Nah, I wasnt raised at gunpoint and Ive read too many To distract me from the mirror, unhappy with my looks And I aint got proper diction for the makings of a 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 account would need I was to invest in a lesson that I learned I thought this fool had jumped me just because it was my
I went to an open 'cause I knew he wouldnt do it If somebody could see him or somebody else might prove it And in your eyes, it may seem I got punked out 'Cause I a narrow path and then went and changed my route
But that openness exposed me to a truth I 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 of my grimace or the meanness of my rep
'Cause we represent a truth, son, the by the hour And you open to it, vulnerability is power And in that form, youll find a truth that doesnt change And that truth is living proof of the fact God is strange
Talk to strangers, when the family fails and lead you astray When Buddha laughs and weeps and it turns out God is gay 'Cause Angels and Messiahs, can come in many forms In the hallways of your projects or the fat in your dorm
And when you finally take the to see what theyre about Perhaps you find them or their wisdom trips you out Maybe youll find the where cycles end You're back where you But come this time around, youll have 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 come this time around, you'll choose to walk a path You'll embrace you turned away and cry at what you laughed
'Cause thats the only way were going to make it through this Where ignorance is common and senselessness the norm And flags wave high the truth and the two never touch And goods are overpriced and freedom costs too much
And no one seems to the symbols come to life The apple on the screen and Jesus had a wife And she was his Messiah like that stranger may be Who holds a subtle knife that through worlds like magic doors
And thats what Ive been looking for, the bridge then to now Just watching BET like what the fuck, This is foul But that square box represent the sphere that we live in The earth is not a flat screen, I trying to fit in
But this aint for the underground, here is for the sun A seed a stranger gave to me and planted on my And when I at you, I know Im not the only one As a great man once said, theres nothing more Than an idea whos time has