[Hook - 2x] These are the seeds, of reality These are some of the things that you should think bout, when you breathe Who said tomorrow is promised, here for you or for me But if you open your eyes, I garuntee that you will see [Dougie D] The lies that are told, the dreams that are sold The children that are starving, and the mothers that are hoes The dopefiends and the dealers, the k**ers and the coroners The swishas and the sweets, and all the bags of marijuana The hustler and his grind, the law man and his nine A crooked cop and a badge, and a innocent man that just done died A member right out of the Klan, got a position that's judge in a robe The n***a that's facing the judge in the robe, is gonna get hung by the throat The money and the greed, the evil that deceives The p**y and the dick, the infection and the disease The ghetto and it's cries, the soldiers that have died The sweet taste of living, and the bitter taste of dying The wicked ways of Satan, the holy ways of God The people doing right, and the people doing wrong The higher cla** living rich, lower cla** slums Lower cla** taking higher cla** sh**, with guns [Hook - 2x] [Dougie D] The pa**ing of a life, the coming of a new The pa**ion of a love, the hatred of it too The trying for bickery, the agony of defeat The screams of a war, the silence of the peace The demons of the hells, the angels of the heavens Punished for our sins, forgiven for our mature guessings A man that set his best, a man that set his doom A figment of the imagination, a figment of the truth The weakness of a mark, the strength of a king The beauty of a princess, and the horror of a beast The gift of having sight, the curse of being blind Knowing when to stay, and knowing when to move around The timidness of women, the fury of her wrath The judgment of a wise man, and the foolish never lasts The new into the old, the old into the new The now that was then, the then we never knew [Hook - 2x] [K-Rino] We live in modern day Babylon I roll with activists from Garvey, down to Farakan Whites fintiblize, murdered us and many women cried Got penalized for being black, through blatant genocide I'm trying to elevate my own mind, and enlighten yours I'm writing bars, that might fighting people from fighting wars I read the time through revelation, not a horoscope At the rate we going, will we see tomorrow (nope) False education, so I can't believe what teachers say How can I keep going to church, knowing the preacher's gay I'm tired of stepping on the gla**, I'm bout to buy a weapon How can I know my partna's smoking, and won't try to help him America is at the end, we ain't got longer last You ain't a man your woman work, and you laying on your a** We are the sinners of the lost nation, getting found And every action committed by a man, was written down