Nah, I wasnt raised at gunpoint and Ive too many books To distract me from the mirror, when with my looks And I aint got proper for the makings of a thug 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 bank account would I was hoping to 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 could see him or somebody might prove it And maybe in your eyes, it may I got punked out 'Cause I a narrow path and then went and changed my route
But that exposed 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
'Cause we represent a truth, son, the changes by the And when you open to it, is power And in shifting form, youll find a truth that doesnt change And that is living proof of the fact that God is strange
Talk to strangers, when the fails and friends lead you astray Buddha laughs and Jesus weeps and it turns out God is gay 'Cause Angels and Messiahs, love can come in forms In the of your projects or the fat girl in your dorm
And when you finally take the time to see what theyre Perhaps you find them lonely or wisdom trips you out Maybe youll find the where cycles end back where you began 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 tried to But come this time around, you'll choose to walk a 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 sense and senselessness the norm And flags wave high the truth and the two never touch And stolen goods are overpriced and costs too much
And no one seems to recognize the symbols come to The bitten on the screen and Jesus had a wife And she was his Messiah like that may be yours Who holds a subtle that carves through worlds like magic doors
And thats what Ive been looking for, the from then to now Just watching BET like the fuck, son? This is foul But that square box don't represent the that we live in The earth is not a flat screen, I aint 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 look at you, I Im not the only one As a man once said, theres nothing more powerful Than an whos time has come