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[00:00.26]Ayy Hit, we gon' do some shit like this my nigga
[00:03.34]Yeah, though I walk through the valley of infidels, suckers
[00:09.23]Who adhere to sucker religions
[00:12.64]Life's a bible
[00:14.68]We livin' in biblical times
[00:20.05]Uh, first chapter
[00:23.89]This chapter called 'Men'
[00:25.68]Given knowledge by the psychotic, the block was college
[00:28.23]We don't add it up then that shit'll leave us divided
[00:30.97]It's sorta like Ten Commandments
[00:32.41]I'm talkin' 'bout men and standards, I'm tryna reverse the damage
[00:35.17]You boys obsessed with cameras, the debt we was handed
[00:38.08]So many move like Judas, look at the past, it's proven
[00:41.61]It's my duty to speak truth to power
[00:44.57]I be feelin' like it's my fault
[00:46.80]Around your enemies, then they call you before you hear about it
[00:49.65]Talk to you like it's still love, keepin' your vision clouded
[00:52.54]Tryna get cool with guys 'cause you want 'em to choose sides
[00:55.45]Campaignin' with the haters, dismissin' truth for lies
[00:58.47]Definition of a man, don't fold on the stand
[01:01.38]For your soul, the exec' let you hold an advance
[01:04.55]Don't be discouraged, just go with the plan
[01:06.87]Gotta have faith in God's grace over the land
[01:09.77]And I pray for the day when they lay down
[01:12.28]And caged make their way up out that maze
[01:14.13]Get their mind up out a daze
[01:16.24]Too many mamas layin' flowers at they graves
[01:18.48]Don't rap about death, it's power in what you say
[01:20.97]Second chapter, and you get what you give
[01:23.23]It's power in how you live, I sit and talk with the kids
[01:25.97]And tell 'em just how it is, go straight to avoid the bids
[01:28.72]Livin' fast can wait, stay down and work on your grades
[01:31.96]Speak gospel for the next generation
[01:34.50]You can have it all, just don't side with Satan
[01:37.88]I seen that take down most of the greatest
[01:40.23]Hotel suites, Hollywood stars hangin'
[01:43.46]The other side of what you think is fly
[01:46.36]Your jewelry could be cursed and so can your ride
[01:48.81]Let that soak in your mind, Suburbans and Beamers
[01:51.80]Shot up with Ninas, how to stop a young genius
[01:54.63]Spiritual like a deep cut from Shirley Caesar
[01:57.32]I wonder if it's Jesus when a baby reach up
[02:00.28]Sharpenin' up myself 'cause I know they need us
[02:02.92]My African skin gave me the passion to win (ooh, ooh)
[02:06.64]Yeah, prayin' this doesn't come to a tragic end (and I pray)
[02:14.24]Third chapter
[02:15.83]This chapter called 'Women', y'all been the rib since the beginnin'
[02:19.30]A woman's intuition, is what a man is missin'
[02:22.20]To understand your wisdom is something I had to learn
[02:24.89]Somehow you the most unprotected on planet Earth
[02:27.96]Your smile lift me up and your eyes kiss my soul
[02:30.66]Your sweetness is honeycomb, such a lovely tone
[02:33.83]You hold the power to make a house a home
[02:36.55]Because of you, I wanna right my wrongs (love)
[02:39.25]Kiss your mother 'cause we only get one (one)
[02:41.83]A grandmother's words to her grandson
[02:44.48]Beautiful minds develop in time (yeah)
[02:47.08]Checks every month 'cause you held me for nine
[02:49.70]They might see an image of a woman who's flawed
[02:52.65]But I see a woman in the image of God
[02:55.40]Highest regards, I light a cigar
[02:57.97]To men, women and children, my Bible is ours (yeah)
[03:02.57]Open it up, listen to it in anytime
[03:06.58]That Revelations' vibe, get you through it
[03:12.48]Ain't none of us perfect, I damn sure ain't
[03:15.84]Prayin' this doesn't come to a tragic end
[03:18.51]We just gon' hope for the best and do our best
[03:21.24]And be our best, no less, yeah
[03:26.80]Yo, I woke up this morning
[03:28.52]Had to pray to God and thank Him 'cause I made it this far
[03:31.73]I kept it me, I'ma stay me no matter what
[03:35.75]No matter who change up
[03:37.25]I'ma try to get 'em to see the right path
[03:40.51]'Cause I think I'm on the right path
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