[00:00.00]Chorus: (Glenn Lewis)[00:20.64]If everyone could see just how I see[00:24.48]They'd Function like a G'[00:26.64]And walk that big walk in the streets[00:31.38]If everyone could see just how I see[00:34.92]They'd Function like a G'[00:36.30]And walk that big walk in the streets, in the streets[00:40.74](Kardinal Offishall)[00:41.19]My God it's a beautiful day to just sit and enjoy blue skies[00:44.79]And all the brothers in the streets gettin' high[00:46.80]Give thanks for your life bcause Yo - things will change[00:49.38]Ghetto people suffering will soon in-herit the game[00:52.02]The last will come first and the first will come last[00:54.60]And the good will take a seat in the holiest of mass[00:57.21]And blast out the world sin, hard times we living in[00:59.97]I am trying to do the best I can living with my breddrens[01:02.67]The world is filled with negative and positive[01:05.46]Never judge a man what he is is what he is[01:08.01]And I am an ill bro blessed with an ill flow[01:10.47]With an opportunity to rep the T-dot O[01:13.32]And try to spread some of the blessings, lyrical dressings[01:15.51]And I am guessing that your listening to what I am addressing[01:18.45]Especially since I'm rhymiing from my heart[01:20.58]Trying to supress the craziness before it even starts[01:23.61]Yo every gun man has to have a soft spot[01:26.43]Every thug nigga has gotta have some hear[01:28.89]It's these things that I hold to be true[01:31.02]So I don't have to pray that they won't blast you[01:33.63]Chorus[01:33.90](Kardinall Offishall)[01:34.38]Yo! I was touched by the real the other day[01:56.43]If my pops was here he would tell me enjoy every single day[01:59.94]And support your family cause blood comes first - for real[02:02.88]Nevermind about trying to sign a deal[02:05.01]Just do what you gotta do and do it like the best[02:07.65]Even when it seems that people C-Bn' for no reason[02:10.44]Don't study the treason, function like a G'[02:12.69]And with that, the world is ready steady f-ing with me[02:15.24]Admiring who I be, I take it as flattery[02:17.88]I must exemplify just what it is to be an emcee[02:20.46]I breathe in the tragedy[02:21.78]And breathe out a song of hope[02:23.16]Free from government, politics, lies, plus the Pope[02:26.19]The 5.0 sells shit, Police make nuff sale[02:28.32]We're taken out of the hood and locked up with no bail[02:30.93]But either way we get out and try to turn it around[02:33.51]You can't see it[02:34.32]But you feel it in the sound[02:35.73]You know dat![02:36.36]Chorus X2[02:56.46](Kardinal Offishall)[02:56.94]I'm not a reverend, a preacher, V.P. or teacher[02:59.88]But still I gotta reach, and none can impeach[03:02.31]But the most high spiritual, virtually physical[03:05.25]Higher power more than capable to make miracle[03:07.71]In every black home, and in every jail cell[03:10.32]And in everyone of us to let the righteous set sail[03:12.96]And accept positioning, whether you a Christian, a Jew, or Muslim[03:16.68]Yo have faith in him![03:18.06]The G's in the street know what I'm talking about[03:20.76]The man dem on the corner, surviving with no doubt[03:23.40]The kids in the park trying to keep things real[03:25.89]Yo who don't hear muss feel - you know that![03:28.50]Chorus X3