Yo we was talking earlier and I was telling you talking bout life<br />
I feel like life is like braided hair<br />
Its sorta like twist you know<br />
Bout braided hair like twist<br />
You know three strands twist together<br />
Ultimately you get to where you wanna get to<br />
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From the same dirt from the heels of my ancestors<br />
The naked roads and the fields where the pain festered<br />
And I wonder where the hold came from<br />
In the deeps of my heart make me yearn for the drum<br />
It's the same place where the cross is burned<br />
The same place where the loss was earned<br />
It's the place where the floss was yearned<br />
Gold teeth and bling ice on the ring baby sure<br />
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We've all got things that hang at the back<br />
Things that make us cool,<br />
Things that make us whack,<br />
Things that make us mad<br />
Things we wish we never had done<br />
But they're just the things that make us real<br />
Not the maps to guide where we go from here<br />
The road twists and braids our hair<br />
Until we all get there<br />
<br />
I like that I don't know some mysteries<br />
Ancient things and beginnings<br />
Excited about the day when I don't have to hear all the theories<br />
My scalp needs some grease<br />
It's the same place where the crosses burned<br />
The same place where the loss was earned<br />
The only way we all can learn<br />
Is if we have these braids with the twist and turns so<br />
<br />
Walking in the race of life<br />
Looking for my own pace<br />
Not always wanting to but I have to<br />
Sometimes feeling like I've bitten off much more than I could chew<br />
But the wind goes though my hair<br />
Lifts me up with ease not a crease<br />
Hair full of grease no weave embracing me<br />
It's you I see<br />
I am you and you are me I see yeah<br />
I am you and you are me I see<br />
<br />
We might survive as brothers ye