The Sun - Mr. Lif

I came from the wind, came from the seas

Came from kings, came from queens

Provided means to express what’s seen

I’m the hope that’ll gleam

When things seem useless

Futile, fruitless

I’m hoping you can use this, the truth can be ruthless

You’re launching your attack, then you need some theme music

Expressing your emotions in sync with the oceanic

Tide -- believe but gonna grind, don’t panic

I could be frantic or maybe mellow and soothing

No matter what tempo, with form I’m still moving

I move Bob Marley and I moved Etta James

Then they claim when the fire breaks out, I’m to blame

Same people who raised hell in their youth

Now they got all types of advice to tell you

Do what you feel if your actions are real

Then you shall find glory when the truth is revealed

Just follow your call and when your visions are done

Then wonder

Where did you come from?

High in the sky, baby, you’re the sun (you're the sun)

I’ve been waiting for someone like you (someone like you and you, come on)

Where did you come from?

Where did I come from?

Well it starts with the drum

Enemies run once you hear my rhythm, you’re done

You shouldn’t have come

It shouldn’t have spun us into bondage

Forty acres and a mule, another broken promise

We’re working in the fields where you should pay us as farmers

Make a compromise, well that’s the way you Uncle Tom us

Divide and conquer, on the road we grow stronger

Every situation you create will make us thoughtful

Freedom’s what we long for

Our pain and our soul

All captured by a reel as our story is told

So our future generations can express and unfold

In modern societies as we’re nearing our goals

Emcees will be the vessel, as long as they don’t aim

The minds of our youth toward material gains

If this starts to happen then you’ll turn towards the captain

That’s where you’ll find me checking in ready for action

Solar generated, cultivated by the sun

Just follow your call and when your missions are done

Then wonder

Where did you come from?

High in the sky, baby, you’re the sun (you're the sun)

I’ve been waiting for someone like you (someone like you and you, come on)

Where did you come from?

Where did I come from?

Sit back and just wonder

Earth is my element -- lightning, thunder

Grey skies signify the pain I been through

You can see it in my eyes unleashed at every venue

Messages I send you can cut like Tenchu

Until you recognize your potential I won’t let you

Wander aimless, nameless, carrying the stainless

Steel concealed, fucking with crime to gain famous

Low -- wanna race around the world, let’s go

No luggage though -- that anger that you carry let go

I ran far, way past the prices in Myanmar

Through to the Mugabe where eternal sands are

Gazed at the horizon and the future looked enticing

So my only choice, lay out my path and keep grinding

Wiling -- saying fuck the critics, never compromising

I’ll push your eyes in if you’re sleeping while I’m verbalizing

Yes I do this out of love and for the fun

Just follow your call and when your missions are done

Then wonder

Where did you come from?