Nah, I wasnt raised at gunpoint and Ive read too books To distract me the mirror, when unhappy with my looks And I aint got proper diction for the of a thug Though I grew up in the and my niggers all sold drugs
And that may validate me for a spot on MTV Or get me all the airplay that my bank account would I was hoping to in a lesson that I learned I thought this had jumped me just because it was my turn
I went to an open space I knew he wouldnt do it If somebody there could see him or somebody else might it And maybe in eyes, it may seem I got punked out 'Cause I walked a narrow path and then went and changed my
But that openness me to a truth I couldnt find In the clenched fists of my ego or the 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
we represent a truth, son, the changes by the hour And you open to it, vulnerability is power And in that shifting form, youll a truth that doesnt change And that truth is proof of the fact that God is strange
Talk to strangers, when the fails and friends lead you astray When Buddha and Jesus weeps and it turns out God is gay 'Cause and Messiahs, love can come in many forms In the hallways of your projects or the fat girl in dorm
And when you finally take the to see what theyre about Perhaps you find them lonely or their trips you out Maybe youll find the spot cycles end You're back where you But this 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 to fight But this time around, you'll choose to walk a different path You'll embrace what you away and cry at what you laughed
'Cause thats the only way were going to make it 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 overpriced and freedom 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 a subtle knife that carves through worlds like magic doors
And thats what Ive looking for, the bridge from then to now Just watching BET like what the fuck, son? is foul But that square box don't the sphere that we live in The earth is not a screen, I aint trying to fit in
But this aint for the underground, here is for the sun A seed a stranger to me and planted on my tongue And when I at you, I know Im not the only one As a great man said, theres nothing more powerful Than an idea whos has come