Killah Priest, GZA/Genius - B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)(1995)

[00:11.68] Life is a test many quest the universe
[00:13.23] And through my research, I felt the joy and the hurt
[00:15.72] The first shall be last and the last shall be first
[00:18.44] The basic instructions before leaving earth
[00:21.30] Knowledge this wisdom, this goes back when I was twelve
[00:34.48] I loved doing right but I was trapped in hell
[00:37.07] Had mad ideas, sad eyes and tears
[00:39.72] Years of fears, but yo my foes couldn't bear
[00:42.23] I searched for the truth since my youth
[00:44.32] And went to church since birth, but it wasn't worth the loot
[00:47.61] That I was paying, plus the praying
[00:49.69] I didn't like staying cuz of busy-bodies and dizzy hotties
[00:53.11] That the preacher had souped up with lies
[00:55.43] Had me cooped up lookin at loot, butt, and thighs
[00:58.17] Durin the service, he swallowed up the poor
[01:00.75] And after they heard this, they wallowed on the floor
[01:03.32] But I ignored, and explored my history that was untold
[01:06.23] And watched mysteries unfold
[01:08.68] And dropped a jewel like Solomon, but never followed men
[01:12.49] Cause if you do your brain is more hollow than
[01:14.20] Space oblivia, or the abyss
[01:16.63] With no trace of trivia, left with the hiss
[01:19.27] Does it pay to be deaf, dumb and blind?
[01:22.06] From a slave we was kept from the mind
[01:24.59] And from the caves he crept from behind
[01:27.02] And what he gave, was the sect of the swine
[01:29.48] When the bible, it condemned the pig
[01:32.28] I don't mean to pull your hems or flip your wigs
[01:34.86] But we used to wear a turban, but now we're in the urban
[01:37.73] No more wearing beanies and dress like a genie
[01:40.33] No hocus pocus cause I focus on the facts
[01:43.04] And put it on the tracks and brought it through the wax
[01:45.67] I speak on Jacob, it might take up some time
[01:48.25] And too much knowledge, it might break up the ryhme
[01:50.89] I did it anyway just to wake up the mind
[01:53.58] Of those who kiss stones or prays on the carpet
[01:56.13] Those who sit home, or sell books by the market
[01:58.56] Need to chill and get their mind revived
[02:01.40] For years religion did nothing but divide
[02:04.17] The basic instructions before leaving earth
[02:28.08] I strolled through the books of Job to unfold
[02:30.11] And open bibles, instead of hoping on revivals
[02:32.97] Calling on His name and screaming hallelujah
[02:35.30] When he hardly knew ya, that's how the devil's fooled ya
[02:37.85] See look into my eyes brethren, that's the lies of a Reverend
[02:41.34] Why should you die to go to heaven?
[02:43.55] The Earth is already in space, the bible I embrace
[02:46.77] A difficult task I had to take
[02:48.77] I studied till my eyes was swollen, and only arose when
[02:52.14] I found out that we were the chosen
[02:54.27] I deal with the truth, and build with the youth
[02:56.87] And teach my son as he kneels on the stoop
[02:59.28] Son, life is a pool of sin, corrupted wth foolish men
[03:02.73] And women with wicked minds, who build picket signs
[03:05.33] To legalize abortion, the evil eye distortion
[03:08.08] I quiz Son with my wisdom
[03:09.86] Before I converted, I was perverted, and knowledge was asserted
[03:13.02] The study of wisdom, I perferred it
[03:15.67] The understanding, it gave me mental freedom
[03:17.52] I even learnt Caucasians were really the Tribe of Edom
[03:20.76] The white image, of Christ, is really Cesare Borgia
[03:23.60] And uhh, the second son of Pope Alexander
[03:26.57] The Sixth of Rome, and once the picture was shown
[03:28.93] That's how the devils tricked my dome
[03:31.46] I prophesized to save a man, but no one gave a damn
[03:34.46] For my nation - the seed of Abraham
[03:36.51] Blessed with the tongue of Hebrew
[03:38.59] Now we're strung on needles, and some are plungin evils
[03:41.43] So study and be wise in these days of darkness
[03:44.82] Peace to my nephew Marcus
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