Dead prez - It Was Written (feat. Damian Marley, Stephen Marley) lyrics

And It was written, up in the book of life
That man shall, endure forever more
And it was written, up in the book of life
That man shall, endure forever more

Well did you know the pen
Is stronger than the knife
And They can kill you once
But they can't kill you twice
Did you know destruction of the flesh
Is not the ending to life
Fear not of the Anti-Christ
Did you know that I, exist before the earth
And did you know my eyes
Are windows to the world
Did you know you can't go a
Zion and a wear jerry curls
Can't tell the boys from the girls
Your bodies just a vehicle
Transporting the soul
It's what's inside people
Is beauty to behold fear not of evil
Every day dem' flesh it grow old
Changes of the time take toll
And it was written, up in the book of life
That man shall, endure forever more
And it was written, up in the book of life
That man shall, endure forever more

Me say me want, freedom
Justice equality as it was written in
The book of life then so shall it be
Me wan fi big up Marcus Garvey
Say we big up Huey P
Me no wan no partiality and I mean, reality

I can see it in the signs
Everyday I live, it's clear to my mind
Somethings got to give
The system is the problem but
It ain't' just gonna' change
The people got to fight as one
To break free from the chains
We livin' in a time
Where whitey got us cornered
Shackles on the brain, police on every corner
Lookin' for some soldiers but they
So hard to find
My elders say be patient cos'
Things come in time

Not fast enough because, yo
They wan fe rewrite me history
And make the motherland a mystery
Cuz we too strong for them dis we
Because it was
And now it is and it will definetly be
Because they days is up blaze it up
African warrior raise it up
Push it up fill up your cup
We had enough we gonna buck
Now is the time open your mind
And you will find it's a design
No matter what you do
No one can stop the time me want no
KKK, no CIA, no brutality
Ghetto yout's and RBGs we ridin for liberty
Been here before the start
Still here after it's over
And it's written in every
Heart of every soldier

It was written, up in the book of life
That man shall, endure forever more
And it was written, up in the book of life
That man shall, endure forever more