Raised to Be Lowered

[Saul Williams] ...To manifest your dreams before you manifest your fears To navigate beyond the treachery of self despair To find the balance between all you sense and all you see To find the patience and the strength it takes to let it be To stand amongst the crowd and have the strength to hold your own To throw away the pen and pad and simply be the poem To rise above hatred to love through seeming contradiction To seldom take a side and learn to compliment the friction To bring about the change within that we can't live without To shift and re-arrange ideals and learn to deal with doubt To voice the victory and unlearn ways of self-defeat To learn the value of, "Yo, fuck the words just ride the beat" To leave the comfort zones of all you know to all you feel To step beyond the void and realize the unknown is real To re-imagine every obstacle as just means of honing craft and learn to laugh at failures funny dream [Hook: Saul Williams] There has to be some other way to stop the fight I was raised to be lowered Was I raised to be lowered? I was raised to be lowered Was I raised to be lowered? Each day we sing and pray for guidance through the night I was raised to be lowered Was I raised to be lowered? I was raised to be lowered Was I raised to be lowered? [Saul Williams] To not allow the worshippers to take up all the space To dance at funerals and grieve when true love shows its face To meditate upon the lesser things like hair and nails To find new meaning in your freedom when your freedom kills To walk the runway on the one day when you've lost your stride To show your face when you feel more inclined to run and hide To keep it gutter when you utter No, it won't stop until the ones that point their guns at get got! You're gonna get got! Let these niggas get got! Lying through the ?-top You're lying on the have-not You're gonna get got! Get popped, get Cocked Let these niggas get got. Let these niggas get got! [Hook: Saul Williams] There has to be some other way to stop the fight I was raised to be lowered Was I raised to be lowered? I was raised to be lowered Was I raised to be lowered? Each day we sing and pray for guidance through the night I was raised to be lowered Was I raised to be lowered? I was raised to be lowered Was I raised to be lowered? [Saul Williams] (Hallelujah) All these other suckas make me sick Inshallah we've come this far, the past can suck my dick Blessed be the virgin, especially if she's nice and thick May your first time be full of grace, respect, and not a trick First communion. Sacred as the day you were conceived Born in sin? Nah, think again Repent and disbelieve Heaven is between your thighs There lies the trick Deceived holy blood shed once a month until you nurture seed ...Was I raised to be lower? Was I raised to be lower? Was I raised to be lower? (Was I raised?) Was I raised to be lower? (Was I raised?) Was I raised to be lower? (Was I raised?) Was I raised to be lower? (Was I raised?) Was I raised to be lower? (Was I raised?) Was I raised to be lower? (Was I raised?) Was I raised to be lower? (Was I raised?) Was I raised to be lower? (Was I raised?) Was I raised to be lower?