I am a universal soldier walkin' in the path of the After the I'm a still be a soldier in America's bloodbath at it through the wrath of a universal soldier You could monitor my craft
I am not a graft, I am a soldier Walkin' in the path of the
Now you're outside yourself, boy You're outside yourself Is that right, is right? You're outside yourself, boy You're gettin' yourself
You're gettin' yourself, boy gettin' outside yourself You're gettin' yourself, boy gettin' outside yourself
Well, I scrapes the lookin' for odd jobs It's hard livin' like God in a world of Bobs John Doe's and Jacks, and Mary Mack's I guess Babylon wasn't for blacks now was it
Well, it doesn't really matter it it be dependin' on the Who, what, and the whereabouts And I'm a nigger the world don't care about
Mr. Outsider, it's all about bein' a Use the guide to open up your mind a wider My mellow my ace, from place to place All a nigger is a taste
on the docks wearin' a smock I clock in, I out about 5 o'clock I keeps a disposition so I won't arouse suspicion But then I know what wishin'
That you could put a in my head plate all that red tape And me straight to the grave either a slave but Jesus got you saved Or you don't know how to but you're brave
A up African with a finger wave And the load ain't no lighter Even I'm in it to win it, I'm still a outsider
You're gettin' yourself, boy gettin' outside yourself You're outside yourself, boy gettin' outside yourself
You're outside yourself, boy You're outside yourself You're outside yourself, boy You're gettin' yourself
Well, back in the days told me hip hop pays So I says I aways from L A's average C.K-in' and B.K-in' was bein' a savage And M.C.-in' and QDJ-in' was the cabbage
Now it like a nigger talking hella late in the game I'm talkin' '80 ace deuce, nobody think about No menace, no in the hood, no juice It was more like high and niggers truly die like they do
When I found out you got to your path I knew Not red and blue, the blackness is My tactics was new that's when the practice and I flew
I to be a rapper so simple and plain From Los Angeles city of the big theory Where everyone is now a whole mess of mc's fear me But important everybody hear me
As I tell you about the man Who got blunted and what he can And he ran from city to city, town to Bouncin' like he's about to blow the world up his mind's not dormant anymore his door's ajar And his jar's full of somethin'
Now everyone knows that scarecrows with Velcro ain't real Yeah, but if your is likely to be spilled Ain't no tellin', you'll be sailin' across the seas Magellan Way out your range and since I don't speak stranger I'm a it to you in layman's terms so you'll learn
I paid the piper I'm gon' pick the But I don't listen to like that, so
You're gettin' yourself, boy You're outside yourself You're outside yourself, boy You're gettin' outside
You're outside yourself, boy You're outside yourself You better run and yourself, boy you can't provide for self
Inside, That's what doin' it is all right Inside, outside, inside, That's what is all about
Now I'm a but not like ponyboy I'm aceyaloney boy and I transcend both hands in? And I the answer from within And I strain and I gain the to bust a blood vessel
As my thoughts mud wrestle in my head muscle You got your lucky charm I know you believe in You better be you door locked and bolted
Say praise the Lord as I the sword and revolted Psychological warfare for the holy, smoke your last little ship a capsizes your rap dies slowly Got a good old fashion passion for smashin' what built With no guilt, at full tilt, at speed, at full blast Comin' full circle on ass
I'm the idealistic, realistic mystic the past That just gets more intelligent, don't risk it I'm Better get involved know how the world revolves and evolves And solve all that you can solve before your dissolves
Now who killed lion? Curiosity Now the black man dyin'? It's an atrocity Does history repeat itself or is it prophecy? So until I leave my physical shell, there ain't no me
'Cause I the piper, I'm gon' pick the tune But I don't to music like that, so
You're gettin' yourself, boy You're outside yourself gettin' outside yourself, boy You're gettin' outside
You're gettin' yourself, boy You're gettin' outside You're gettin' yourself, boy You're outside yourself