Be (Intro)

[01:10.77] I want to be as free as the spirits of those who left
[01:13.35] I'm talking Malcolm, Coltrane, my man, Yussef
[01:16.26] Through death through conception, new breath and resurrection
[01:19.56] For moms, new steps in her direction in the right way
[01:22.25] Told inside is where the fight lay
[01:23.96] And everything a nigga do may not be what he might say
[01:26.52] Chicago nights stay, stay on the mind
[01:28.99] But I write many lives and lay on these lines
[01:30.83] Wave the signs of the times, many say the grind's on the mind
[01:34.75] Shorties blunted-eyed and everyone wonderin' where I'm
[01:37.44] Bush pushing lies, killers immortalized
[01:39.68] We got arms but won't reach for the skies
[01:42.13] Waiting for the Lord to rise, I look into my daughter's eyes
[01:44.82] And realize that I'ma learn through her
[01:46.84] The Messiah, might even return through her
[01:49.40] If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her
[01:51.98] Furs and a Benz, gramps wantin 'em
[01:54.47] Demons and old friends, pops they hauntin' him
[01:56.62] The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun
[01:59.53] When drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones
[02:02.12] Walk like warriors, we were never told to run
[02:04.61] Explored the world to return to where my soul begun
[02:07.09] Never looking back or too far in front of me
[02:10.21] The present is a gift and I just wanna be...
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