Straight Street (Feat. Meryem Saci)

yeah.
 You know theres a lot of song out there about life in the street
 but this one, this is about The street
 Its just what we call faith livin' on the street called straight
 i took a stroll down the straight called str8
 met a medicine man about 1/3 of the way
 predecessor to the pusherman
 with somethin to say
 about an apple a day
 keepin the sickness away
 i valued his advice at face
 at first
 till he enlightened me to how precise nature worked
 givin us citrus fruits in winter time for vitamin c
 just met each other but im already invited for tea
 (sub7an allah)
 as fate would have it
 he & i turned out to be related
 a small world's even smaller when you're arab - aint it?
 made it a point to soak in all his information
 bout regenerative meditations
 & preventitive medication
 like a modern Ibn Sina
 with a pretty calm demeanor
 & a remedy for everything
 that plagued the arab nations
 yet when asked of how to cope with our impossible fate
 he just said follow the middle path
 to a Street Called Straight
 it's just what we call fate
 llivin on a Street Called Straight
 it's just what we call fate
 llivin on a Street Called Straight
 it's just what we call fate
 llivin on a Street Called Straight
 that's where we cease all hate
 & pray to 3ish peace all day
 i took a stroll down the street called str8
 met a spiritual teacher about 2/3 of the way
 predecessor to the preacherman
 with somethin to say
 about a prayer a day
 keepin the satan's at bey
 he spoke of angels on our shoulders
 and the angles of our solar
 systematic self-destruction
 metaphysical corruption
 with a danger to our polar
 ice caps
 till it's out of our control
 & in the hands of our beholder
 we philosophized for over
 20 minutes like that
 taught me lessons
 any questions he would
 give em right back
 said the answers were within us
 & i didnt like that
 but i realized later why he did it like that
 i had so much more to learn
 clock was ticking - couldnt stall
 committed his words to my memory
 his wisdom was enthrallin
 yet when askin him what was the most important to recall
 he just said follow the middle path
 Straight Street & that is all
 it's just what we call fate
 llivin on a Street Called Straight
 it's just what we call fate
 llivin on a Street Called Straight
 it's just what we call fate
 llivin on a Street Called Straight
 that's where we cease all hate
 & pray to 3ish peace all day
 i took a stroll down the street called str8
 met a carpenter hard at work at the end of the way
 predecessor to the architect with somethin to say
 about not doin tomorrow
 what should be finished today
 he manipulated wood & metal till it followed function
 building all through Via Recta
 & Cardo Maximus junction
 somethin told me he was wise beyond his years
 i had a feelin
 from the way that he'd exposed the beams
 & ornamented ceilings
 with an ambidextrous half
 nonchalantly jest & laugh
 sayin that my western education
 made it hard to grasp
 his connection to the past
 deep-rooted in his craft
 but was more than willing to share with me
 the tools he knew i lacked
 and for that i would be grateful
 learnin how to build the monumental for the playful
 & the humble for the faithful
 yet when asked of how we'd stack against our impossible odds
 he just said follow the middle path
 Straight Street to the Gods
 it's just what we call fate
 llivin on a Street Called Straight
 it's just what we call fate
 llivin on a Street Called Straight
 it's just what we call fate
 llivin on a Street Called Straight
 that's where we cease all hate
 & pray to 3ish peace all day