MF DOOM - 48th lyrics

I'm a problematic adolescent, smart but I never listen Not going to fall like physics, cause my mouth spits mystic Working at this since 3rd grade, to pay off stuff with wordplay But hey, I did better in the past life, people thought I was the reincarnation of Christ They wore my country's color which was nice, and all had to bring was water no gla** no ice But now I'm living in times where people rather commit crimes, and do some time, than be employed which means their in the back of the line Some people spend their life rapping and get mad, cause their broke now and use rapping as a party gag But that's what you get for thinking without a plan b, you think I'm a hypocrite but I have plans from a to AZ I rather call my dreams faith, and faith call belief, but if belief is a dream then what is this circle that we don't need [Hook] Life lessons learned over here in 48th street, philosophy and showing n***as not to gank me (x2) [Verse 2] Praise the shaman on your block, he probably looks like the one whose smoking some rock But you must of forgot, philosophers don't get the check So don't disrespect his set of guilded wood on his neck And give a shout out or two to the og's intelligence, giving exact way to get dead presidents Without selling crack, dope, c**aine, by getting a good job that doesn't require pain You can settle down now with your baby mama, with no drama, and knowing you coming home with commas Homies way trying to get famous isn't going his way, his mom said just pray and say gods great But there's an eviction notice cause the rent was late, now homie is thinking that gods pa**ing faith If you want to think differently than look this way, I don't believe this but it was made Science say we came from outer space across so far, so thinking about it we were all born stars Truth is we're tested in the struggle, to see whose coming up and whose stuck in the rubble I'm focused to my future reality like Hubble, trying my best to stay out of trouble Because once I'm in I'm going off like a shuttle, meaning I'm not coming back just to be subtle And also Kaleb I.A. has been dope since the cretaceous, proving to kings, Pharaohs, and emperors that they ain't sh** Neither am I but I'm trying to, right now I'm that gastric acid after you eat food Might come back from where I began, but to free has been the plan Taking out rap zombies since 04 man