Sage Francis - Next Testament ( Gimme Fund 04) lyrics

"Find God!" exclaimed the man, who
Lost everything he owned, looking stoned
I groaned back, "Find a job
Here's an application"
Retaliation: "Here's a pamphlet"
I said, "Fk this damn shit"
My man flipped and threw his
Hand into his pocket

Pulled out a bible with a
Design that looked tribal
The Next Testament was it's title
"Look it over" "A book? Nosuh what the hell
Does this have to offer?"

A small mirror on the bottom labeled "author"
That's too impersonal

Irreversible actions leave our mind scarred
Looking for the answers "Find
God!" he said again

But, I'm a veteran
Knowing that you are no better
Than or worse than
He compared my last enemy to my first friend

This bum gave me his shirt's pen
"What the heck? You're completely tapped
Thinking that I'm gonna' write
You out a check" he said, "What?" I said
"WHAT!" Snatched the book in hopes
Of finding a myth
Lifted up the front cover, broke the binding

"I bring peace, love happiness and unity!"
Usually I blow it off, but I said
"That ain't what you do to me
What you do to me is
Bring pain, hate, ignorance
And false alternatives to my community"

He sat back and thought it over
With a look that's sort of sober
He stared me in the eye
And said "I don't lie"
(Him or me? Me or him?)

Now we begin to quarrel
Over what's historical
But that's immoral questioning
The oracle's origin we're born through sin

"You need to save yourself, " he said
"But Jesus died for our sins" Then he said
"He ain't dead" "He faked his death?"
I watched my man take a breath as
If he had no more patience left

Then he embraced his chest
Looked as if the holy spirit
Was about to manifest it'self

Mental health is what he lacked
I should have known this without God
When we die every Earthling is homeless
I couldn't look tried to give
Him back his book
As he shook but it was stuck to my hand

What the fuck? God damn!
Embellished in sin and with a devilish grin
This denizen could tell that
I was selfish within
He started speaking in tongues
That I'm unfamiliar with
I held the pen like a knife and threatened
"I kill your myth!"

Civilians drift into a state of violent anger
I can tell when I'm in danger so
I stopped to take a breather
"Listen, I'm a non-believer with no faith
And I don't want none either
It's time for me to leave
Ya', take your book, i ain't no crook"

He said, "It's yours, like the
World, read it good, there's directions"
I flipped through the pages
But they were blank, no deceptions
He mentioned
"Look deeper you'll see it says
More than you could share" i asked, "Where?"
He replies, "That's what the pen's for"