I don't want to call him, and this is not blasphemy, that man was omnipresent

I don't know how, but he was

He, his life was in his work and that's why you will never, ever, ever forget him

Stop, and listen,

I'ma break it down start to finish,

Since child I knew I had vision

I still quitted, till I didn't

Then the world got big real fast,

It was dog eat dog after class,

I lost fear in unhealthy manner, cause I couldn't get fear from dad

I grew up with some fucked up standards,

I stood tall and I showed my ass

I rose up to the occasion, straight faced while everyone laughs

One day I knew I'd be him

I didn't think it would happen this fast

Tell the world that it's my time

I told God my plans, he laughed,

Truth is I don't know when I'll go

I just pray I get one last dance

In this ghetto that I call home,

Where the love gets left for chance

Black women are angels here, you just forgot how they glow,

Black men keep straps over here, you know that's just how it goes

Drug pusher or a working man, depends on the choices chose,

Systemic oppression, in a hole headed to another hole

Bullet holes and happy meals, alcohol and some cheap thrills,

I wasn't born like yesterday, so I don't plan on being-

One day I want me a son, so I can see just how it feels,

To protect a one of one and never have him questioning if I'm real,

I hope I get married to, to someone with some church appeal,

You know the apple don't fall too far from the tree,

I'll pick it up if you will,

Hey pops I'm a call away,

God called and it's ringing is still,

I picked up on all of my habits,

I still do them but now it's chill,

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working still

Revolutions on the rise

If they say it's hate they lied

Black love always been the truth

I see trust inside your eyes, empathy between each other

They want all our kind to die

The conditions we've been through, the conditions in our lives

It's a cycle in disguise

I'ma say it one more time

The conditions we've been through, the conditions in our lives

Taught us some valuable lessons

One of them is how to survive,

Let's return back to a place, where we both saw eye to eye

Bring community back together, real love is still a fight

I don't want to lose my life, for our peace I'm all for

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working

When it's time for retribution, God can handle everything,

You blowing blocks up for your cousin but would you slide front them police

They trying to destroy the family put our time inside the cage

To fly free inside of America ****, you have to be brave

The next four years gonna be hell, it's you versus you, versus the world outside of yourself

That's the mirror principle, the world cracked but the frame still held

Go ahead take a big deep breath, in heaven we still in hell

Nobody knows next shit

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working still

I wonder how God truly feels, at least from what I understand

To feel nothing and everything, some things I can't comprehend

I shed tears of gratefulness and sadness all at once

I can close my eyes in silence, have a moment just for us

When I thought this shit was over that's when something else begun,

It's my time all over, just when I thought I was done,

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working still

Life's work and I'm working still

It's my time and it's been real

That man was omnipresent I don't know how, but he was

He, his life was in his work and that's why you never ever ever forget him

I give you life