Nah, I wasnt raised at and Ive read too many books To me from the mirror, when unhappy with my looks And I got proper 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 hoping to invest in a lesson that I I thought this fool had jumped me just it was my turn
I went to an open '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 seem I got out 'Cause I walked a narrow path and then and changed my route
But that openness exposed me to a I couldnt find In the clenched fists of my ego or the confines of my Or the hipness of my swagger or the swagger in my Or the scowl of my or the meanness of my rep
'Cause we a truth, son, the changes by the hour And you open to it, vulnerability is power And in that shifting form, youll find a truth that doesnt 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 of your projects or the fat girl in your dorm
And when you finally take the to see what theyre about Perhaps you find them lonely or wisdom trips you out youll find the spot where cycles end You're back where you But come this time around, youll have someone to hold hand
Who prays for you, who is for you, who sends you love and light Exposes you to of you that you once tried to fight But come this around, you'll choose to walk a different path You'll embrace what you turned and cry at what you laughed
thats the only way were going to make it through this storm Where ignorance is common and senselessness the norm And flags wave high the truth and the two never touch And stolen are overpriced and freedom costs too much
And no one seems to recognize the come to life The bitten on the screen and Jesus had a wife And she was his Messiah like stranger may be yours 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? This is But that square box represent the sphere that we live in The earth is not a 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 when I at you, I know Im not the only one As a great man once said, theres more powerful Than an idea whos time has