After bein' 25, you know, just to survive in the world 'Bout to have a little boy or baby girl, who Anyway, just when you start that little age And to you You start thinkin' about stuff, tryin' to make the right So bust it out, this is what I was thinkin', it
Yo, the education of the Lynn Began, with time my bloodline is one with the divine In time brotha, you discover the light Some say that God is black and the white Well, the devil is and God is what's right
I fight with myself in the ring of and fear The ain't gone but I can still see clear As a child, given with no answer to why Just told believe in 'cuz for me he did die
killed the catechism Understanding and became the rhythm that I played to And became a slave to self A man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health
My mind had with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons Koran and the Bible, to me they all And got truth within 'em, read them boys You can't skim 'em, different branches of belief
But one that stem 'em But of the venom try to trim 'em And use as an emblem When it should be a natural way of Who am I or they to say to whom you ain't right
That's who got you right and got you this far Whether you say, "In name", or, "Al hum du'Allah" Long as you know it's a that's supreme to you You let that show others in the things you do
'Cuz when the blowin', 24 elders surround the throne 144,000 gon get home Only 144,000 gon get 144,000 gon get it, baby
I've and I've learned I have taken and I've I have laughed, cried I have and I have tried Sunshine, rain Found joy through all my I just be happy with being me
Let me voice my So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a their actions didn't earn Our ignorance is in the same as our innocence Subconsciously, to find An mind to convince
I've finally come to the Why people in the worse place 'Cuz hard to correct yourself when you don't know Who you are in the first , so I try to find the clue in you But evidently, white folks know more black than we do
Why're we lied to? I ain't our history was purposely hidden Damn, somethin' in me know who I am So I began my search, my started in church It gave my heartache relief when I started to belief Hustlin' was like a gift spent my share of time in the
Taught me survival this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with And I like a fool when I tried to learn it in school It seemed like a rehearsal when the only Science and math are
elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran Searched scrolls the Hebrew Israelites Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus white Some leads were granted insight
And it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to He still created the imperfection of man So, with I disagree By no means have I forgotten or What's been to me but I do know the devil ain't no white man, the devil's a spiritual
That's color blind, evil white folk and evil niggas You gon find there's no positivity without negativity But one side you gonna to choose Any to speak I refuse to misuse
So how can you yourself God When you let a worldly Become an obsession and the way you write rhymes And follow your lesson
If a seed's sown, you sure it's known You make it's grown If you God, then save your own, mentally enslave your own If you God, then save your own, mentally enslave your own If you God, then save your own, mentally enslave your own
Well, lived and I've learned I've taken and earned I laughed, I have cried I and I have tried Sunshine, rain I found joy through my Just be happy, bein' me, bein' me