[00:00.000] 作曲 : Nas/Chauncey Hollis Jr.
[00:00.158][Intro]
[00:00.902]Ayy Hit, we gon' do some shit like this my nigga
[00:03.681]Yea though I walk through the valley of infidels, suckers
[00:10.020]Who adhere to sucker religions
[00:12.995]Life’s a bible
[00:14.942]We livin' in biblical times
[00:16.323][Verse 1]
[00:20.811]Uh, first chapter
[00:24.284]This chapter called "Men"
[00:26.053]Given knowledge by the psychotic the block was college
[00:28.773]We don't add it up then that shit’ll leave us divided
[00:31.276]It's sorta like Ten Commandments, I'm talkin' 'bout men and standards
[00:33.995]I'm tryin' to reverse the damage, you boys obsessed with cameras
[00:37.470]The debt we was handed
[00:38.596]So many move like Judas look at the past, it's proven
[00:41.718]It’s my duty to speak truth to power
[00:43.912]I be feelin’ like it's my fault
[00:47.101]Around your enemies, then they call you before you hear about it
[00:49.754]Talk to you like it’s still love, keepin' your vision clouded
[00:52.500]Tryin' to get cool with guys 'cause you want ’em to choose sides
[00:55.512]Campaignin' with the haters, dismissin' truth for lies
[00:59.033]Definition of a man, don't full on understand
[01:01.400]For your soul the exec' let you hold an advance
[01:04.181]Don't be discouraged just go with the plan
[01:07.176]Gotta have faith in God's grace over the land
[01:09.904]And I pray for the day when they lay down and caged make their way up out that maze
[01:14.340]Get their mind up out a daze
[01:15.965]Too many mama's layin' flowers at they graves
[01:18.362]Don't rap about death, it's power in what you say
[01:20.983][Verse 2]
[01:21.415]Second chapter
[01:22.250]And you get what you give, it's power in how you live
[01:24.453]I sit and talk with the kids
[01:25.938]Tell 'em just how it is
[01:27.295]Go straight to avoid the bids
[01:28.746]Livin' fast can wait, stay down and work on your grades
[01:31.387]Speak gospel for the next generation
[01:34.263]You can have it all just don't side with Satan
[01:37.344]I seen that take down most of the greatest
[01:40.015]Hotel suites, Hollywood stars hangin'
[01:42.882]The other side of what you think is fly
[01:45.894]Your jewelry could be cursed and so can your ride
[01:49.020]Let that soak in your mind
[01:50.533]Suburbans and Beamers
[01:52.118]Shot up with neeners'
[01:53.274]How to stop a young genius
[01:54.658]Spiritual like a deep cut from Shirley Caesar
[01:57.242]I wonder if it's Jesus when a baby reach up
[02:00.190]Sharpenin' up myself 'cause I know they need us
[02:02.930]My African skin gave me the passion to win (Ooh, ooh)
[02:05.390]Prayin' this doesn't come to a tragic end (And I pray)
[02:11.111][Verse 3]
[02:14.486]Third chapter
[02:15.984]This chapter called "Women"
[02:17.719]Y'all been the rib since the beginnin'
[02:19.408]A woman's intuition, is what a man is missin'
[02:22.384]To understand your wisdom is something I had to learn
[02:25.057]Somehow you the most unprotected on planet Earth
[02:27.893]Your smile lift me up and your eyes kiss my soul
[02:30.760]Your sweetness is honeycomb, such a lovely tone
[02:33.427]You hold the power to make a house a home
[02:36.111]Because of you I wanna right my wrongs
[02:39.204]Kiss your mother 'cause we only get one (One)
[02:41.788]A grandmother's words to her grandson
[02:44.908]Beautiful minds develop in time (Yeah)
[02:46.857]Checks every month 'cause you held me for nine
[02:50.202]They might see an image of a woman who's flawed
[02:53.071]But I see a woman in the image of God
[02:55.701]Highest regards, I light a cigar
[02:57.870]To man, woman, and children, my Bible is ours (Yeah)
[03:00.296][Outro]
[03:03.084]Open it up
[03:04.324]Listen to it in anytime
[03:07.256]That Revelations' vibe
[03:10.256]Get you through it
[03:13.115]Ain't none of us perfect
[03:14.979]I damn sure ain't
[03:16.387]Prayin' this doesn't come to a tragic end
[03:19.119]We just gon' hope for the best and do our best
[03:21.626]And be our best, no less
[03:24.894]Yeah
[03:27.658]Yo, I woke up this morning
[03:28.924]Had to pray to God and thank Him 'cause I made it this far
[03:32.239]I kept it me
[03:34.011]I'ma stay me no matter what
[03:35.988]No matter who change up
[03:37.951]I'ma try to get 'em to see the right path
[03:40.693]'Cause I think I'm on the right path