We keep embellishin' upon the new uncharted path

Expressin' what we see and how we comprehend the math

So there's enough for everyone, we gotta make it last

We gotta make it last

As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at

Peace to everyone I know and who I go way back with

Every pimp, every mack, every gangsta that jacked

Every hustler feedin' babies, anybody pro-Black

Every sister raisin' kids without the help of a dad

Wantin' for they children all the things that they never had

All the brothers handlin' business, even though shit's hard

Wakin' up at 5 AM, holdin' down three jobs

All my rasta brethren gettin' insight from trees

To my brothers up in college gettin' PhD's

Or any other degree, even if you just read

For mental health, see your conscience that your mind is free

All my people locked down for your past mistakes

Mentally and spiritually, dwellin' past the gates

You can change your ways, elevate today

To all recovered alcoholics chillin' up in AA

Every Black-owned business, keep doin' for self

Helpin' out the community and spreadin' the wealth

Understandin' help ain't gonna come from nowhere else

Revolutionaries makin' the injustice get dealt

With head on, Black people got to meet the task

Educate, keep learnin', got a question? Ask

And let your light keep shinin' and remember the path

By any means necessary, we'll be free at last

We keep embellishin' upon the new uncharted path

Expressin' what we see and how we comprehend the math

So there's enough for everyone, we gotta make it last

We gotta make it last

As I embark on life's journey from the point where I'm at

Peace to everybody strivin' to live right and exact

Even though anxieties try to pull you down

See your troubles as a blessin' and you're homeward bound

Everybody gotta struggle, that's the way of the world

Can't develop biceps if you don't do curls

Can't achieve a garden if you never water your crops

If you never pay your dues, then you won't get props

Couldn't eat a proper meal without cookin' it first

Can't receive a paycheck if you don't do work

If it wasn't for the rain, then the trees won't grow

When the spring came around, what a sight to bestow

When you face adversity's dark cloud, mo' laughs

If you never study, how do you expect to pass?

The grasshoppers laid around while the ants did chores

When the winter came around, he was left outdoors

See, the cycle keeps movin' like a big machine

Evolution of the mind, soul, body, and being

God'll never put upon you more than you can take

Sometimes you even gotta learn from other people's mistakes

So head on, Black people got to meet the task

Educate, keep learnin', got a question? Ask

And let your light keep shinin' and remember the path

By any means necessary, we'll be free at last

We keep embellishin' upon the new uncharted path

Expressin' what we see and how we comprehend the math

So there's enough for everyone, we gotta make it last

We gotta make it last