Here I Am

Well here I am In the middle of an open hand My feet are rooted in an upright stand What's my plan I feel the fingers closing in I got enlightened by the chosen man A little frightened by my foes and fans I'm still recitin' doing shows with bands Hold my can knowing that I'll float again Well it's time to face the law You shouldn't have done it now I'm breaking down the wall No time to run around lurking through the hall I'm gonna hunt 'em down winter spring or fall Even the summer sound all because of y'all My name's a number now if you see what I saw Then you would wonder how he decides to call And pull me under while he was walking tall I run a sign Glistening sensory blaze sets my heart Glistening from antihistamines crumb chop chop from a plum tree top Club house for one I elect, protect, select none, HEY! What's-a matter you, HEY! Why do you look so sad, HEY! It's-a not so bad, HEY! I should double your face HEY! What am I now, what am I now What am I now, a waste of flesh Mama leave me on a doorstep why don't you Well nothing best unless you want to see me starve Look at her dress, her breasts life's hard Here I am In the middle of an open hand My feet are rooted in an upright stand What's my plan I feel the fingers closing in I got enlightened by the chosen man A little frightened by my foes and fans I'm still recitin' doing shows with bands Hold my can knowing that I'll float again Now one for the money and two for the show Now move to the pickaninny saying flow cat flow Jump on to the rhythm and break your mind free C'mon I wanna land it for the fire and me Say life is temporary it makes him upset Regret to say the penalty for perjury is death Everybody picking up on so one play But I would rather lie, than my soul will run fate I'm bound to the rhythm draw down from my hand Bow down to the mother in African land Sounding like our people in love with Tarzan I'ma tell him I'm a big ole jet black man Pappy told the folk tale underneath the tree Pull up on his coattail sitting upon his knee Said Mandingo your lingo Swahili Drums are the tongues of the sacred Learn to stand stern and just don't trust any Soon you can freely run naked Park it at the will call darken in the past Starting at the shortfall right into the grass Oom shaka laka oom shaka laka wrath My spear is in the atmosphere in his ass Allah made the universe the devil made the lie The devil made the hypocrites and Allah made the sky The devil got your flesh and bone and Allah got your eye Allah made the righteousness the devil made the spy The devil is the infamous and Allah is the high Allah made the apple tree the devil made the pie Allah will rebuild the truth the devil will deny So know me not for what I am but know me 'til I die Here I am In the middle of an open hand My feet are rooted in an upright stand What's my plan I feel the fingers closing in I got enlightened by the chosen man A little frightened by my foes and fans I'm still recitin' doing shows with bands Hold my can knowing that I'll float again You see I'm born a nigga die a nigga nothing in between Who the hell are you to say that I ain't got a dream Malcolm nigga Marcus nigga Martin nigga King Thievery and grievery is all a nigga seen Jesse nigga Bessie nigga Bubba Willie green Monkey and gorilla nigga mammy was a queen I'm a nigga he's a nigga niggas are supreme And every time you kill a nigga we become a team Hey nigga, yeah nigga, say nigga, wassup Yo while they got you on this tip I'm finna bust a nut And selling out is wacker Your black is getting blacker You know the truth, I got the proof The devil is a cracker Here I am In the middle of an open hand My feet are rooted in an upright stand What's my plan I feel the fingers closing in I got enlightened by the chosen man A little frightened by my foes and fans I'm still recitin' doing shows with bands Hold my can knowing that I'll float again Here I am In the middle of an open hand My feet are rooted in an upright stance What's my plan I feel the fingers closing in I got enlightened by the chosen man A little frightened by my foes and fans I'm still recitin' doing shows with bands Hold my can knowing that I'll float again