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To the ones walkin' the righteous path |
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[VERSE 1: LMNO] |
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Church and state separate |
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Plenty of God's children, devil is the king of deception |
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Looking at the paintings of a white and black Jesus |
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Spirit says it's simply to deceive us |
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If I was after sacrifice, need a scapegoat |
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I would stop fightin' and cut my own throat |
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Lord hold me in your bosom, Satan's on my track |
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Help me lose him, I know you're on your way |
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Whether it's 2 years, 20 years and so forth |
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The point is he's comin', you're summoned to God's court |
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There's no failure to repair once we leave here |
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'Order, hear he,' no - you hear me |
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You're not God, egotistical wig-wearin |
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Mallet-slammin'... Oh, the verdict is in |
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Free from sin, Baptism |
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I see myself in the line-up, yes, that's him |
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A man who ( ? ) is a man who's wise |
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It's all how you work it, not a matter of size |
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You don't love me anymore cause of what was said? |
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You never loved me in the first place, see me tread |
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In stormy waters, look, there's a rock ahead |
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Make sure you say your prayers before you go to bed |
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[CHORUS] |
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Hey you over there |
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Are you familiar with spiritual warfare? |
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Or do you care? |
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[Rakim] (I got a question) |
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Or do you care? |
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(I got a question) |
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Or do you care? |
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[VERSE 2: Key-Kool] |
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I'm not asleep but I'm not fully awake |
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Livin' my life in a dreamlike state |
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I see where I need to be and I'm tryin' to get there |
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But it feels like I'm runnin' in place |
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Runnin' a race against time is a waste |
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A true mind doesn't have a face or physical shape |
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But wait, it's hard to belay a manifest |
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When my bones ache and I'm made of flesh |
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I feel a pain in my chest from stress and self-inflicted wounds |
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From the time we leave the womb we're consumed |
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By the brainwashin' of a society |
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Where conciousness is like sobriety a rarity |
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I have a moment of clarity |
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Now I refuse to live life as a parody of the truth |
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The proof at the root is hidden beneath |
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Layers of false satisfaction and deceit |
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I fight to defeat the distractions |
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Material attachments and worldy passions |
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I'm askin' myself: am I egotistical and selfish |
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Or truly nothing, selfless? |
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(I got a question) |
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(I got a question) |
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[CHORUS] |
