Verse One:

On a journey unseen so where do we go / is the fame and the lights irrational / .....looking for a heaven to better my soul / spaceship / take me high like Wiz or Monroe / ...Marilyn never leave her alone I'll cry / shedding tears for moments I thought I would die / slow death / with the John Doe's / .......can I dream / can I live / think French / can't I pose like / I ain't worried bout nothing / only worried bout frontin / cuz I can't afford to not achieve / greatness..... / only can afford to be as great as late Chris / Wallace on my heart / gotta feed my daughter / shit / and my son / so my words mean wealth / language Buffet / Malcolm before the great trip / Mecca / and my soul brothers / so righteous / wreckas / they around cuz we on fly shit / only on the tip to make a child uplift from whatever their vice is / young leaders need a chance not a crisis... / gotta stay above water no Pisces / losing hope only comes when you no longer fight shit / when you can't breathe / can't feel / cold hearted so you can't leave / so trapped / Outkast / elevators / stop / shit / ain't no going up /...many end up at the bottom bad luck.... / started from the bottom knowing up so bittersweet / struck by it all old friends out-of-sight / in the dust / cut em' all off if they poison I must / if they killed Jesus who the hell can I trust / all faith everything watch your enemies they know / success kills slow / I'm killing the whole crowd / they so low you leaping the plateaus / so you can't feel em hate / autistic in high clouds / can't stop a snake from biting to kill growth / can't stop God / I'm Nas / so hate now.... / you can't sell us... / sell us out Margelias / reinvent the youth / Marsalis / rather see em' fly than be bound like a fetish / in a room so jealous /....of they God-given energy / with a glow like a pack down in Tenn-E-Key / white.... / angels over my life .... / seek .... / for the battles that we can't fight / weak / that light in us dimmed and they can't see the demon and we surely turn Phife / against the machine my rage under wraps / cuz I don't want seem like Yeezus / and be God-like....

Chorus One (Rizzo):

We've Waited soon Long / we've made it through / can never go / wrong / trust my Dreams and I'll follow through (Repeat 4x).