No Way as the Way

My way might not be your way

But it's okay

It's alright

Your way might not be my way

But it's okay

It's alright

Yeah I used to go to church

But the church didn't quench my thirst

Mama taught me to put gold first

But she never tried to block my search

I was curious, young but serious

Wise religion, so mysterious

Why is black life so hard?

They say you're not supposed to question God

Well, is it okay to question the pastor?

Was it passed down from the slave-master?

It was only the truth I was after

But I never could get a straight answer

So I couldn't be late to the sermon

Put down the bible, then I start learning

About life, didn't know where the path would lead

But I had to get off my knees

My way might not be your way

But it's okay

It's alright

Your way might not be my way

But it's okay

It's alright

I build with the fire that's in us

Only God within us, it's no limits

Study the med two netter from chemic also, I remembered

Smoke herb with the Rastafarians

Who my locks became a vegetarian

Following the dial, filling what the bible lacks

Jewels being handed to a innocent child

My mind is a Buddhist temple, the truth is simple

I try to be principle, walking with a warrior spirit

It ain't nothing like learning from first-hand life experience

I'm a realist, that's all I deal with

Respect the truth, that's all I build with

A child of the universe

My religion is life and it's just as valid

I strive for balance

My way might not be your way

But it's okay

It's alright

Your way might not be my way

But it's okay

It's alright

I gotta admit, I don't know

End to end, which way it's gonna go

Why we sit by the project window

And started living off the land with my kin folk

Is there even a master plan?

An unseen hand? Is God a man?

Some say that's sacrilegious

Same folks selling us lies about Christmas

Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny

Just so the capitalists can make money

They say God will take care of it

But you a terrorist if you say the same thing in Arabic

It's so hypocritical

It's a miracle, listen to the Mexican spirituals

Weighed in the water, I'm following Mr. Minute

That turn I'm paying for my freedom

I'm heading for the border

My way might not be your way

But it's okay

It's alright

Your way might not be my way

But it's okay

It's alright

My way might not be your way

But it's okay

It's alright

Your way might not be my way

But it's okay

It's alright

My way might not be your way

But it's okay

It's alright

Your way might not be my way

But it's okay

It's alright