De La Soul - Exodus lyrics

[Hook] It's the years that we own and we earned them See the bridges we built now are burned down Even though a few friends just returned them sh** and sh** there we affirm them Though the pattern has always been righteous We know darkness So we wipe dust From our eyes, no surprise when the broom come We do night like the honor, the moon, sun People think we are linked to the solving Of the problem that's revolvin' Around music today but it's not true We just do it our way cause we're not you But we know you We embrace you like brothers, bestow you With an outro that's also an intro For the east, and the west, and the central [Hook] It's the years that we own and we earned them See the bridges we built now are burned down Even though a few friends just returned them sh** and sh** there we affirm them But the pattern has always been righteous We know darkness So we wipe dust From our eyes, no surprise when the broom come We do night like the honor, the moon, sun People think we are linked to the solving Of the problem that's revolvin' Around music today but it's not true We just do it our way cause we're not you But we know you We embrace you like brothers, bestow you With an outro that's also an intro For the east, and the west, and the central [Hook] It's the years that we own and we earned them See the bridges we built now are burned down Even though a few friends just returned them sh** and sh** there we affirm them Go the path and as always the righteous We know darkness So we wipe dust From our eyes, no surprise when the broom come We do night like the honor, the moon, sun People think we are linked to the solving Of the problem that's revolvin' Around music today but it's not true We just do it our way cause we're not you But we know you We embrace you like brothers, bestow you With an outro that's also an intro For the east, and the west, and the central [Outro] We are the present, the past and still the future. Bound by friendship, fueled and inspired by what's at stake. Saviors, heroes? Nah. Just common contributors hopin' that what we created inspires you to selflessly challenge and contribute. Sincerely, anonymously, nobody