Nah, I wasnt raised at gunpoint and Ive read too many To distract me from the mirror, when unhappy my looks And I got proper diction for the makings 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 that my bank would need I was to invest in a lesson that I learned I thought this fool had jumped me because it was my turn
I went to an space 'cause I knew he wouldnt do it If somebody there see him or somebody else might prove it And maybe in eyes, it may seem I got punked out 'Cause I walked a narrow path and then went and my route
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 swagger or the swagger in my Or the scowl of my 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 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 family fails and friends lead you When Buddha laughs and Jesus and it turns out God is gay Angels and Messiahs, love can come in many forms In the hallways of your projects or the fat girl in your
And you finally take the time to see what 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 come this time around, youll 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 come time around, you'll choose to walk a different path You'll embrace what you turned away and cry at you laughed
'Cause thats the only way were going to make it through this Where ignorance is common sense and the norm And flags wave high above the and the two never touch And stolen goods are overpriced and costs 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 Messiah like that stranger may be Who holds a subtle knife that carves through worlds magic doors
And what Ive been looking for, the bridge from then 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 aint for the underground, this is for the sun A seed a gave to me and planted on my tongue And when I at you, I know Im not the only one As a great man once said, theres nothing powerful an idea whos time has come