Chapter 13: King - Sho Baraka, Tedashii, Lizi Bailey

I’m a stranger, no one knows me

No one understands the troubled man that I be

How’d I get here?

Please come and find me

I wanna go somewhere that all my cares can be free

Yeah, I had a dream all people were made equal (yea)

Hollywood and hip-hop didn’t exploit evil (dang)

Ignorance wasn’t synonymous with Hood (dang)

We wanted God and we didn’t settle for good (dang)

In my dreams He will save you

And Lord’s not a name to increase an agenda or platform (dang)

In a world where government cared more

About feedin' the poor and not fundin' the war (dang)

No matter your color we were all brothers

Some just have a different type of tan than others

Ha, in my dream hate was bowin' down to grace

Along with racism they were mentored by faith

Ha, then it grew and it became service along with racism

They were mentored by purpose

In my dream anger was quick to listen

Charity and peace were close friends with riches (yeah)

Contentment was never jealous of business

And pride was always kickin' it tight with forgiveness

Ha, in my dreams it’s such a good life there

I’m startin' to think I don’t belong in this nightmare (hey)

Oh, something in me knows this is not my home

This is not my home

And a stranger I will be until you come for me

Until you take me home

It’s been so many years, count the days and hours

I feel trapped in this world wide web no browser

Search my journey a pilgrim no mayflower

Just April showers April fool, April fool

Flashback grab that had that where’s that fast track fade black

Ha where did it go?

First home first gone thirst on hurts strong search on what’s wrong

Ha where did it go?

Thrill is gone — that’s the blues under blue skies

Time flies for every mile do I earn rewards

Tell me Lord put somethin' on my commissary

Penitentiary livin' from this sentence so wanna run on run home

Tryin' to find myself that I lost that was so long

But after all this time my mind’s so gone

My past is a stranger, my presence is acquainted

I soon forget my future I ain’t never met

Unknown plastic faces displaced to betrayed visions

Images of shenanigans yeah dummy like mannequins

Can I speak candidly more fake than for real

Livin' in a fantasy freeze time insanity

Born to crawl walk run walk then crawl

The fate of all to face the call of every man’s fall

The pain of that can drive many to be maniacs

Or manic depressive requestin' that’s how insane we act

It’s hard to face the facts that soon this track will run its course

I just pray that we’ll be okay with what this means for us

The end is near no need to fear when hope is clear

The time keeps moving, it’s true, bring in the chorus

Man it’s such a good life there

You don’t like my dreams, well good luck in this nightmare

Huh, it’s such a good life there

You don’t like my dreams, well good luck in this nightmare

Dang it’s such a good life there, such a good life there

You don’t believe in dreams, well good luck in this nightmare

Yeah good luck in this nightmare

It’s such a good life there

I’m a stranger