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Who knows?\nAnyway, just when you start gettin that little age and experience to\nyou\nYou start thinkin about stuff... tryin to make the right moves\nSo bust it out, this is what I was thinkin, check it\nYo, the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Lynn\nBegan, began with time\nBein my bloodline is one with the divine\nIn time brotha, you will discover the light\nSome say that God is Black and the Devil's White\nWell, the Devil is wrong and God is what's right\nI fight, with myself in the ring of doubt and fear\nThe rain ain't gone, but I can still see clear\nAs a child, given religion with no answer to why\nJust told believe in Jesus cuz for me he did die\nCuriosity killed the catechism\nUnderstanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to\nAnd became a slave to master self\nA rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health\nMy mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons\nKoran and the Bible, to me they all vital\nAnd got truth within 'em, gotta read them boys\nYou just can't skim 'em, different branches of belief\nBut one root that stem 'em, but people of the venom try to trim 'em\nAnd use religion as an emblem\nWhen it should be a natural way of life\nWho am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right\nThat's who got you doin right and got you this far\nWhether you say \"in Jesus name\" or Hum do Allah\nLong as you know it's a bein' that's supreme to you\nYou let that show towards others in the things you do\nCuz when the trumpets blowin, 24 elders surround the throne\nOnly 144, 000 gon get home\nOnly 144, 000 gon get home\nOnly 144, 000 gon get it baby\nCee-Lo:\nI've lived and I've learned\nI have taken and I've earned\nI have laughed, I've cried\nI have failed and I have tried\nSunshine, pouring rain\nfound joy through all my pain\nI just wanna be happy with being me\nCee-Lo:\nLet me voice my concern\nSo many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title\nThat their actions didn't earn\nOur ignorance is in the same breath as our innocence\nSubconciously, seeking to find an impressionable mind to convince\nI've finally come to the realization why Black people in the worse\nplace\nCuz it's hard to correct yourself when you don't know\nWho you are in the first place\nSo I try to find the clue in you\nBut evidently, White folks know more Black history than we do\nWhy're we bein' lied to? I ain't know our history was purposely hidden\nDamn, somethin' in me wanna know who I am\nSo I began my search, my journey started in church\nIt gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief\nHustlin was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets\nTaught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with\nAnd I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school\nIt almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only\nScience and math are universal\nTakin elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran\nSearched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites\nHold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White\nSome leads were granted with insight\nand it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand\nHe still created with the imperfection of man\nSo, with followin' I disagree\nBy no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but\nI do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind\nThat's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas\nYou gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity\nBut one side you gonna have to choose\nAny chance to speak I refuse to misuse\nSo how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession\nbecome an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and\nCan't follow your lesson\nIf a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nWell, I've lived and I've learned\nI've taken and I've earned\nI have laughed, I have cried\nI failed and I have tried\nSunshine, pourin rain\nI found joy through my pain\nJust wanna be happy... bein me\nBein me","syncedLyrics":"[00:14.59] After bein' 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world\n[00:21.74] Bout to have a little boy or baby girl. 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I ain't know our history was purposely hidden\n[03:00.30] Damn, somethin' in me wanna know who I am\n[03:03.00] So I began my search, my journey started in church\n[03:06.61] It gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief\n[03:09.32] Hustlin was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets\n[03:13.03] Taught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with\n[03:14.89] And I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school\n[03:18.48] It almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only\n[03:20.27] Science and math are universal\n[03:21.15] Takin elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran\n[03:23.80] Searched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites\n[03:27.43] Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White\n[03:28.44] Some leads were granted with insight\n[03:30.26] and it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand\n[03:32.09] He still created with the imperfection of man\n[03:32.98] So, with followin' I disagree\n[03:34.70] By no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but\n[03:37.49] I do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind\n[03:41.96] That's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas\n[03:44.74] You gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity\n[03:46.59] But one side you gonna have to choose\n[03:49.29] Any chance to speak I refuse to misuse\n[03:51.03] So how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession\n[03:53.70] become an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and\n[03:56.46] Can't follow your lesson\n[03:57.39] If a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown\n[04:00.07] If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n[04:02.89] If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n[04:05.54] If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n[04:08.20] Well, I've lived and I've learned\n[04:10.01] I've taken and I've earned\n[04:12.79] I have laughed, I have cried\n[04:16.32] I failed and I have tried\n[04:19.12] Sunshine, pourin rain\n[04:22.70] I found joy through my pain\n[04:24.53] Just wanna be happy... bein me\n[04:39.05] Bein me\n[04:41.70] ","lyricsfile":"version: '1.0'\nmetadata:\n  title: G.O.D. 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Who knows?\n  Anyway, just when you start gettin that little age and experience to\n  you\n  You start thinkin about stuff... tryin to make the right moves\n  So bust it out, this is what I was thinkin, check it\n  Yo, the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Lynn\n  Began, began with time\n  Bein my bloodline is one with the divine\n  In time brotha, you will discover the light\n  Some say that God is Black and the Devil's White\n  Well, the Devil is wrong and God is what's right\n  I fight, with myself in the ring of doubt and fear\n  The rain ain't gone, but I can still see clear\n  As a child, given religion with no answer to why\n  Just told believe in Jesus cuz for me he did die\n  Curiosity killed the catechism\n  Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to\n  And became a slave to master self\n  A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health\n  My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons\n  Koran and the Bible, to me they all vital\n  And got truth within 'em, gotta read them boys\n  You just can't skim 'em, different branches of belief\n  But one root that stem 'em, but people of the venom try to trim 'em\n  And use religion as an emblem\n  When it should be a natural way of life\n  Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right\n  That's who got you doin right and got you this far\n  Whether you say \"in Jesus name\" or Hum do Allah\n  Long as you know it's a bein' that's supreme to you\n  You let that show towards others in the things you do\n  Cuz when the trumpets blowin, 24 elders surround the throne\n  Only 144, 000 gon get home\n  Only 144, 000 gon get home\n  Only 144, 000 gon get it baby\n  Cee-Lo:\n  I've lived and I've learned\n  I have taken and I've earned\n  I have laughed, I've cried\n  I have failed and I have tried\n  Sunshine, pouring rain\n  found joy through all my pain\n  I just wanna be happy with being me\n  Cee-Lo:\n  Let me voice my concern\n  So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title\n  That their actions didn't earn\n  Our ignorance is in the same breath as our innocence\n  Subconciously, seeking to find an impressionable mind to convince\n  I've finally come to the realization why Black people in the worse\n  place\n  Cuz it's hard to correct yourself when you don't know\n  Who you are in the first place\n  So I try to find the clue in you\n  But evidently, White folks know more Black history than we do\n  Why're we bein' lied to? I ain't know our history was purposely hidden\n  Damn, somethin' in me wanna know who I am\n  So I began my search, my journey started in church\n  It gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief\n  Hustlin was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets\n  Taught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with\n  And I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school\n  It almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only\n  Science and math are universal\n  Takin elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran\n  Searched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites\n  Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White\n  Some leads were granted with insight\n  and it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand\n  He still created with the imperfection of man\n  So, with followin' I disagree\n  By no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but\n  I do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind\n  That's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas\n  You gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity\n  But one side you gonna have to choose\n  Any chance to speak I refuse to misuse\n  So how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession\n  become an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and\n  Can't follow your lesson\n  If a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown\n  If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n  If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n  If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n  Well, I've lived and I've learned\n  I've taken and I've earned\n  I have laughed, I have cried\n  I failed and I have tried\n  Sunshine, pourin rain\n  I found joy through my pain\n  Just wanna be happy... bein me\n  Bein me\n"},{"id":11209158,"name":"G.O.D. 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I ain't know our history was purposely hidden\nDamn, somethin' in me wanna know who I am\nSo I began my search, my journey started in church\nIt gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief\nHustlin was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets\nTaught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with\nAnd I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school\nIt almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only\nScience and math are universal\nTakin elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran\nSearched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites\nHold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White\nSome leads were granted with insight\nand it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand\nHe still created with the imperfection of man\nSo, with followin' I disagree\nBy no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but\nI do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind\nThat's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas\nYou gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity\nBut one side you gonna have to choose\nAny chance to speak I refuse to misuse\nSo how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession\nbecome an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and\nCan't follow your lesson\nIf a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nWell, I've lived and I've learned\nI've taken and I've earned\nI have laughed, I have cried\nI failed and I have tried\nSunshine, pourin rain\nI found joy through my pain\nJust wanna be happy... bein me\nBein me","syncedLyrics":"[00:14.59] After bein' 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world\n[00:21.74] Bout to have a little boy or baby girl. 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I ain't know our history was purposely hidden\nDamn, somethin' in me wanna know who I am\nSo I began my search, my journey started in church\nIt gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief\nHustlin was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets\nTaught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with\nAnd I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school\nIt almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only\nScience and math are universal\nTakin elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran\nSearched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites\nHold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White\nSome leads were granted with insight\nand it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand\nHe still created with the imperfection of man\nSo, with followin' I disagree\nBy no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but\nI do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind\nThat's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas\nYou gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity\nBut one side you gonna have to choose\nAny chance to speak I refuse to misuse\nSo how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession\nbecome an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and\nCan't follow your lesson\nIf a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nWell, I've lived and I've learned\nI've taken and I've earned\nI have laughed, I have cried\nI failed and I have tried\nSunshine, pourin rain\nI found joy through my pain\nJust wanna be happy... bein me\nBein me","syncedLyrics":"[00:14.59] After bein' 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world\n[00:21.74] Bout to have a little boy or baby girl. 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Who knows?\n  Anyway, just when you start gettin that little age and experience to\n  you\n  You start thinkin about stuff... tryin to make the right moves\n  So bust it out, this is what I was thinkin, check it\n  Yo, the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Lynn\n  Began, began with time\n  Bein my bloodline is one with the divine\n  In time brotha, you will discover the light\n  Some say that God is Black and the Devil's White\n  Well, the Devil is wrong and God is what's right\n  I fight, with myself in the ring of doubt and fear\n  The rain ain't gone, but I can still see clear\n  As a child, given religion with no answer to why\n  Just told believe in Jesus cuz for me he did die\n  Curiosity killed the catechism\n  Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to\n  And became a slave to master self\n  A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health\n  My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons\n  Koran and the Bible, to me they all vital\n  And got truth within 'em, gotta read them boys\n  You just can't skim 'em, different branches of belief\n  But one root that stem 'em, but people of the venom try to trim 'em\n  And use religion as an emblem\n  When it should be a natural way of life\n  Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right\n  That's who got you doin right and got you this far\n  Whether you say \"in Jesus name\" or Hum do Allah\n  Long as you know it's a bein' that's supreme to you\n  You let that show towards others in the things you do\n  Cuz when the trumpets blowin, 24 elders surround the throne\n  Only 144, 000 gon get home\n  Only 144, 000 gon get home\n  Only 144, 000 gon get it baby\n  Cee-Lo:\n  I've lived and I've learned\n  I have taken and I've earned\n  I have laughed, I've cried\n  I have failed and I have tried\n  Sunshine, pouring rain\n  found joy through all my pain\n  I just wanna be happy with being me\n  Cee-Lo:\n  Let me voice my concern\n  So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title\n  That their actions didn't earn\n  Our ignorance is in the same breath as our innocence\n  Subconciously, seeking to find an impressionable mind to convince\n  I've finally come to the realization why Black people in the worse\n  place\n  Cuz it's hard to correct yourself when you don't know\n  Who you are in the first place\n  So I try to find the clue in you\n  But evidently, White folks know more Black history than we do\n  Why're we bein' lied to? 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I ain't know our history was purposely hidden\nDamn, somethin' in me wanna know who I am\nSo I began my search, my journey started in church\nIt gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief\nHustlin was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets\nTaught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with\nAnd I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school\nIt almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only\nScience and math are universal\nTakin elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran\nSearched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites\nHold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White\nSome leads were granted with insight\nand it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand\nHe still created with the imperfection of man\nSo, with followin' I disagree\nBy no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but\nI do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind\nThat's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas\nYou gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity\nBut one side you gonna have to choose\nAny chance to speak I refuse to misuse\nSo how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession\nbecome an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and\nCan't follow your lesson\nIf a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nWell, I've lived and I've learned\nI've taken and I've earned\nI have laughed, I have cried\nI failed and I have tried\nSunshine, pourin rain\nI found joy through my pain\nJust wanna be happy... bein me\nBein me","syncedLyrics":"[00:14.59] After bein' 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world\n[00:21.74] Bout to have a little boy or baby girl. 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Who knows?\n  Anyway, just when you start gettin that little age and experience to\n  you\n  You start thinkin about stuff... tryin to make the right moves\n  So bust it out, this is what I was thinkin, check it\n  Yo, the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Lynn\n  Began, began with time\n  Bein my bloodline is one with the divine\n  In time brotha, you will discover the light\n  Some say that God is Black and the Devil's White\n  Well, the Devil is wrong and God is what's right\n  I fight, with myself in the ring of doubt and fear\n  The rain ain't gone, but I can still see clear\n  As a child, given religion with no answer to why\n  Just told believe in Jesus cuz for me he did die\n  Curiosity killed the catechism\n  Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to\n  And became a slave to master self\n  A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health\n  My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons\n  Koran and the Bible, to me they all vital\n  And got truth within 'em, gotta read them boys\n  You just can't skim 'em, different branches of belief\n  But one root that stem 'em, but people of the venom try to trim 'em\n  And use religion as an emblem\n  When it should be a natural way of life\n  Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right\n  That's who got you doin right and got you this far\n  Whether you say \"in Jesus name\" or Hum do Allah\n  Long as you know it's a bein' that's supreme to you\n  You let that show towards others in the things you do\n  Cuz when the trumpets blowin, 24 elders surround the throne\n  Only 144, 000 gon get home\n  Only 144, 000 gon get home\n  Only 144, 000 gon get it baby\n  Cee-Lo:\n  I've lived and I've learned\n  I have taken and I've earned\n  I have laughed, I've cried\n  I have failed and I have tried\n  Sunshine, pouring rain\n  found joy through all my pain\n  I just wanna be happy with being me\n  Cee-Lo:\n  Let me voice my concern\n  So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title\n  That their actions didn't earn\n  Our ignorance is in the same breath as our innocence\n  Subconciously, seeking to find an impressionable mind to convince\n  I've finally come to the realization why Black people in the worse\n  place\n  Cuz it's hard to correct yourself when you don't know\n  Who you are in the first place\n  So I try to find the clue in you\n  But evidently, White folks know more Black history than we do\n  Why're we bein' lied to? I ain't know our history was purposely hidden\n  Damn, somethin' in me wanna know who I am\n  So I began my search, my journey started in church\n  It gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief\n  Hustlin was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets\n  Taught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with\n  And I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school\n  It almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only\n  Science and math are universal\n  Takin elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran\n  Searched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites\n  Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White\n  Some leads were granted with insight\n  and it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand\n  He still created with the imperfection of man\n  So, with followin' I disagree\n  By no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but\n  I do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind\n  That's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas\n  You gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity\n  But one side you gonna have to choose\n  Any chance to speak I refuse to misuse\n  So how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession\n  become an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and\n  Can't follow your lesson\n  If a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown\n  If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n  If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n  If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n  Well, I've lived and I've learned\n  I've taken and I've earned\n  I have laughed, I have cried\n  I failed and I have tried\n  Sunshine, pourin rain\n  I found joy through my pain\n  Just wanna be happy... bein me\n  Bein me\n"},{"id":28374998,"name":"G.O.D. 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I ain't know our history was purposely hidden\nDamn, somethin' in me wanna know who I am\nSo I began my search, my journey started in church\nIt gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief\nHustlin was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets\nTaught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with\nAnd I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school\nIt almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only\nScience and math are universal\nTakin elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran\nSearched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites\nHold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White\nSome leads were granted with insight\nand it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand\nHe still created with the imperfection of man\nSo, with followin' I disagree\nBy no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but\nI do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind\nThat's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas\nYou gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity\nBut one side you gonna have to choose\nAny chance to speak I refuse to misuse\nSo how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession\nbecome an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and\nCan't follow your lesson\nIf a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nIf you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\nWell, I've lived and I've learned\nI've taken and I've earned\nI have laughed, I have cried\nI failed and I have tried\nSunshine, pourin rain\nI found joy through my pain\nJust wanna be happy... bein me\nBein me","syncedLyrics":"[00:14.59] After bein' 25, you know, just trying to survive in the world\n[00:21.74] Bout to have a little boy or baby girl. 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Who knows?\n  Anyway, just when you start gettin that little age and experience to\n  you\n  You start thinkin about stuff... tryin to make the right moves\n  So bust it out, this is what I was thinkin, check it\n  Yo, the education of the Lon-chicka-Lonnie Lynn\n  Began, began with time\n  Bein my bloodline is one with the divine\n  In time brotha, you will discover the light\n  Some say that God is Black and the Devil's White\n  Well, the Devil is wrong and God is what's right\n  I fight, with myself in the ring of doubt and fear\n  The rain ain't gone, but I can still see clear\n  As a child, given religion with no answer to why\n  Just told believe in Jesus cuz for me he did die\n  Curiosity killed the catechism\n  Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to\n  And became a slave to master self\n  A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health\n  My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons\n  Koran and the Bible, to me they all vital\n  And got truth within 'em, gotta read them boys\n  You just can't skim 'em, different branches of belief\n  But one root that stem 'em, but people of the venom try to trim 'em\n  And use religion as an emblem\n  When it should be a natural way of life\n  Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right\n  That's who got you doin right and got you this far\n  Whether you say \"in Jesus name\" or Hum do Allah\n  Long as you know it's a bein' that's supreme to you\n  You let that show towards others in the things you do\n  Cuz when the trumpets blowin, 24 elders surround the throne\n  Only 144, 000 gon get home\n  Only 144, 000 gon get home\n  Only 144, 000 gon get it baby\n  Cee-Lo:\n  I've lived and I've learned\n  I have taken and I've earned\n  I have laughed, I've cried\n  I have failed and I have tried\n  Sunshine, pouring rain\n  found joy through all my pain\n  I just wanna be happy with being me\n  Cee-Lo:\n  Let me voice my concern\n  So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title\n  That their actions didn't earn\n  Our ignorance is in the same breath as our innocence\n  Subconciously, seeking to find an impressionable mind to convince\n  I've finally come to the realization why Black people in the worse\n  place\n  Cuz it's hard to correct yourself when you don't know\n  Who you are in the first place\n  So I try to find the clue in you\n  But evidently, White folks know more Black history than we do\n  Why're we bein' lied to? I ain't know our history was purposely hidden\n  Damn, somethin' in me wanna know who I am\n  So I began my search, my journey started in church\n  It gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief\n  Hustlin was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets\n  Taught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with\n  And I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school\n  It almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only\n  Science and math are universal\n  Takin elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran\n  Searched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites\n  Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White\n  Some leads were granted with insight\n  and it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to overstand\n  He still created with the imperfection of man\n  So, with followin' I disagree\n  By no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but\n  I do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind\n  That's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas\n  You gon surely find there's no positivity without negativity\n  But one side you gonna have to choose\n  Any chance to speak I refuse to misuse\n  So how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession\n  become an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and\n  Can't follow your lesson\n  If a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown\n  If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n  If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n  If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own\n  Well, I've lived and I've learned\n  I've taken and I've earned\n  I have laughed, I have cried\n  I failed and I have tried\n  Sunshine, pourin rain\n  I found joy through my pain\n  Just wanna be happy... bein me\n  Bein me\n"}]