Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth-GZA

[ti:Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth] [ar:GZA] [al:Liquid Swords (Explicit Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth - GZA [00:03.73]The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth [00:06.15]The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth [00:08.69]The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth [00:11.26]Life is a test many quest the universe [00:13.84]And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt [00:16.73]The first shall be last and the last shall be first [00:19.21]The basic instructions before leaving Earth [00:21.73]Life is a test many quest the universe [00:24.37]And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt [00:27.31]The first shall be last and the last shall be first [00:30.11]The basic instructions before leaving Earth [00:32.28]Knowledge this wisdom this goes back when I was twelve [00:35.01]I loved doing right but I was trapped in hell [00:37.58]Had mad ideas sad eyes and tears [00:40.01]Years of fears but yo my foes couldn't bear [00:42.78]I searched for the truth since my youth [00:45.04]And went to church since birth but it wasn't worth the loot [00:48.08]That I was payin' plus the prayin' [00:50.06]I didn't like staying cuz of busybodies and dizzy hotties [00:52.77]That the preacher had souped up with lies [00:55.74]Had me cooped up lookin' at loot butt and thighs [00:59.77]Durin' the service he swallowed up the poor [01:01.82]And after they heard this they wallowed on the floor [01:04.09]But I ignored and explored my history that was untold [01:07.48]And watched mysteries unfold [01:09.10]And dropped a jewel like Solomon but never followed men [01:12.04]Cause if you do your brain is more hollow than [01:15.25]Space oblivion or the abyss [01:16.68]With no trace of trivia left with the hiss [01:19.62]Does it pay to be deaf dumb and blind [01:22.35]From a slave we was kept from the mind [01:24.96]And from the caves he crept from behind [01:27.33]And what he gave was the sect of the swine [01:30.19]When the Bible it condemned the pig [01:32.62]I don't mean to pull your hems or flip your wigs [01:35.84]But we used to wear a turban but now we're in the urban [01:38.97]No more wearing beanies and dress like a genie [01:40.91]No hocus-pocus cause I focus on the facts [01:43.63]And put it on the tracks and brought it through the wax [01:46.54]I speak on Jacob it might take up some time [01:48.89]And too much knowledge it might break up the ryhme [01:51.33]I did it anyway just to wake up the mind [01:53.77]Of those who kiss stones or prays on the carpet [01:56.41]Those who sit home or sell books by the market [01:59.04]Need to chill and get their mind revived [02:01.66]For years religion did nothing but divide [02:04.09]The basic instructions before leaving Earth [02:07.04]Life is a test many quest the universe [02:09.73]And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt [02:12.34]The first shall be last and the last shall be first [02:15.20]The basic instructions before leaving Earth [02:17.59]Life is a test many quest the universe [02:20.36]And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt [02:23.16]The first shall be last and the last shall be first [02:26.40]The basic instructions before leaving Earth [02:28.32]I strolled through the books of Job to unfold [02:30.74]And open Bibles instead of hoping on revivals [02:33.39]Calling on His name and screaming hallelujah [02:35.50]When he hardly knew ya—that's how the devil's fooled ya [02:38.98]See look into my eyes brethren—that's the lies of a Reverend [02:42.32]Why should you die to go to heaven [02:44.23]The Earth is already in space the Bible I embrace [02:47.20]A difficult task I had to take [02:48.95]I studied till my eyes was swollen and only arose when [02:52.18]I found out that we were the chosen [02:54.52]I deal with the truth and build with the youth [02:57.41]And teach my son as he kneels on the stoop [03:00.00]Son life is a pool of sin corrupted with foolish men [03:03.12]And women with wicked minds who build picket signs [03:05.58]To legalize abortion the evil eye distortion [03:08.25]I quiz Son with my wisdom [03:10.37]Before I converted I was perverted and knowledge was asserted [03:13.77]The study of wisdom I perferred it [03:15.74]The understanding it gave me mental freedom [03:17.96]I even learned Caucasians were really the Tribe of Edam [03:20.96]The white image of Christ is really Cesare Borgia [03:23.69]And uhh the second son of Pope Alexander VI of Rome [03:27.24]And once the picture was shown [03:29.26]That's how the devils tricked my dome [03:31.52]I prophesied to save a man but no one gave a damn [03:34.78]For my nation—the seed of Abraham [03:37.15]Blessed with the tongue of Hebrew [03:39.14]Now we're strung on needles and some are plungin' evils [03:41.99]So study and be wise in these days of darkness [03:45.47]Peace to my nephew Marcus [03:46.81]The basic instructions before leaving Earth [03:50.01]Life is a test many quest the universe [03:52.33]And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt [03:55.21]The first shall be last and the last shall be first [03:57.85]The basic instructions before leaving Earth [04:00.28]Life is a test many quest the universe [04:02.85]And through my research I felt the joy and the hurt [04:05.91]The first shall be last and the last shall be first [04:08.71]The basic instructions before leaving Earth