Beautiful Struggle

No one can lead you off your path
I don't even follow it
It's gonna come like Donny Hathaway
The revolution's here

But the troubles you have today
But you can't see what's hurtin' you
(Come on)
When the water too hot
The revolution's here
That they born in

No one can lead you off your path
Nervous cause I'm dope

So please excuse me while I laugh
You have to pray, on top of that, act today
You go to church to find you some religion
Yeah, let's go
Everybody act accordin' to the season
So please excuse me while I laugh

No one can change your ways
Stay optimistic, they can change
You try to vote and participate in the government
They call me the political rapper
The past will pay, the family mournin'
The revolution is here people
Dog chains on my babies
So please excuse me while I laugh
If I was wack I'd be irrelevant
You fight in the streets
By the sword and all that folks want is safety
You'll try to change the world
So please excuse me while I laugh
I'm like the dope in your tracks
The revolution's here
The same reason I've always rocked
And all you hear is connivin' and gossip and contradiction and

You'll try to change the world
You'll try to change the world

You'll try to change the world
I said it once, I'll say it twice
You join an organization that know black history
Until your high is settled in
War games in the '80s
No one can lead you off your path
You'll try to change the world
Like Tom Hanks in Cast Away

And these folks jump out the pot
The laughter's the best medicine
'Cause they say I'm intelligent
The revolution is inside of you

So please excuse me while I laugh
No one can change your ways
The struggle is beautiful
They goin' gun crazy
You'll try to change the world
'Cuz opportunity shrivel away

No one can lead you off your path
I'm too strong for you to slave me

No one can lead you off your path
Everybody passed away

So please excuse me while I laugh
To make money and it's a mystery
Even after I tell 'em I don't fuck with politics
Lookin' for the remedy
But in the land of milk and honey
But ask them how they plan

Main source, De La Soul, bumpin' 2 Pacalypse now
No one can lead you off your path
So please excuse me while I laugh
I'm on some KRS, Ice Cube, Chris Wallace shit
People, the revolution is here, yeah
Yo, I heard it's said the revolution won't be televised
The revolution is personal
And the motherfuckin' Democrats is actin' like Republicans
Otherwise it just expires and spoils
You just can't laugh away
No one can change your ways
No one can change your ways
The revolution's here
You'll try to change the world
You leanin' to the left
Start bleedin' 'til the blood is pourin'
You'll try to change the world
There's a date you gotta sell it by
The revolution's here
The same reason Reagan was playin'

In the gutter, mothers cry 'til the Lord be livin'
'Cuz the fire boils inside
So please excuse me while I laugh
(Rock with me for a second)
No one can lead you off your path
You gots to be ready
The revolution is here
No one can lead you off your path
Yo, I speak at schools a lot