Mo Mansour -
Be
Be
I wanna be as free as the prophet in a cave in Arabia
First revelations hearing verses from Gabriel
But these rhymes ain't divine, they're just mine
Every line is a sign of the times and a lens to my mind like an iris
Give me ink and some papyrus, and I just, cradle life like Euphrates and the Tigris
I digress. I'll die blessed. And when they ask me where I'm from I reply yes
Then I uproot my family tree, from the first dynasty, to Ptolomy, to Caesar and Antony
Hatshepsut, Ramsees, King Tut, Akhnaton, and Darius
Yo it's scary just, how the genes of our ancestors carry us
They live on through us it's vicarious
We give birth to them, and they bury us
Five millennia of rhymes cominatcha
Plus my girl looks just like Cleopatra
I repeat what they said like a mantra
This is enlightenment this is tantra. This the answer
In the years before he died my father looked me in the eyes
And realized he's gone learn through me
When I'm smiling, that's when he returns through me
If he's gone do it, he's gotta change the world through me
So I say a prayer for the dead and kiss my mother on the head
And try to live my life like she always said
People count they bread, count the mouths you fed
Count the books you read, and how much love you spread
Don't just sit there, live the change you wanna see
Don't be no one else, be the man you aughta be
Everything to come is written down in history
The present is a gift, and I just wanna be
First revelations hearing verses from Gabriel
But these rhymes ain't divine, they're just mine
Every line is a sign of the times and a lens to my mind like an iris
Give me ink and some papyrus, and I just, cradle life like Euphrates and the Tigris
I digress. I'll die blessed. And when they ask me where I'm from I reply yes
Then I uproot my family tree, from the first dynasty, to Ptolomy, to Caesar and Antony
Hatshepsut, Ramsees, King Tut, Akhnaton, and Darius
Yo it's scary just, how the genes of our ancestors carry us
They live on through us it's vicarious
We give birth to them, and they bury us
Five millennia of rhymes cominatcha
Plus my girl looks just like Cleopatra
I repeat what they said like a mantra
This is enlightenment this is tantra. This the answer
In the years before he died my father looked me in the eyes
And realized he's gone learn through me
When I'm smiling, that's when he returns through me
If he's gone do it, he's gotta change the world through me
So I say a prayer for the dead and kiss my mother on the head
And try to live my life like she always said
People count they bread, count the mouths you fed
Count the books you read, and how much love you spread
Don't just sit there, live the change you wanna see
Don't be no one else, be the man you aughta be
Everything to come is written down in history
The present is a gift, and I just wanna be
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Writer(s): Mo Mansour
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