Dead prez - Overstand lyrics

Are we addicted to the struggle
Or committed to success?
Are we focused on the positive
Or holdin' onto stress?
Not sayin' thing's perfect but in
Many ways I'm blessed
Learnin' how to take the negative
And flip for the best
Everyday bring challenge
Every challenge is a chance to advance
The power is right in our own hands
From a youth full of rage
To a wise grown man
Here I am, life is beautiful now, I overstand

I'm lookin' forward through my rear
View mirror in hindsight
Gotta be more than just a G
If you keepin' your mind right
Better be ready for the battle
Or focused on my fight i ain't sittin' on no
Sidelines watchin' them highlights
I'ma be in the game playin' to
Win but learnin' from setbacks
Strengthen my weaknesses and masterin'
What I'm best at
Power of refinement until you
Get right and exact it's all in your mind
But that depends on where your head's at
Life is a chess match and
Lessons come from your mistakes
Try not to end up in checkmate
No matter whatever it takes
Long as you're breathin' then you
Can be problem solvin'
Stayin' involved, evolved
World keeps revolvin'
For the cause be all you can
From the mornin' to the sunset
You never have no regrets
Took the journey to the edge of
Your fate and then lept
Not just understandin' but overstandin'
Is the objective
Keep it open, in perspective

Just let me be what I am
Take my destiny in my hands
By my actions you can judge where I stand
And I hope one day you'll overstand

Change come from the inside out
No fear, live free, let the truth ride out
I'm steady
Shakin' off the shackles of the old me
Wakin' up daily, meditation, feelin' so free
They hate to see you change yeah
But they don't understand
Unless you see for yourself
Then you won't comprehend
The caterpillar don't care what
You think about him he was born to be fly
His nature gonna bring it outta him
By the struggle I was never broken
I was broken open
I tapped into a source that was omnipotent
Had to shift my focus to my higher purpose
Ain't nothing weak about broke
It takes a fighter's courage
People say they want a revolution
But steady holdin' on the slave ideas
Afraid of evolution in life we live and
Learn, it's practice, theory, practice
Wisdom is organically grown
It's not pre packaged

We think we found the absolute truth
But only to discover it's a labyrinth
We go from one maze into another
So many chambers and angles
Peelin' the onion layers
Within it all I see the same gang
Just different players
So I rebel from the prison
Cell of the pigeon hole
And dare to be myself, original
A man lives on principles -I
Don't posture to be popular
Born to be a leader not just a blind follower

It's family before the dollar
Your priorities in order
And like Bruce Lee say: "Be
The water, be the earth
Be the wind and the fire"
Elevate, take it higher it's instinct
Fulfill your needs and your desires
But we go to be compassionate, considerate
The people's advocate
Eradicatin' ignorance through experience
The more you live
The more you learn and you grow
It has a positive effect on
All the people you know

I hope that you will overstand

Look at things without any opinion
Otherwise you'll never look at reality
Look at things without any philosophy
Without any prejudice, without any dogma
Creed or scripture
Just look, without arrogance
And see the cause of ignorance, and overstand