[Verse 1]
If god did everything we asked of him, we'd be lazy
My name is yung god, but i'd never ask no one to praise me
I'd rather be crazy, and die for what i invested, then to act a certain way for others acceptance
Ima use this great imaginative mind that I was blessed with
I ain't ready to get no women pregnant
It don't make me a bad person cause I've been arrested
I know of cancer, and aids, but hate is the worst type of infection
Still remember the days when i had to choose between dinner and breakfast, didn't have money for both
I believe anything is possible with determination, passion, and hope
You can criticize my past, but not my growth
I accept being seeing as a joke, cause i dont attend to appeal to most
I only fear time, cause it is irreplaceable
Only the mind knows what one is truly capable
The heart is weak and strong, because it tends to hold on to things that are long gone
And strong, because it forgives those who have done wrong
We are not the same
All these industry rappers got unlimited power, but how many live have they changed?
Fuck the fame
I don't give a fuck if you know my name
My music is an immortal thing that can't be explained or contained
My mind is a force that will never show shame
Cause i know violence is nothing but a desperate attempt to protect an unbalanced ego
Niggas think im dumb, but i know that im making sense to someone
Ignorance is just judgement on something that you have never done
Its like have a bunch of bullets with no gun
The human race is the gun, individually we are the bullets
So that means we will never be released from the trigger of peace until we come together you feel me?
[Interlude]
Play back that last 15 seconds and tell me if you feel what I just said this that based poetry, Yung God im back
[Verse 2]
I am spiritual, not religious
I done made a million bad decisions
Its a blessing that im still living
Thank you god
Based poetry, I love life
Don't let nobody have control of your happiness, cause it comes from within, thats wisdom
Based god i see you, (?) i see you, Dex i see you, huh
How many lives have you changed?
How many people trust you?
I know some people that'll support anything I come out with, cause they know what im trying to accomplish
Anybody can get money, only very few can inspire another being
I got respect before i got money
And don't spread my music, my name, none of that if you ain't about change, peace, and love
Im speaking for all my brothers who never gave a fuck about judgement
Who being they self and don't never do nothing to fit in
Fame is the last thing on my mind
And i pray to god that he forgive all you niggas that try to knock a person hustle, and try to bring somebody down
I ain't a part of no religion, but im pretty sure its whats you do, and not how many times you go to church that get you in heaven
No diss on religion
I support anything that inspires somebody to do right
[Interlude]
Based life, Ocean gang, Based poetry, family, progression, love, peace, all that you feel me?
Huh, im happy, im at peace
Huh,huh,huh,huh,huh,huh
Emoo-ootion
Niggas know i got the voice of a angel
Put all my stuff in the bible foreal when I die
We finna change lives nigga
Based poetry, no cursing, HUH!
Huh, this beat so motherfucking dope, imma let this play for like 6 minutes, you feel me?
Huh, peace, Amen
Based Poetry was produced by Daft Punk.
Yung God released Based Poetry on Sat Nov 19 2011.