Nah, I raised at gunpoint and Ive read 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 sold
And that may validate me for a spot on MTV Or get me all the airplay that my account would need I was hoping to invest in a that I learned I thought this fool had jumped me 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 prove it And maybe in your eyes, it may I got punked out 'Cause I walked a narrow and then went and changed my route
But that openness exposed me to a truth I couldnt In the clenched of my ego or the confines of my mind Or the hipness of my swagger or the in my step Or the scowl of my grimace or the of my rep
'Cause we a truth, son, the changes by the hour And when you open to it, is power And in that shifting form, youll find a that doesnt change And that truth is living proof of the fact God is strange
Talk to strangers, when the fails and friends lead you astray When laughs and Jesus 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 girl in dorm
And when you finally the time to see what theyre about Perhaps you find them lonely or their trips you out Maybe youll the spot where cycles end You're back where you But come this time around, youll someone to hold your hand
Who prays for you, who is there for you, who sends you and light Exposes you to parts of you that you tried to fight But come this time around, you'll to walk a different path You'll embrace what you away and cry at what you laughed
'Cause thats the only way going to make it through this storm ignorance is common sense and senselessness the norm And flags wave high above the truth and the two never And stolen goods are overpriced and freedom costs too
And no one seems to the symbols come to life The bitten on the screen and Jesus had a wife And she was his Messiah that stranger may be yours Who holds a subtle that carves through worlds like magic doors
And what Ive been looking for, the bridge from then to now Just BET like what the fuck, son? This 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, this is for the sun A seed a stranger to me and planted on my tongue And when I look at you, I Im not the only one As a great man once said, theres nothing more Than an idea whos has come