religion with no to why Just believe in Jesus 'cuz for me he did die
Curiosity killed the Understanding and wisdom the rhythm that I played to And became a slave to master A man is one with knowledge, happiness 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 'em, gotta read them boys You just can't 'em, different branches of belief
But one root stem 'em But people of the venom try to 'em And use religion as an When it should be a natural way of Who am I or they to say to whom you pray 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 it's a bein' that's to you You let that towards others in the things you do
'Cuz when the trumpets blowin', 24 surround the throne 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get 144,000 gon get it, baby
I've and I've learned I have and I've earned I laughed, I've cried I failed and I have tried Sunshine, pouring Found joy through all my I just wanna be happy being me
Let me my concern So of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title That their didn't earn Our ignorance is in the same as our innocence Subconsciously, to find An impressionable mind to
I've finally to the realization Why black people in the 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, white folks know black history than we do
Why're we bein' to? I know our history was purposely hidden Damn, somethin' in me know who I am So I began my search, my started in church It gave my heartache relief when I started to 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 when I tried to learn it in school It almost seemed like a when the only Science and are universal
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 some to overstand He still with the imperfection of man So, with followin' I By no have I forgotten or forgiven What's been to me but I do the devil ain't no white 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 have to choose Any to speak I refuse to misuse
So how can you yourself God you let a worldly possession Become an and the way you write your rhymes And follow your lesson
If a seed's sown, you make sure known You make sure it's If you God, then save own, don't mentally enslave your own If you God, then save your own, mentally enslave your own If you God, save your own, don't mentally enslave your own
Well, I've lived and I've taken and I've earned I laughed, I have cried I failed and I have Sunshine, rain I found joy through my Just be happy, bein' me, bein' me