The end justifies the means   Two, two, two wrongs make a right   I, I should come first in this nation      You gotta readjust the means   I'll tell you what I mean   Sometimes you gotta work it out   Sometimes you gotta figure it out      You gotta readjust the means   I'll tell you what I mean   Sometimes you gotta work it out   Sometimes you gotta figure it out   Yeah, yeah, yeah      I have so many questions, guessin' what life's about   Usin' seven of my nine lives, figurin' out   I'm goin' through it day to day   Or should I say, maze to maze?      I know that jewels light the way, listen   There's too many shades of gray, tryin' to stay, right   Peripheral vision, is seekin' out my sunlight   I know that love is love and hate is hate      Twenty-seven years of tribulation marking my case   Yeah, I guess I'm stressing my case   There's only one thing I'm promised in life   That's my fate   Born to set the pace while I'm racin' the race      I know it's hard work that's why I'm holdin' the ace   As I look to jump, up on that righteous path   I got angels on one shoulder, demons on the other half   A mirror face to face, surveying my landscape   All the while I be singing this space      You gotta readjust the means   I'll tell you what I mean   Sometimes you gotta work it out   Sometimes you gotta figure it out      You gotta readjust the means   I'll tell you what I mean   Sometimes you gotta work it out   Sometimes you gotta figure it out   Yeah, yeah, yeah      As we haze through the haze of enslavement   While the sweat's beatin? millions of feet pound on the pavement   I know it's nine to five, or five to nine   Forget about the thoughts that I'm wastin' my time      Just use the tutelage, of your legendary fore-fathers   Cos right now, we now the struggle is ours   It's not too complicated, just combinations of pulling our resources   Of our sisters and our brothers      Who be a alike, that's a little insight   The strength be coming in numbers it's like dynamite   No riddle right, spit it right, about some real life   And are we really rich, at peace and settled?      When everyday homeless people peddle for nickels   While Easy Mo Bee strikin' a chord   Of this hip-hop oracle, desires for life   And what? You know what I'm coming to   It's just my point of view      You gotta readjust the means   I'll tell you what I mean   Sometimes you gotta work it out   Sometimes you gotta figure it out      You gotta readjust the means   I'll tell you what I mean   Sometimes you gotta work it out   Sometimes you gotta figure it out   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      And as we realize life, and what?   We gotta suck it in   And are we droppin' some knowledge or are we frontin' an'?   Your course in life, no matter how you rub it in   There's so many roads, either you strugglin' or bubblin'      You gotta readjust the means   I'll tell you what I mean   Sometimes you gotta work it out   Sometimes you gotta figure it out      You gotta readjust the means   I'll tell you what I mean   Sometimes you gotta work it out   Sometimes you gotta figure it out      You gotta readjust the means   I'll tell you what I mean   Sometimes you gotta work it out   Sometimes you gotta figure it out      You gotta readjust the means   Tell me what I mean   Sometimes you gotta work it out   Sometimes you gotta figure it out   Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, oh oh