Nah, I wasnt raised at and Ive read too many books To distract me the mirror, when unhappy with my looks And I aint got diction for the makings of a thug Though I grew up in the ghetto and my niggers all sold
And though that may me for a spot on MTV Or get me all the that my bank account would need I was to invest in a lesson that I learned I this fool had jumped me just because it was my turn
I to an open space 'cause I knew he wouldnt do it If somebody there could see him or somebody else might it And maybe in your eyes, it may seem I got out 'Cause I walked a path and then went and changed my route
But that openness me to a truth I couldnt 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
we represent a truth, son, the changes 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 living of the fact that God is strange
Talk to strangers, the family fails and friends lead you astray When Buddha laughs and Jesus weeps and it 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 when you finally take the to see what theyre about Perhaps you find them or their wisdom trips you out Maybe find the spot where cycles end You're back you began But come time around, youll 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 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 thats the only way going to make it through this storm Where ignorance is common sense and the norm And flags wave above the truth and the two never touch And stolen goods are overpriced and freedom too much
And no one to recognize the symbols come to life The bitten apple on the and Jesus had a wife And she was his like that stranger may be yours Who holds a subtle knife that carves through worlds 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 square box don't represent the sphere that we live in The earth is not a screen, I aint trying to fit in
But aint for the underground, this here is for the sun A seed a gave to me and planted on my tongue And when I look at you, I know Im not the one As a great man once said, theres nothing powerful an idea whos time has come