I want to be as free as the spirits of those who left
I'm talking Malcolm, Coltrane, my man Yusef
Through death through conception
New breath and resurrection

For moms, new steps in her direction
In the right way
Told inside is where the fight lay
And everything a ***** do may not be what he might say

Chicago nights stay, stay on the mind
But I write many lives and lay on these lines
Wave the signs of the times
Many say the grind's on the mind

Shorties blunted eyed and everyone wanna rhyme
Bush pushing lies, killers immortalized
We got arms but won't reach for the skies
Waiting for the Lord to rise

I look into my daughter's eyes
And realize that I'ma learn through her
The Messiah, might even return through her
If I'ma do it, I gotta change the world through her

Furs and a Benz, gramps wantin' 'em
Demons and old friends, pops they hauntin' him
The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun
When drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones

Walk like warriors, we were never told to run
Explored the world to return to where my soul begun
Never looking back or too far in front of me
The present is a gift and I just wanna be