(Female Vocalist) Rivers of memories baptize me I can't deny the energy that drives me In a space called reality is where you'll find me My soul breaks the chains to set my mind free Now I'll take the time to reveal How I truly feel
Life is ill but I've been blessed to heal And that's how I truly feel
I truly feel
(Labtekwon) I had to elevate from section eight and self-hate Life ain't great when your naps make the comb break Before the age of eight I learned how to checkmate But how many steps does it take to walk like a man In second grade I learned to talk with my hands I made jaws understand and I never got slammed The ghetto's ill, I found joy on the football field And the book mobile, I took those skills To build my body and mind, but by junior high Life was do or die, stepdad gettin' high It hurt my pride when he used to cop rock From the older guys on the block at fourteen I couldn't make him stop, in Eighty-Six Baby, kicks was the treasure, Fours and Airs was precious Brothers got murdered for Dominoes, Lambskins and Furs Word
Rivers of memories baptize me (I truly feel) I can't deny the energy that drives me (therefore it's real) In a space called reality is where you'll find me My soul breaks the chains to set my mind free Now I'll take the time to reveal How I truly feel
Life is ill but I've been blessed to heal And that's how I truly feel
I truly feel
The world we live in is determined by materialism Girls be givin' up the womb for various positions Folks wanna blow up like Branch Davidians Chickens go to the clubs on finance missions Worse, but then they got drugs to get love from the finest women Such mindless minions, but that's just my opinion When it's time for rhyme, I can rock any convention with precision Givin' the blind vision, soon the moon and the sky be crimson Y'all better try to find redemption, it ain't about religion How you livin', Muslim or Christian, Buddhism or Taoism Style isn't important, what's the true Substance? I represent blood covenant, blessed with melanin And I'm lovin' it... I truly feel Therefore it's real
Rivers of memories baptize me I can't deny the energy that drives me In a space called reality is where you'll find me My soul breaks the chains to set my mind free Now I'll take the time to reveal How I truly feel
Life is ill but I've been blessed to heal And that's how I truly feel