Overstand

Are we addicted to the struggle or committed to success?
 Are we focused on the positive or holdin' onto stress?
 Not sayin' thing's perfect but in many ways I'm blessed
 Learnin' how to take the negative and flip for the best
 Everyday bring challenge, every challenge is a chance to advance
 The power is right in our own hands
 From a youth full of rage, to a wise grown man
 Here I am, life is beautiful now, I overstand
 I'm lookin' forward through my rearview mirror in hindsight
 Gotta be more than just a G if you keepin' your mind right
 Better be ready for the battle or focused on my fight
 I ain't sittin' on no sidelines watchin' them highlights
 I'm gonna begin the game playin' to win but learnin' from setbacks
 And my strengths and weaknesses and masterin' what I'm best at
 Power of refinement until you get right, exact
 It's all in your mind, but that's dependin' where your head's at
 Life is a chess match and lessons come from your mistakes
 Try not to end up in checkmate no matter whatever it takes
 Long as you're breathin then you can be problem solvin'
 Stayin' involved, evolved, world keeps revolvin'
 For the cause be all you can from the mornin' to the sunset
 You never have no regrets
 Took the journey to the edge of your fate and then lept
 Not just understandin' but overstandin' is the objective
 {keep it open, in perspective}
 Just let me be what I am
 Take my destiny in my hands
 By my actions you can judge where I stand
 And I hope one day you'll overstand
 Change come from the inside out
 No fear, live free, let the truth ride out
 I'm steady, shakin' off the shackles of the old me
 Wakin' up daily, meditation, feelin' so free
 They hate to see you change {yeah}
 But they don't understand {no}
 The less you see for yourself, you won't comprehend
 The caterpillar don't care what you think about him
 He was born to be fly, his nature gonna bring it outta him
 By the struggle I was never broken, I was broken open
 I tapped into a source that was omnipotent
 Had to shift my focus to my higher purpose
 ain't nothing weak about broke, it takes a fighter's courage
 People say they want a revolution
 But steady holdin' on the slave ideas, afraid of evolution
 In life we live and learn, it's pratice, theory, practice
 Wisdom is organically grown, its not pre-packaged
 {it's forward baby, never backwards}
 We think we found the absolute truth
 But only to discouver it's a labyrinth, we go from on maze to another
 So many chambers and angles, peelin' the onion layers
 Within it all I see the same gang, just different players
 So I rebel from the prison cell of the pidgeon hole
 And dare to be myself, original
 A man lives on principles --I don't posture to be popluar
 Born to be a leader not just a blind follower
 It's family before the dollar, your priorities in order
 And like Bruce Lee say: "Be the water, be the earth, be the wind and the fire."
 Elevate, take it higher
 It's instinct, fulfill your needs and your desires
 But we go to be compassionate, considerate, a people's advocate
 Eradicatin' ignorance through experience
 The more you live, the more you learn and you grow
 It has a positive effect on all the people you know
 {it's motivation}
 I hope that you will overstand {look at things without any opinion
 otherwise you'll never look at reality
 look at things without any philosophy, without any prejudice, without any dogma, creed or scripture
 just look, without arrogance
 and see the cause of ignorance, it overstands}
 {Change is neccessary to evolution
 The universe contains incredible diversity
 And you cannot experience it all within the confines of one comfortable lifestyle
 Look ahead to what you will think of your life at it's end
 You will probably not want to look back and say it was cozy and dull
 Thus, react positively to what seems to be disaster
 Remember that what seems how to be disaster may be an important step toward evolution
 And may even be identifiable as such at some point in the future
 Every great loss takes you out of a rut and starts life anew
 Be grateful for the time you had and your former happy state
 And look forward eagerly to the new phase
 Information age.}