I was born by the beach
Water 'round my bones
First heartbeat became the 808 tone
Speech came later
Gets greater as I grow
Peace to the haters and a prayer for my foes
Love to my family and my family keeps growing
Death to the vanity cause dammit we gold
Turning to rost and then into dust
Carved in ebony with an elephant tusk
All the world's a stage, see the roles and names
Everyone's a child playing out their game
I know I'm just the same
Desire is the flame
High on fire and I'm tired of my ways
Open up the blinds, hangin' in my eyes
Windows are closed, open up to life
I see a tree grow, tree grows in size
I see a body rot, I'm reminded of my time
Stories I ain't told still hidden in my mind
Watch it unfold like treasure that I find
I see a tree grow, tree grows in size
I see a body rot, I'm reminded of my time

Now I live in these beats
No matter where I roam
Wander down the streets untill I make it back home
Sand from the beach still stuck between my toes
But my hands and my feet buildin' buildings of stone
Face to the sky with a breeze through my hair
My friends that are gone, I'll find you right here
I don't look to the dirt when I know you're in the air
I'm not another fool who thinks life should be fair
Or god's a referee with a whistle in his mouth
He blows every time there's a foul or time-out
You stuck in that trap well, it's time you climbed out
Bustin' off my gat toward's the diamonds in my mouth
I found hip-hop in the temple of my room
Every day I build while the simple turn [bad word] Standin' on the brick that used to be your tomb
Pourin' out a drop from the bottle of my booze

I used to be dirt, grew into a plant
Once was an animal, now I'm just a man
Grip still intangible, heart up in my hands
This will be the life for the darkness in my head

I used to be dirt, grew into a plant
Once was an animal, now I'm just a man
Grip still intangible, heart up in my hands
This will be the life for the darkness in my head