RZA - The Birth Lyrics
[Intro: RZA (Daddy-O)]Yeah, you knowwhatimean?Cuz yo, this right hereIs called Knowledge of SelfWhen you apply that to yourself, you know yourselfYou understand, yo, it's gonna get your third eye openedYou can see things for what they are, and not what they appear to beWanna kick the knowledge and pass this information to you?Yo, there go the God right there, yo Peace, Born KnowledgePeace God (Peace what up Bobby?)Yo, yo... don't even call me Bobby no more, man (What I call you?)My name is Prince Rakeem (Today's Mathematics?)I see Today's Mathematics is being wisdomLet me explain to you this way, God, the way I see it[Chorus: female singer sample]Ever since my Birth (no one there!)I've had no one to care (worried all I know... yeah!)[RZA]They say wisdom, is the wise words spokenBy a brother attemptin' to openThe graves, of these mentally dead slavesWho've been lost on a cross, for decadesAnd centuries, lookin' for the libertyBut receive nothin', but miseryAnd hard times, and things of that natureBy the devil in a genocide caperLittle Boy Peep, has lost his sheepBut I found 'em, in a deep long sleepNine thousand miles away from homeLivin' the life of a modern-day FlintstoneWe the people, supposed to be equalBut the men who wrote that, they was evilSlave owners, who did not include usThey just used us, and abused usFirst they trick you, then mentally kill youAnd use technologies, to rebuild youThis whole plan was a perfect scamSee that's why they called it, the Six Million Dollar ManSix is the limitation of the DevilIn the Million square miles of land that he settlesPut you in a three piece suit, give you lootChemicals in your head to make you look cuteThey use you as a fool to deceive your own peopleAnd fillin' my children head with pins and needlesBut I'll take out the pins you insertedAnd I'll avenge all my mothers that you murderedAnd brutalized, by this modern form of slaveryTo speak the truth it takes braveryAnd no man could stop my flowBecause I know what I speak and I speak what I know[Hook: RZA]What, becomes of a broken family?Dreams are crushed and there's no more family[Chorus 2X with RZA][RZA]Yo, as a life can be slowed down 20 frames per secondSeen through PanavisionThe inner light inside my mind's shines expands the prismA man of wisdom, victorious and the gloriousSight beyond sight we stand up as Divine WarriorsWho smite with the mighty right hand of GodYield the holy sword, swings the holy rodThen bathe in the pond of Nirvana, escape the realm of KarmaAllow the true grace of God to shine through my personaAnd build the reconstructional terms that's constructiveAs we destroy the negative germs that's destructiveProductively, sincerely, we uphold the righteous bannerWith the gold touch of Midas, mold the righteous hammerAnd anvil, to the sound of Man-drillIgnite to the speed of light cause time to stand stillRewrite the script of Egypt, who made the Holy BibleOr Koran, how long ago, who made the Holy Title?Of I Self Lord And Master, who control the vitalParts of your heart, who wrote the wise recitals?Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah, Arm-Leg-Leg-Arm-HeadStill puzzled like the jigsaw[Chorus to fade]
