Nah, I wasnt raised at and Ive read too many books To distract me from the mirror, when with my looks And I got proper diction for the makings of a thug Though I up in the ghetto and my niggers all sold 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 I learned I this fool had jumped me just because it was my turn
I went to an open space I knew he wouldnt do it If somebody there see him or somebody else might prove it And maybe in your eyes, it may seem I got out 'Cause I walked a narrow path and went and changed my route
But that openness me to a truth I couldnt find In the clenched fists of my ego or the of my mind Or the hipness of my or the swagger in my step Or the scowl of my grimace or the of my rep
we represent a truth, son, the changes by the hour And when you open to it, is power And in that shifting form, find a truth that doesnt change And truth is living proof of the fact that God is strange
Talk to strangers, when the family fails and friends you astray When Buddha laughs and Jesus and it turns out God is gay Angels and Messiahs, love can come in many forms In the hallways of projects or the fat girl in your dorm
And you finally take the time to see what theyre about Perhaps you find lonely or their wisdom trips you out Maybe youll find the spot cycles end back where you began But come this time around, have someone to hold your hand
Who prays for you, who is there for you, who sends you love and Exposes you to parts of you that you tried to fight But come time around, you'll choose to walk a different path You'll what you turned away and cry at what you laughed
'Cause thats the only way going to make it through this storm Where ignorance is common and senselessness the norm And flags wave high above the truth and the two never 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 Messiah like that may be yours Who a subtle knife that carves through worlds like magic doors
And thats what Ive been for, the bridge from then to now Just watching BET what the fuck, son? This is foul But that square box don't represent the sphere that we in The earth is not a flat screen, I aint to fit in
But aint for the underground, this here is for the sun A a stranger gave to me and planted on my tongue And I look at you, I know Im not the only one As a great man once said, theres nothing more Than an whos time has come