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Killah Priest from the Wu-Tang Clan drops
knowledge in this track from his album Heavy
Mental.
roll ya bluntz and listen :)
Lyrics:
The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
(3X)
Chorus: repeat 2X
Life is a test many quest the universe
And through my research I felt the joy and
the hurt
The first shall be last and the last shall be
first
The basic instructions before leaving earth
Verse One:
Knowledge this wisdom this goes back when I
was twelve
I loved doing right but I was trapped in hell
Had mad ideas, sad eyes and tears
Years of fears, but yo my foes couldn't bear
I searched for the truth since my youth
And went to church since birth, but it wasn't
worth the loot
that I was paying, plus the praying
I didn't like staying cuz of busy-bodies and
dizzy hotties
That the preacher had souped up with lies
Had me cooped up lookin at loot, butt, and
thighs
Durin the service, he swallowed up the poor
And after they heard this, they wallowed on
the floor
But I ignored, and explored my history that
was untold
And watched mysteries unfold
And dropped a jewel like Solomon, but never
followed men
cause if you do your brain is more hollow
than
Space oblivia, or the abyss
With no trace of trivia, left with the hiss
Does it pay to be deaf, dumb and blind?
From a slave we was kept from the mind
And from the caves he crept from behind
And what he gave, was the sect of the swine
When the bible, it condemned the pig
I don't mean to pull your hems or flip your
qigs
But we used to wear a turban, but now we're
in the urban
No more wearing beanies and dress like a
genie
No hocus pocus cause I focus on the facts
And put it on the tracks and brought it
through the wax
I speak on Jacob, it might take up some time
And too much knowledge, it might break up the
rhyme
I did it anyway just to wake up the mind
of those who kiss stones or prays on the
carpet
Those who sit home, or sell books by the
market
Need to chill and get their mind revived
For years religion did nothing but divide
The basic instructions before leaving earth
Chorus
Verse Two:
I strolled through the books of Job to unfold
And open bibles, instead of hoping on
revivals
Calling on His name and screaming hallelujah
when he hardly knew ya, that's how the
devil's fooled ya
See look into my eyes brethren, that's the
lies of a Reverand
Why should you die to go to heaven?
The Earth is already in space, the bible I
embrace
A difficult task I had to take
I studied till my eyes was swollen, and only
arose when
I found out that we were the chosen
I deal with the truth, and build with the
youth
And teach my son as he kneels on the stoop
Son, life is a pool of sin, corrupted with
foolish men
and women with wicked minds, who build picket
signs
to legalize abortion, the evil eye distortion
I quiz Son with my wisdom
Before I converted, I was perverted, and
knowledge was asserted
The study of wisdom, I perferred it
The understanding, it gave me mental freedom
I even learnt Caucasians were really the
Tribe of Edam
The white image, of Christ, is really Cesare
Borgia
and uhh, the second son of Pope Alexander
The Sixth of Rome, and once the picture was
shown
That's how the devils tricked my dome
I prophesized to save a man, but no one gave
a damn
for my nation - the seed of Abraham
Blessed with the tongue of Hebrew
Now we're strung on needles, and some are
plungin evils
So study and be wise in these days of
darkness
Peace to my nephew Marcus
The basic instructions before leaving earth
Chorus: repeat to fade
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