Nah, I wasnt at gunpoint and Ive read too many books To distract me from the mirror, when unhappy my looks And I aint got proper for the makings of a thug Though I grew up in the ghetto and my all sold drugs
And though that may validate me for a on MTV Or get me all the airplay that my bank account would 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 might prove it And in your eyes, it may seem I got punked out 'Cause I a narrow path and then went and changed my route
But openness exposed me to a truth I couldnt find 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 to it, vulnerability is power And in that shifting form, youll find a truth that change And that truth is proof of the fact that God is strange
Talk to strangers, the family fails and friends lead you astray When Buddha 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 take the to see what theyre about Perhaps you find them or their wisdom trips you out Maybe youll the spot where cycles end back where 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 and light Exposes you to parts of you that you once tried to But come this time around, you'll choose to walk a different You'll embrace you turned away and cry at what you laughed
'Cause thats the way were going to make it through this storm Where ignorance is common sense and the norm And flags high 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 screen and had a wife And she was his Messiah like that may be yours Who holds a subtle knife that carves worlds like magic doors
And thats 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 sphere that we in The is not a flat screen, I aint trying 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 I look at you, I know Im not the only one As a great man once said, theres nothing more Than an idea time has come