Be (Intro)

Yeah

Yes

I wanna be as free as the spirits of those who left

I'm talking Malcolm, Coltrane, my man Yusef

Through death grew conception, new breath and resurrection

For Moms, new steps in a direction

In the right way, told her, "Inside is where the fight lay

And everything a **** do may not be what he might say"

Chicago nights, they stay on the mind

But I write many lives, they lay on these lines

Wavin' signs of the times, many say the grind's on the mind

Shorties blunted-eyed and everyone wanna rhyme

Bush pushing lies, killers immortalized

We got arms but won't reach for the skies

Waiting for the Lord to rise, I look into my daughter's eyes

And realize I'ma learn through her

The Messiah might even return through her

If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her

Furs and a Benz, Gramps wantin' 'em

Demons and old friends, Pops, they hauntin' him

The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun

Where drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones

Walk like warriors, we were never told to run

Explored the world to return to where my soul begun

Never looking back or too far in front of me

The present is a gift, and I just wanna be