Meditation (feat. Common, Robert Glasper & Karriem Riggins)

I met a little boy, he asked me, "Where are we now?" I met a little girl, she asked me if I was proud Of what I had become and what the world would allow I might put up a fight, but yet I'm still losing ground If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears a sound Did it really ever happen at all? Did it really ever happen at all? I'll tell you this: I put the work in daily, so it's my belief, I can't fall As we go into the well of the black pool of genius, August Greene Time meets worth, rhyme beats birth of a new day, born again Good mornin', these beginnings never form an end Crowns of righteousness not to see the thorns again I argue with my aura, am I born to win or born to sin? Maybe both, contribute to daily growth, oath is taken like Liam Neeson Somebody take my daughter, they gon' cease from breathin' They body snatchin' black girls in DC Politics and propaganda on the TV Distractions, distractin' us from action It's time for some, time for some passion There's a time for patience, a time for communication A time for formation, a time when it's overflow, and a time when it's wastin' They say time's on our side like a hip replacement This shine that I wear is from them times in the basement A time to rebuild, a time to be ill, a time to be still, a time that we heal On the mountain top, the youth from the fountain drop Thoughts about being forever young, it's like a deacon never ever sung With the choir, this is praise and worship, everyday's a circus I walked the tight rope, tryna find a way to work it Yeshua paid for our sins, that's the greatest purchase To keep it 100, we made imperfect What I strive for is what I live for Studied the lessons, now the lesson is to give more And endure trials with style like Johnnie Cochran I rap with a gift that can't be boxed in, winnin' is the doctrine Starin' time in the face, I guess that I'm a watchman My father created time, yes I'ma watch him Locked in, tryna get out of a sunken place A blackness that ain't defined by time and space