From Amsterdam to the Northern border
I'm constantly singin' them downhome blues
I got a head full of headaches, a heart that's full of woes man
And you're head over heels instead of the reals
Mmm, hmm, you know that's right
Hell is here so I hope you 'stand
Greetings, Earthlings, I'm from Mars
Didn't do it but I just rather get a little shut eye
And I elevate on having that
'Cause brothers are singin' and dancin' and rappin'
And you seen that your L-7's round
Somethin' I learned that I haven't told ya
And that's for sho' true
Helicopters scope the land
People gettin' beat on videotape
Armageddon, karma psychic readings
Now everyday I manifest and I generate
And I demonstrate from Los Angeles
I'm dealin' with this load on my mind
Don't give me no additives, no sedatives
And when the sky falls to the ground
I got no choice but to be
Hip hop culture is African
Now I could been your doctor or your lawyer
Now I know you know it ain't who you know
They blast and they passed the pipe to get high
And I guess I got no choice but to be a
And I guess I got no choice but to be a poet
Or come to your house and clean up for ya
The other half wanna see me fall
'Cause every so often I sit and I wonder why I even trip at all
That leaves me with a twisted view
A black man, a MC, a MC, a MC
I guess I got no choice but to be a griot
That leaves me with a twisted view
'Cause half are down when I get down
From Yellowstone to Venezuela
Self destruction won't destroy ya
Man, that leaves me with a twisted view
Where the men are the men and they mean it
Waitin' around all heaven bound
Just like a Jedi, never said I would, I, even if I could I
Oh no, there I go through the ozone layer hole
Men are murdered women raped
I got a head full of headaches, a heart that's full of woes
And I penetrate and I innovate
There's somethin' I learned that I gotta tell ya
And not many people knows
Nigeria down through Australia
A nobody, a criminal, a convict
So I sleep from dawn to dusk in a bomb shelter
I guess I got no choice but to be a poet
Of the whole wide world as I know it
Or preservatives, or repetitive
Brothers like me don't live too long
Down where the wind don't blow where the indo grow
And not many people knows
Like they was a vaudeville act
I got a head full of headaches, a heart that's full of woes
And I'll never get caught in your rabbit trap
But do you know
And rappers like me gon' rule the earth
A gangster, a athlete, a bum
You see 'cause you could go just like any Joe
And not many peoples knows
Yet my head is poundin'
Panama, Spain to Atlanta, Georgia
Oh, pelting, people burning, melting, alarm the farmers
That leaves me with a twisted view
And I guess I got no choice but to be a poet
So if you're straight and you're narrow
And smoke cannabis
But knowledge is wealth and you gotta know self
Then you're bound to be tangled
And the serpent is under the rainbow
That's why people got to get their high, so they can get high
Just to come to America to lick the plate
'Cause ya never know when the man is gonna drop that big one
And people elsewhere tryin' to escape
And the snake's in the barrel
I got a head full of headaches, a heart that's full of woes
A thousand tiny little microscopic pieces
And you found that the only way up is down
I'm constantly singin' them downhome blues
And not many people knows
Of the whole wide world as I know it
Got two more planets to go and then I'm on my way to the stars
If you got somebody that's lookin' out for ya
There's a whole lot of us ain't wrapped too tight
Of the whole wide world as I know it
I guess I got no choice but to be a prophet
And you gotta know God's still black
Now in my natural habitat I gravitate towards having that
Rhetoric you give, just let it live
I'm constantly singin' them downhome blues
I'm constantly singin' them downhome blues
Of the whole wide world as I know it
And I guess I got no choice but to be a poet
