(Hook) 2x I'm the rose and I give this to you It tears my clothes and this life's so crucial Prepare the road and this ride's in neutral Beware of my soul 'cause I'm might just shoot you - [k**ah Priest] Love and happiness, drunken marriages Slugs from a ratchet spit Secrets of the dead when that casket lift Bullets left the poor ba*tard stiff Mix messages, rich heritage, I come form the Hyksos era kid Six thousand miles through the strong currents We survive with endurance Made it through the waves kid Outrageous, put in cages, slaves for ages Something out the Bible pages What made our survival contagious His tribal, species endangered The rose put the cuts on his clothes His petals had fallen in the ghetto The cries echo, screams of them seeing the Devil Angels with Saint Paul - (Hook) 2x - [k**ah Priest] Is it the seven in the crescent? The G in the compa**? Reverend and his message? It's me in a conflict Star of David - The Mosque or The Masons? God or the Atheists? Tomorrow are the ancients Which way do I go? Which way do I roll? New age or the old? Ways of the crow to the grave in the cold Or to the grave in the soul with the sunrays then I can grow To the pavement on the road God dealt wit nations so I deal wit concentration So deep in conversation I reap for combination Read Psalms when I'm shaking Call moms when I'm aching The Devil's a liar, the ghetto's on fire The level is higher and that's why I'm _________-