Quest of Life

[Hook] Life goes on forever But it changes like the tide There's a meaning for existence No need to run and hide We are fighting for our freedom We are searching for a way And we live in hope of some eternal day [Verse 1] Ayo I asked the preacher what's the reason of life? I just came from the West End and seen three fiends on a pipe Police in a fight, they fail to read you your rights And if they did, they wasn't reading em right He looked me in the eye and said that only those questions Jehovah should know Well see what am I? So I suppose I reach for the sky Said I was a gangster and a poor man and a leader for Christ In my past life so there's no need for leading it twice Man, I couldn't even reply, I don't believe he would lie He told me I should search deep in the mind Reading in the bible and the world I should leave it behind Go on a quest, physical and mental Take what you been through And if this doesn't feed your desire All I have left to tell you is to reach a little higher He speaking in codes, it's just adding heat to the fire Before you leave, you should heed this reminder It's your quest of life [Hook] We are riding on a rainbow It's nearly at an end It was given as a promise To each and every man It's a long since we started And the days left now are few It seems the words said long ago were true [Verse 2] Ayo I turned and I left, with answers I needed for questions Thinking the preacher was just trying to teach me a lesson In the streets again, thinking, I ain't even gon sweat it Then a dude ran up on me quick, slipping, he crept in Told me give him in the money and he'd leave in a second I turned around started to reach for the weapon I smacked him quick, swing and he fell Then half his clique came out screaming and yelling like demons and felons (What's next) them dudes robbed me stupid They took my shoes, wallet, and socks and my rap book, and that's all that I got Now I'm dirty looking like a bum roaming the streets In temperatures lower than 3 and I'm feeling alone Then I see another bum chilling, I give him my coat He asked me did I have God, or why we living this low I told him all I knew about God and in a minute or so He said "homeboy, you giving me hope" It's my quest of life Dag man Preacher told me I was a gangster, poor man, and a leader for Christ in my past life I just got gangster on some dudes Was a bum And I gave old boy inspiration in an hour I gotta figure out this thing called life yo Straight up It's my quest of life [Hook x2] We are riding on a rainbow It's nearly at an end It was given as a promise To each and every man It's a long since we started And the days left now are few It seems the words said long ago were true We are waiting, we're impatient We're unfaithful, we are true There's a lesson in the learning Of the different things we do We are fighting for our freedom We are searching for a way And we live in hope of some eternal day