Basic instructions before leaving earth   The basic instructions before leaving earth   Basic instructions before leaving earth      Life is a test, many quest the universe   An' through my research, I felt the joy an' the hurt   The first shall be last an' the last shall be first   The basic instructions before leaving earth      Life is a test, many quest the universe   An' through my research, I felt the joy an' the hurt   The first shall be last an' the last shall be first   The basic instructions before leaving earth      Knowledge this wisdom, this goes back when I was twelve   I loved doin' right but I was trapped in Hell   Had mad ideas, sad eyes an' tears   Years of fears but yo, my foes couldn't bear      I searched for the truth since my youth   An' went to church since birth but it wasn't worth the loot   That I was payin', plus the prayin'   I didn't like stayin' 'coz of busy bodies an' dizzy hotties      That the preacher had souped up with lies   Had me cooped up lookin' at loot, butt an' thighs   Durin' the service, he swallowed up the poor   An' after they heard this, they wallowed on the floor      But I ignored an' explored my history that was untold   An' watched mysteries unfold   An' dropped a jewel like Solomon but never followed men   'Coz if you do, your brain is more hollow      Than space oblivia or the abyss   With no trace of trivia, left with the hiss   Does it pay to be deaf, dumb, blind?   From a slave we was kept from the mind   An' from the caves he crept from behind   An' what he gave was the sect of the swine      When the Bible, it condemned the pig   I don't mean to pull your hems or flip your wigs   But we used to wear a turban but now we're in the urban   No more wearin' beanies an' dress like a genie      No hocus pocus 'coz I focus on the facts   An' put it on the tracks an' brought it through the wax   I speak on Jacob, it might take up some time   An' too much knowledge, it might break up the rhyme      I did it anyway just to wake up the mind   Of those who kiss stones or prays on the carpet   Those who sit home or sell books by the market   Need to chill an' get their mind revived      For years religion did nothing but divide   The basic instructions before leaving earth      Life is a test, many quest the universe   An' through my research, I felt the joy an' the hurt   The first shall be last an' the last shall be first   The basic instructions before leaving earth      Life is a test, many quest the universe   An' through my research, I felt the joy an' the hurt   The first shall be last an' the last shall be first   The basic instructions before leaving earth      I strolled through the books of Job to unfold   An' open Bibles instead of hopin' on revivals   Calling on His name an' screamin', ?Hallelujah?   When He hardly knew ya, that's how the Devil's fooled ya      See, look into my eyes, brethren, that's the lies of a Reverend   Why should you die to go to Heaven?   The Earth is already in space, the Bible, I embrace   A difficult task I had to take      I studied 'til my eyes was swollen an' only arose when   I found out that we were The Chosen   I deal with the truth an' build with the youth   An' teach my son as he kneels on the stoop      Son, life is a pool of sin, corrupted with foolish men   An' women with wicked minds, who build picket signs   To legalize abortion, the evil eye distortion   I quiz son with my wisdom      Before I converted, I was perverted an' knowledge was asserted   The study of wisdom, I preferred it   The understanding, it gave me mental freedom   I even learnt Caucasians were really the Tribe of Edam      The white image of Christ is really Cesare Borgia   An' uhh, the second son of Pope Alexander   The sixth of Rome an' once the picture was shown   That's how the Devil's tricked my dome      I prophesized to save a man but no one gave a damn   For my nation, the seed of Abraham   Blessed with the tongue of Hebrew   Now we're strung on needles an' some are plungin' evils      So study an' be wise in these days of darkness   Peace to my nephew, Marcus      The basic instructions before leaving earth   Life is a test, many quest the universe   An' through my research, I felt the joy an' the hurt   The first shall be last an' the last shall be first      The basic instructions before leaving earth   Life is a test, many quest the universe   An' through my research, I felt the joy an' the hurt   The first shall be last an' the last shall be first      The basic instructions before leaving earth   Life is a test, many quest the universe   An' through my research, I felt the joy an' the hurt   The first shall be last an' the last shall be first      The basic instructions before leaving earth   Life is a test, many quest the universe   An' through my research, I felt the joy an' the hurt   The first shall be last an' the last shall be first