Beautiful Struggle

Yo, I speak at schools a lot
There's a date you gotta sell it by
No one can lead you off your path
So please excuse me while I laugh
When the water too hot

(Come on)
But ask them how they plan
You'll try to change the world
'Cuz the fire boils inside
Lookin' for the remedy
The same reason Reagan was playin'
In the gutter, mothers cry 'til the Lord be livin'
Until your high is settled in
Everybody act accordin' to the season
No one can change your ways
If I was wack I'd be irrelevant
Yo, I heard it's said the revolution won't be televised
War games in the '80s
You fight in the streets
So please excuse me while I laugh
And all you hear is connivin' and gossip and contradiction and
Start bleedin' 'til the blood is pourin'
So please excuse me while I laugh
Nervous cause I'm dope
You leanin' to the left
You'll try to change the world
You gots to be ready
The struggle is beautiful
No one can lead you off your path

So please excuse me while I laugh

No one can lead you off your path
The revolution's here
Dog chains on my babies
So please excuse me while I laugh
No one can lead you off your path
And the motherfuckin' Democrats is actin' like Republicans
You'll try to change the world
The revolution's here
But in the land of milk and honey
Like Tom Hanks in Cast Away
The same reason I've always rocked
No one can lead you off your path
Yeah, let's go
It's gonna come like Donny Hathaway

(Rock with me for a second)
You try to vote and participate in the government
I don't even follow it
The revolution's here
So please excuse me while I laugh
That they born in
No one can lead you off your path
You go to church to find you some religion

Even after I tell 'em I don't fuck with politics
You'll try to change the world
The revolution is inside of you

'Cuz opportunity shrivel away
No one can change your ways
Stay optimistic, they can change
People, the revolution is here, yeah
No one can lead you off your path
I said it once, I'll say it twice
No one can lead you off your path
No one can change your ways
You just can't laugh away
You'll try to change the world

Main source, De La Soul, bumpin' 2 Pacalypse now
The revolution's here
The laughter's the best medicine
I'm too strong for you to slave me
They call me the political rapper
By the sword and all that folks want is safety
You join an organization that know black history
But you can't see what's hurtin' you
I'm like the dope in your tracks
No one can change your ways
Otherwise it just expires and spoils
You'll try to change the world

You'll try to change the world

The revolution is personal
You have to pray, on top of that, act today
To make money and it's a mystery
But the troubles you have today
So please excuse me while I laugh
So please excuse me while I laugh
The revolution is here people
You'll try to change the world
Everybody passed away
And these folks jump out the pot
I'm on some KRS, Ice Cube, Chris Wallace shit
'Cause they say I'm intelligent

The revolution is here
They goin' gun crazy
The past will pay, the family mournin'
The revolution's here