B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Le

* this song originally appeared on GZA/Genius` "Liquid Swords"<br><br>The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (3X)<br><br>Chorus: repeat 2X<br><br>Life is a test many quest the universe<br>And through my research, I felt the joy and the hurt<br>The first shall be last and the last shall be first<br>The basic instructions before leaving earth<br><br>Verse One:<br><br>Knowledge this wisdom, this goes back when I was twelve<br>I loved doing right but I was trapped in hell<br>Had mad ideas, sad eyes and tears<br>Years of fears, but yo my foes couldn`t bear<br>I searched for the truth since my youth<br>And went to church since birth, but it wasn`t worth the loot<br>that I was paying, plus the praying<br>I didn`t like staying cuz of busy-bodies and dizzy hotties<br>That the preacher had souped up with lies<br>Had me cooped up lookin at loot, butt, and thighs<br>Durin the service, he swallowed up the poor<br>And after they heard this, they wallowed on the floor<br>But I ignored, and explored my history that was untold<br>And watched mysteries unfold<br>And dropped a jewel like Solomon, but never followed men<br>cause if you do your brain is more hollow than<br>Space oblivia, or the abyss<br>With no trace of trivia, left with the hiss<br>Does it pay to be deaf, dumb and blind?<br>From a slave we was kept from the mind<br>And from the caves he crept from behind<br>And what he gave, was the sect of the swine<br>When the bible, it condemned the pig<br>I don`t mean to pull your hems or flip your wigs<br>But we used to wear a turban, but now we`re in the urban<br>No more wearing beanies and dress like a genie<br>No hocus pocus cause I focus on the facts<br>And put it on the tracks and brought it through the wax<br>I speak on Jacob, it might take up some time<br>And too much knowledge, it might break up the rhyme<br>I did it anyway just to wake up the mind<br>of those who kiss stones or prays on the carpet<br>Those who sit home, or sell books by the market<br>Need to chill and get their mind revived<br>For years religion did nothing but divide<br>The basic instructions before leaving earth<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Verse Two:<br><br>I strolled through the books of Job to unfold<br>And open bibles, instead of hoping on revivals<br>Calling on His name and screaming hallelujah<br>when he hardly knew ya, that`s how the devil`s fooled ya<br>See look into my eyes brethren, that`s the lies of a Reverand<br>Why should you die to go to heaven?<br>The Earth is already in space, the bible I embrace<br>A difficult task I had to take<br>I studied till my eyes was swollen, and only arose when<br>I found out that we were the chosen<br>I deal with the truth, and build with the youth<br>And teach my son as he kneels on the stoop<br>Son, life is a pool of sin, corrupted with foolish men<br>and women with wicked minds, who build picket signs<br>to legalize abortion, the evil eye distortion<br>I quiz Son with my wisdom<br>Before I converted, I was perverted, and knowledge was asserted<br>The study of wisdom, I perferred it<br>The understanding, it gave me mental freedom<br>I even learnt Caucasians were really the Tribe of Edam<br>The white image, of Christ, is really Cesare Borgia<br>and uhh, the second son of Pope Alexander<br>The Sixth of Rome, and once the picture was shown<br>That`s how the devils tricked my dome<br>I prophesized to save a man, but no one gave a damn<br>for my nation - the seed of Abraham<br>Blessed with the tongue of Hebrew<br>Now we`re strung on needles, and some are plungin evils<br>So study and be wise in these days of darkness<br>Peace to my nephew Marcus<br><br>The basic instructions before leaving earth<br><br>Chorus: repeat to fade