tell us what the math is judge me like im elvis to the masses or any degree thirds preferred burn hollywood burn until all of you learn until all of you earn your passes you want to write a passage you need a right of passage a rose is just a rose when only seen through colored glasses some make the honor roll even though they skipping classes ain t ever gonna blow unless you see a roll of cash or be a brown nose this is how it goes unless you beat a different drum watch me beat you with these drums mother fucker whiplash i dont normally use fuck but i had to write this i dont usually give ones for the self righteous id rather confuse them to try and enlighten cus in their own way theyve all abused us with silence now are you listening then turn about face if it ain t about religion its about race and if you ain t up on your shit then its about chase they wanna run you till you quit it ain t about race guess im an alternative christian cus i ain t tryna alter natives to be christian offering no ultimatum to be christened im saying were all alltta mate are you listening african kinsman traveling inland maybe after millions of years of being fish man maybe after millions of years wed coexist and act like were listening man are you listening lets take it back to this rap and my skin tan im saying pigment fact or a figment now lets take back to when none of that existed now lets take it back to something that rakim said it ain t where you from its where you at thats if you see yourself clearly on the map now are you listening then turn about face if it ain t about religion its about race and if you ain t up on your shit then its about chase they wanna run you till you quit it ain t about race