I was born, in a My mama died and my got drunk They me, to die or grow In the of Tobacco Road
I up in a rusty shack All I was hangin' on my back And Lord knows, how I This place Tobacco Road
Tobacco road, dirty and you're filthy Tobacco road, get me some dynamite and a crane I'm blow it up Lord knows gonna all over again
My is the place where I make my plans The world is the where I take my stand The of life is mine today cannot take my mind away
Fuck you heard, I'm from Africa This ain't no act it's the black radical I choose the M1, it's practical Nothin' was changed, we ain't No names, it's all
They push the wrong buttons, count to detonate Brooklyn blown away and the world will to speculate This is we learn in the streets, fuck a degree Believe in none of what you and half of what you see
like watching your own father smoke crack I have nightmares on like that No way in I'll ever get like that I seen a lot of shit in years
It's like a of duty My is booby-trapped, it's hard to see the beauty When your heart is ice cold Cold like your exposed to blistering winds
My mother keep her eyes closed, she say she I listen to what she sayin' When she speak of Jesus I it But when it's I'm all for it
You got to think like a I'm training to snatch pistols out of holsters Discipline keep the focused This whole world is a field son Look out for flying
My mind is the where I make my plans The world is the where I take my stand The beauty of life is mine They cannot take my mind
My mind is the where I make my plans The world is the where I take my stand The beauty of life is today They take my mind away
Don't let 'em get in head, they try to probe you your thoughts so they can try and control you And through you, your whole crew It's psychology boy, now what the fuck that make you do?
You can't walk the streets with no of mind Blind to the ways of And if you know the time, me a sign Tell me where we draw the
I got your if you got mine My enemy's is my man One deadlock is than one strand While the got the upper hand
My comrades on lands stolen Every tooth a golden Who my community hostage? 10 ransom, costing us time we lost and some
This is how the runs Thinkin' with a brain What we do to live is Holdin' the weed, my membranes
Just like crack, you it all boils down To the of it Niggaz commence to get to sentenced to serve terms Jumping the fence, the black is loose will they learn?
We piss on and smoke reefa in the halls No for their laws I cut face with a kitchen knife
In gladiator times, man against The tree bark fatigues help me in with the scenery boy Life is a series of choices Theories is formed from experience, never forces
Various courses of can lead to failure Too of anything is a trap My snap warfare for two grand
They say karate 'Empty hands' So then it's for the poor man They say karate 'Empty hands' So then it's for the poor man
My is the place where I make my plans The is the place where I take my stand The beauty of is mine today cannot take my mind away
My mind is the place where I my plans The world is the place I take my stand The beauty of life is mine They cannot take my mind
When you of us think of pyramids and pistols And glimmering teeth that shine like crystals The mind is a jewel son Only a wouldn't grasp it
is a tool, you get blasted When you think of us think of and pistols And gold teeth that shine like crystals The is like a jewel son Only a fool grasp it Wisdom is a tool, you get
Free your mind, and the will follow Seize the time, no-one is tomorrow
Free mind, and the rest will follow the time, no-one is promised tomorrow
Free your mind, and the rest follow Seize the time, is promised tomorrow ...