My Bible - Nas

Ay Hit, we gon' do some shit like this, my nigga

Yay though I walk through the valley of infidels, suckers

Who adhere to sucker religions

Life’s a bible

We livin' in biblical times

Uh

First chapter

This chapter called Men

Given knowledge by the psychotic the block was college

We don’t add it up then that shit’ll leave us divided

It’s sorta like Ten Commandments, I’m talkin' bout men and standards

I’m tryin' to reverse the damage, you boys obsessed with cameras

The debt we was handed

So many move like Judas look at the past it’s proven

It’s my duty to speak truth to power

I be feelin' like it’s my fault

Around your enemies then they call you before you hear about it

Talk to you like it’s still love keepin' your vision clouded

Tryin' to get cool with guys 'cause you want em to choose sides

Campaignin' with the haters dismissin' truth for lies

Definition of a man, don’t full on understand

For your soul the exec let you hold an advance

Don’t be discouraged just go with the plan

Gotta have faith in God’s grace over the land

And I pray for the day when they lay down and caged make their way up out that

maze

Get their mind up out a daze

Too many mama’s layin' flowers at they graves

Don’t rap about death, it’s power in what you say

Second chapter

And you get what you give, it’s power in how you live

I sit and talk with the kids

Tell em just how it is

Go straight to avoid the bids

Livin' fast can wait, stay down work on your grades

Speak gospel for the next generation

You can have it all just don’t side with Satan

I seen it take down most of the greatest

Hotel suites, Hollywood stars hangin'

The other side of what you think is fly

Your jewelry can be cursed and so can your ride

Let that soak in your mind

Suburbans and Beamers

Shot up with neeners'

How to stop a young genius

Spiritual like a deep cut from Shirley Caesar

I wonder if it’s Jesus when a baby reach up

Sharpenin' up myself 'cause I know they need us

My African skin gave me the passion to win

Prayin' this doesn’t come to a tragic end

Third chapter

This chapter called Women

Ya’ll been the rib since the beginnin'

A woman’s intuition, is what a man is missin'

To understand your wisdom is something I had to learn

Somehow you the most unprotected on planet earth

Your smile lift me up and your eyes kiss my soul

Your sweetness is honeycomb, such a lovely tone

You hold the power to make a house a home

Because of you I wanna right my wrongs

Kiss your mother 'cause we only get one

A grandmother’s words to her grandson

Beautiful minds develop in time

Checks every month 'cause you held me for nine

They might see an image of a woman who’s flawed

But I see a woman in the image of God

Highest regards, I light a cigar

To man, woman, and children my bible is ours, yeah

Open it up

Listen to it in anytime

That Revelations vibe

Get you through it

Ain’t none of us perfect

I damn sure ain’t

Prayin' this doesn’t come to a tragic end

We just gon' hope for the best and do our best

And be our best, no less, yeah

Yo I woke up this morning and had to pray to God and thank him 'cause I made it

this far

I kept it me

I’ma stay me no matter what

No matter who change up

I’ma try to get em to see the right path

'Cause I think I’m on the right path