[00:00.439][Sample: Intro][00:02.655]The rhythm and the beat is secondary[00:04.664]What has made gospel live is the message that the rhythm and the beat carry[00:10.754][Verse 1][00:11.255]It's been soured if you heard it through the grapevine[00:13.768]AK8 displayed, traded K-9[00:15.779]Handed nothing, had to take mine[00:18.054]Back in the trap, getting snared is the bass line[00:20.821]In a lesson, question is a great sign[00:23.157]Mate was a late find, too much steak to stake[00:26.747]Thought I had to settle 'tween federal and state time[00:31.255]Not blessed with pulls, suppressed my luck[00:33.540]Tenth good-influenced, the rest corrupt[00:35.551]All these dope concerns stressed the buck[00:37.826]True wounds, I dressed it up (Mm)[00:44.598]Multiplying dollars had a quicker timetable[00:47.358]Things we was trying: fatal[00:48.871]Body not weak if the mind able[00:51.118]For a while, laws had to find stable[00:53.385]Greed feed evil content and divine label[00:56.135]Mom's said my grave's almost my cradle (Mm)[01:01.325][Hook][01:02.357]We might be equal, but we not the same[01:06.373]To absorb loss, there's a lot to gain[01:09.884][Verse 2][01:10.888]With pens, I'm pensive, don't pretend I'm pretentious[01:14.149]See we need bridges, we can build defenses[01:16.667]On this plane, more enemies than friendships[01:18.919]Empty empire without my empress[01:20.926]Make a sense of it in every sentence[01:23.201]After boy helped voyage, not adventures[01:25.468]Cold times, was no one's apprentice[01:28.725]Is it patience or time wasting?[01:30.230]I'm truthful, all they used to is libation[01:32.778]Dark at the start line, mind racing[01:35.034]Few great moves since the migration[01:37.296][Hook][01:37.541]We might be equal, but we not the same[01:41.574]To absorb loss, there's a lot to gain[01:46.342]We might be equal, but we not the same[01:50.358]Where you spot less, despot to blame[01:53.869](Despot to blame...)[01:57.400](We might be equal, but we not the same)