The significance of the number thirteen Thirteen brings the test the suffering and the death It symbolizes the death to the matter or to oneself and the birth to the spirit The passage on a higher level of existence It took me thirteen years to get to my first album Thirteen tracks are on my first album Harriet Tubman went on thirteen mission to free hundreds of her people out of slavery Each song on the album is me going on a mission Symbolic to Harriet Tubmans to free her brothers and sisters out of bondage The mission of this album is to free myself which is to free my brothers and sisters In eradicating any pre-conceived notions of myself The passage to higher level of existence is where I reside Step inside and enjoy the ride Tabula rasa The underground tunnel to the motherland Undercover the conductor moving contraband The underground tunnel to the motherland Risk it all so we can make it to the promised land All aboard The train about to leave All aboard every African held in bondage The mission covert operation underground surveillance I'm on my tailor made shit and my faith is hella crazy Young Harriet never stayed at no Marriott Station masters owned the safe houses we would crash at Treading these rugged deep dark terrains is ugly Seek first the kingdom pray your righteousness fall on me I'm overzealous the Lord embellish my presence Illuminated my essence I light the way for my brethren To the promised land heaven amongst the hell of man Escaping plantations filled with the blood of the Africans We rolling the same but I keep the iron on me Cause we be weak in they flesh and thinking freedom is free Pray the spirit on me Death over bondage cause we strapped up and ready to liberate the homies Uhh The underground tunnel to the motherland Undercover the conductor moving contraband (To free the people I got to free the people) The underground tunnel to the motherland (Free the people the only thing we be talking bout) Risk it all so we can make it to the promised land Swing low sweet chariot I dedicate this one to Harriet Nicknamed Moses lead her people through the waters Took a vow to serve the tribe and free her kinfolk out of bondage You couldn't bare the burden to concerned with rocking birkins Imagine tasting freedom then risking it all but for one purpose To be of service to the brothas who can't see a way And move off faith because God's grace navigate my way I was in the trenches hopping fences hope the wolves don't prey Freedom over everything the sweetest thing I've never seen Silence hear the mockingbird I swear I heard the angels sing Never knew no good thing dreams is all I ever had Dreaming of the promised land liberate the common man It gon take a village once we in it then we in it Black woman Black queen Mother Earth reign supreme And let em' know a sista broke the yokes and set a nucca free The underground tunnel to the motherland Undercover the conductor moving contraband (Free the people I got to free the people) The underground tunnel to the motherland (Free the people the only thing we be talking bout) Risk it all so we can make it to the promised land