Now I Know

Yeah, uh, look The older I get, the more I realize Almost everything that I believed in In my life was a lie It started as a child, first was Santa Claus Then I believed that a brawl would never come between my dawgs (wrong) My sister Mary filled me in when I was 7 Told me Hulk Hogan only existed on television (what?) The Stone Cold Stunner and the Leg Drop? All scripted, N.W.O and X-Pac? Dang I used to walk up to the mall to 'matic doors My momma told me my finger was the power source So I pointed with my pointer And POW! It was open, then come to find out she was joking Had to let it soak in, my mind as a boy Didn't wanna believe that McGwire or Barry were on the 'roids But when I was young, I thought the world was alright It's funny, I even thought that Jesus was white, but yo All that glitters ain't made of gold It's the things you heard a million times before It took a lot of time, now I realize Now I know better It's better late than never Now I know Over the years, you get more accustomed to pain I used to believe my dad when he said he'd come to my games Even believed my mother was a saint and could do no wrong And then she sat me down and told me how I was born (shoot) Mind-blown, but now it all makes sense Why she didn't spazz on me when she caught me having sex I was perplexed but now I get it I used to think America was finished with racism How could I miss it? I'm mad so many people don't get it Holding this list of black names but now I'm blacklisted? Got older, it's like it got no different I found out that these independent artists isn't independent Cus' major labels fund them quietly to keep perception That's deception in the game Used to believe I wanted fame Plus my name written in them lights Now I know it's so much greater Cus' it's written in the hand of Christ I used to say that the radio would play what the people wanted Now I know they playing what's payin' Feeling jaded, but somehow I still believe in God I even thought a college education got me a job, man All that glitters ain't made of gold It's the things you heard a million times before It took a lot of time, now I realize Now I know better It's better late than never Now I know better Yes I know better Now I know better Yes I know better Now I know better Yes I know better Now I know better Yes I know better Now I know