Nah, I wasnt raised at gunpoint and Ive too many books To distract me from the mirror, when unhappy my looks And I aint got proper diction for the makings of a Though I grew up in the ghetto and my niggers all drugs
And though may validate me for a spot on MTV Or get me all the airplay my bank account would need I was hoping to invest in a lesson that I I thought this fool had jumped me just it was my turn
I went to an open 'cause I knew he wouldnt do it If somebody there could see him or somebody might prove it And maybe in your eyes, it may seem I got out I walked a narrow path and then went and changed my route
But that openness exposed me to a truth I find In the fists of my ego or the confines of my mind Or the of my swagger or the swagger in my step Or the scowl of my or the meanness of my rep
'Cause we represent a truth, son, the by the hour And when you open to it, is power And in shifting form, youll find a truth that doesnt change And that truth is proof of the fact that God is strange
to strangers, when the family fails and friends lead you astray When laughs and Jesus weeps and it turns out God is gay Angels and Messiahs, love can come in many forms In the hallways of your or the fat girl in your dorm
And when you finally the time to see what theyre about Perhaps you them lonely or their wisdom trips you out Maybe youll the spot where cycles end You're back where you But come time around, youll have someone to hold your hand
Who prays for you, who is there for you, who you love and light Exposes you to parts of you that you once tried to But come this time around, choose to walk a different path You'll embrace what you away and cry at what you laughed
'Cause the only way were going to make it through this storm Where ignorance is common sense and the norm And flags high above the truth and the two never touch And stolen goods are and freedom costs too much
And no one seems to recognize the symbols to life The bitten on the screen and Jesus had a wife And she was his like that stranger may be yours Who holds a subtle that carves through worlds like magic doors
And thats Ive been looking for, the bridge from then to now Just watching BET like what the fuck, son? This is But that square box don't the sphere that we live in The is not a flat screen, I aint trying to fit in
But this for the underground, this here is for the sun A seed a stranger gave to me and on my tongue And when I look at you, I know Im not the one As a great man once said, theres more powerful an idea whos time has come