Nimrod - Year of the Dragon lyrics

Gods gift is the birth of child
Been bearing witness ever since my
Addiction to the mercantile
Souls suffer when the serpents wild
Easier to wear the mask
Than to hide behind a perfect smile
When I entered the cold winter
I couldn't start my dreams off the bench
That exposed splinters we rode renters
So I could talk slick on every other breath
Be a good father
How I make amends for mothers death
If I have to go gorilla, I can thump my chest
Born in a dragon fire year
Scorned and laughed at wit jeers
Those the habit's that I fear
When I pen a draft, call me shaft iron spear
No secret when the Nim makes the
Rats hide in fear, it's clear
That where we from has been
War torn and tattered and art imitation
The highest form of flatter
Start liberation
Break out of the norm patterns
Or be on the losing end once
The eye of the storm gathers
A forecaster, prophesied
Formed from dye casters
Alchemist out of Kemet
Broke stones with five masters
That taught me how to read palms, psalms
And alms givin' the roots of my people is
Strong and long livin'
Life, gets religion prolonged
In wrong prisons, i can make
Or brake an atheist, snakes
They song hissin', listen
This is precision piston, German engineered
Thats deep and metaphorical
The oracle appeared geared
Towards mo substance
Im writin' for Joe Public
His family low-budget
One chicken makes fo' lunches
Told my son, ive been around the sun 38 times
Around the slums, seen drugs
Disintegrate minds
All I can do is pray he takes time
And make him walk a straight line
If I see shape in his spine
Cure the scoliosis with focus
What my approach is
I never get noticed as being
One of the dopest
With all due respect to the millennial mix
Your boys bicentennial, I was born in 1976