Nah, I wasnt raised at and Ive read too many books To distract me from the mirror, when unhappy my looks And I aint got proper diction for the of a thug Though I grew up in the ghetto and my all sold drugs
And though that may me for a spot on MTV Or get me all the airplay my bank account would need I was hoping to invest in a that I learned I thought this fool had jumped me just it was my turn
I went to an open space 'cause I knew he do it If somebody there could see him or somebody else might it And in your eyes, it may seem I got punked out 'Cause I walked a narrow path and then went and changed my
But that openness exposed me to a truth I find In the fists of my ego or the confines 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 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 that God is
to strangers, when the family fails and friends lead you astray When Buddha and Jesus weeps and it turns out God is gay 'Cause Angels and Messiahs, love can in many forms In the hallways of your or the fat girl in your dorm
And when you finally take the time to see theyre about Perhaps you find them lonely or wisdom trips you out Maybe youll find the spot where end You're back you began But this time around, youll have 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 once tried to But come this time around, you'll choose to walk a path You'll what you turned away and cry at what you laughed
'Cause thats the only way were going to make it through storm Where ignorance is sense and senselessness the norm And wave high above the truth and the two never touch And stolen goods are overpriced and freedom costs too
And no one to recognize 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 knife that carves through worlds like doors
And thats what Ive been looking for, the bridge from to now Just watching BET like what the fuck, son? is foul But that square box don't represent the that we live in The earth is not a flat screen, I trying to fit in
But this for the underground, this here is for the sun A seed a stranger gave to me and planted on my And I look at you, I know Im not the only one As a great man once said, theres more powerful Than an idea whos has come