Common - Be (Intro) lyrics

Yeah yes

I wanna be as free as the
Spirit's of those who left
I'm talking Malcolm, Coltrane, my man Yusef
Through death grew conception
New breath and resurrection
For moms, new steps in a direction
In the right way, told her
"Inside is where the fight lay
And everything a nigga do may not
Be what he might say"
Chicago nights, they stay on the mind
But I write many lives
They lay on these lines
Wavin' signs of the times
Many say the grind's on the mind
Shorties blunted-eyed and everyone
Wanna rhyme
Bush pushing lies, killers immortalized
We got arms but won't reach for the skies
Waiting for the Lord to rise
I look into my daughter's eyes
And realize I'ma learn through her
The Messiah might even return through her
If I'ma do it
I gotta change the world through her
Furs and a Benz, Gramps wantin 'em
Demons and old friends, Pops
They hauntin' him
The chosen one from the land
Of the frozen sun
Where drunk nights get remembered
More than sober ones
Walk like warriors, we were never told to run
Explored the world to return to
Where my soul begun
Never looking back, or too far in front of me
The present is a gift, and I just wanna be