Dead Prez - It Was Written lyrics

Chorus And it was written up in the book of lights theres and mansion and your forever more And it was written up in the book of lights theres and mansion and your forever more Verse 1 Well did you know the pen was stronger than the knife and they can k** you once but they cant k** you twice did you know destruction of the flesh is not the ending to life fear not of thee anti-Christ Did you know that I exist before the earth and did you know my eyes are windows to the world Did you know you cant go a Zion and a wear jerry curls Cant tell the boys from the girls Ya body just a vehicle transporting your soul Its what inside the people is beauty to behold Fear not of evil Everyday them fleshed growed Changes of the times they get told Chorus And it was written up in the book of lights theres and mansion and your forever more And it was written up in the book of lights theres and mansion and your forever more Verse 2 Me say me want Freedom, justice, equality As it was written on the book of lights and sociality Me want fa big up Marcus Garvey say me big up Huey P Me na want no brutality in a me reality I can see it in the signs everyday I live Its clear to ma mind somthin getta give The system is the problem but it aint just gonna change The people got to fight as one and break free from the chains We livin in a time where whitey got us corned Shackles on the brain police on every corner They lookin for some soldiers but they so hard to find My elders say be patient cause things come in time Not fast enough because They want fa rewrite ma history and make the motherland a mystery cause we to strong fa them to dis we because if it wasn't how it is then it would definitely be because the days is up blaze it up AFRICAN WARRIOR raise it up Push it up Fill up ya cup We had enough so we're gonna buck Now is the time open ya mind Then you will find its a design You matter what you do no one can stop the time Don't want no KKK no CIA no brutality Ghetto youths and RBG we ridin fa liberty Been here before the start still here after it's over And its written in the heart of every soldier Chorus And it was written up in the book of lights theres and mansion and your forever more And it was written up in the book of lights theres and mansion and your forever more