[00:04.289]These seconds, these minutes right here
[00:09.381]You know who they belong to?
[00:11.648]Us
[00:14.091]That's why they call 'em ours
[00:16.726]It took sacrifice, much loss before the gain
[00:20.524]Paid a drastic price, misfortune and disdain
[00:24.006]Framed a shattered life, the forfeits and the pain
[00:27.422]All the saddest sights, the coffins and the stains
[00:31.947]On days wish I could save the children that we was
[00:35.280]We didn't spare they eyes from all the killings and the drugs
[00:38.909]Steppin' and protectin' them from feelin' any slugs
[00:42.383]Many ways mediate, the savior healin' any grudge
[00:46.143]'Cause in and out the lab bouts was bad, so habits grew
[00:49.597]The steel cold, you don't grow real old actin' new
[00:53.396]And you can count from all my accounts, the stats is true
[00:57.577]To think some was tickled pink when we was beat black and blue
[01:00.863]A knave to say we show it sympathy cause I know essentially
[01:04.279]All the dastard actions that was happenin', I was meant to see
[01:08.064]Dug a lot of work when I was broke and inoperative
[01:11.590]Felt a lot of hurt before I spoke this provocative
[01:14.809]Heart was ice for that cream, tryin' to scoop money
[01:18.462]Now breathe for seeds, whether you throw dirt or root for me
[01:22.214]These seconds, these minutes are ours
[01:25.552]These seconds, these minutes are ours
[01:28.814]These seconds, these minutes are ours
[01:31.943]These seconds, these minutes are ours
[01:39.242]They ours
[01:43.009]So do what you gotta do man, cause you dont get no more
[01:45.828]A finite number
[01:47.916]Gotta seize every, every moment
[01:51.433]From crooked boy to honest man, the latter's gone
[01:55.266]I speak promised land, the common plan - Babylon
[01:58.674]My thwarted thoughts faced for years probably ran marathon
[02:02.484]I care to say, if I ever sail away, the plan's Avalon
[02:06.224]I vent for all the days I spent positioned in the basement
[02:09.579]Feel I had to heal myself, physician and the patient
[02:13.378]Was urged home for all the wrong, my riff with immigration
[02:16.823]I boast to learn my culture 'fore I picked assimilation
[02:20.440]The dose of lies, up close you'll find raps they wisen
[02:24.055]At most they rhyme to gross, mine's appetizing
[02:27.759]Peep the god though, I speak a hard flow of argot
[02:31.062]To steal for meal but for real, I used to starve though
[02:35.086]The routes I scored I doubt the Lord ever condone
[02:38.127]Steps was reckless, reppin' for precious metals and stone
[02:42.112]But now knowledge power, this assemblance evidence shown
[02:45.317]Walk with ghosts of close family and friends, I'm never alone
[02:49.329]These seconds, these minutes are ours
[02:52.701]These seconds, these minutes are ours
[02:56.025]These seconds, these minutes are ours
[02:59.358]These seconds, these minutes are ours
[03:11.631]So accept this - not for its intrinsic value, but as a token
[03:16.967]These hours are ours
[03:18.634]Make a better place
[03:21.352]Mines, yours
[03:24.648]It's our time
[03:27.241]This that good shit, the fly shit, the real shit
[03:30.503]Build, **** all that destroyin', let's live