"I lay down my family tree, my mother my father my brother and dee"
First giving honor to God is my testament y'all
I done been here before I can feel in my bones
I'm a saint and a sinner and I'm a late beginner
Prophecy foretold with all the odds against the
The likely outcomes and not to mentions
But I'm not from them I'm from the
Sunday mornings grandmama's prayers and auntie's visions
I'm the universe there in the mirror
Checking myself out
I made 3 galaxies just when I spoke about
Hula Hoop the rings of Saturn amazing things that happen
And all the while still smile at your doubt
All the while still smile at my own I inhabit a zone
That inhabits no clones
Even though I'm like everyone you know
I'm the one named sOuL from from the O, we the ones they owe
For blacks who were drawn to the warmth of other suns
Survived in the hopes of what would come
I'm the grandson of a deacon still putting in work
Said know your worth family first now ain't that church
"I lay down my family tree, my mother my father my brother and Dee"
My ancestors speak my roots run deep
All up in these lands all up in these streets because
"I lay down my family tree, my mother my father my brother and Dee"
From where I stand to everywhere I reach
There's a million shoulders under my feet that say
I got a letter in the mail yesterday no return address
4 pages handwritten says my request
At the time of my demise wish you the best
Tell you keep going on guess this letter is it
My name wouldn't explain so I'll refrain
If you oblige, who am I to claim i exist in another time
7 generations ahead and 7 behind
But I was always close by saying
Use your head hang a right not yet no no never quit
Tell no lie type s%
One page turns and another begins
I knew your parents before they struck gold and produced a gem
Lol but for real as them
If you getting nothing else from this: it's our duty to win
F*%* a set back especially when
You're the ancestor's wildest dreams
Walk high with the crown piece protect the throat
Stay woke, till again we meet
Ink fades to before i go
Have faith: when you feel alone you don't stand alone
Sincerely yours future sOuL
My ancestors speak my roots run deep
All up in these lands all up in these streets because
"I lay down my family tree, my mother my father my brother and Dee"
From where I stand to everywhere I reach
There's a million shoulders under my feet that say
"I lay down my family tree, my mother my father my brother and Dee"
There's a million shoulders under my feet that say
There's a million shoulders under my feet that say
"I lay down my family tree, my mother my father my brother and Dee"
There's a million shoulders under my feet that say
There's a million shoulders under my feet that say