So Be It

The most valuable thing, besides life Is knowing how to keep it And if the way to do that is: living right Then you know how I need it You gotta find your own way to the light I'm just trying to help you see it And if you're just not feeling what I write Then maybe you're just not ready to receive it So be it What is the price of a life? Well, it ranges, depending on who decides and who dies To the murderer it's merely the slice of a knife To the mother, that may depend on what her age is But no matter whoever you discover you can't replace it Face it, we all gotta die sometime, but what I'm sayin' is I'd rather die for something divine Then in the name of fame and glory and pursuit of mine That same old story might suit you fine But it ain't curing the pain I feel inside So deal with your pride But I'm on to what's next 'Cause for some reason I'm not satisfied Knowing the world is such a threat To life, and I can't push that aside I feel I have more to contribute to life Than to just multiply by having sex, so I flex my mind And unify, rather than divide, which is wise But otherwise, I might as well commit suicide For real, I have nothing holding me here I'll state it boldly and clear, my only fear Is that you won't get to hear, what I say But now that it's out of the way I'm no longer afraid, I'm stronger and brave And how I want you to behave Is not wander without an aim, head down in shame But to turn around and exclaim, "Wow, it's time I gave Something back to life for a change" So now, be saved, and maybe I can rest in peace, in my grave Yo, 'cause the smartest person is the one who can gather and comprehend the most complex And proceed, to break it down and dissect, for the purpose of appealing to another's intellect In circumspect, respect the teacher, who desires nothing to collect Who only requests that you be your best and not, contest the creator We're all blessed creatures Let's talk about the way the mind works It constantly stores facts, from the moment of your birth At the same time, using this ever-growing database To interact, while never going back to erase In time and space, the mind is constantly learning The body is the ship, the mind is the wheel turning On a journey that is decided by a soul confined And limited to the reaches of it's body and mind This the way that we enter this world The mind in the center of mass confusion swirled All around, and so it takes control Totally oblivious with no reminder of soul The guidance of the soul provides much help This is my own definition of knowledge of self Now hold, take two steps back and take a deep breath Criticize what criticism that last verse left Before you hide in your shell and laugh at my views Understand my purpose and try on my shoes They might not fit, but understand the shape of my feet The path I'm walkin' is jagged and steep No time for draggin' my feet, I gotta pick up the pace Trying to escape the fate of this confused human race Which means there's only one way to go Against the grain, ironically, against the flow Humans are like salmon, that ignore instinct Who wants to swim upstream when it's much easier to sink? But little do we know what's vital for survival You can think about it, but the world's dying while you idle Death is just a part of life, part of living Part of giving what we've taken This life is a gift, we're all forsaken I don't care what you believe in, in a heaven or a hell Because, in the end we must make it by ourselves It's hard to tell when you're going Driving down the road, then all of a sudden, you never know it It's all over, that why I'm thankful for every moment of life And I'm hopin' to survive, so I dedicate it to living right and strive That my time here isn't wasted Every rhyme or lyric I place in, is laced with my spirit So I remain in your brain when you hear it again, take that painful memory and replace it Remember something pleasant instead Like back in the days when, it was all good I believe everyone goes to heaven and now For that reason, I think, we all should be righteous I think God would appreciate it, despite all the mess that the rest are makin' And I'm not religious, so save it I just have this belief where I consider all life sacred So however it was created, that's all I'm referring to We are the children of the stars, and when I die that's where I'll be returning to Forever burning true, and we could be there together, so yes, this is concerning you I suggest you begin learning to, control your dreams Explore the out of body, your soul is invincible and invisible But most people hardly, ever learn to use it Before you're caught slippin' and it flashes before your eyes as your life, you lose it