Rankofa X - Construction

I remember the first time I finally gave a fuck for once
Me and a few friends was finna roll up
And face a roach blunt
As I lit it, I learned it's several levels
To my decisions some illicit
My current state of affairs
Like MC Escher's conception of stairs
Unaware if I'm going
Up or down, left or right
Shit that's why I be blowing
No option a or b, none to select
Can't put the cheat code in
I'm topsy turvy, nervously
Popping a sertraline
Trying to keep from cursing
At these persons saying
Damn you changed, you different
What I'm supposed to do?
Stay the same? Ridiculous
I done had to build it, destroy it
And then rebuild it
And you wasn't with me in the gym bitch
Lost in a hall of mirrors, unclear
Whether the only exit
Leads to a coffin or circus
This is Us, semi sterling
Tethered to the nether never to resurface
Couldn't stomach the pleasure of sunny weather
Belching unsweetened iced tea with Alka Seltzer
My effervescence was seldom present
But the very essence of that which makes me truly
Can not be created nor destroyed
In the end we all return to the void
Or reincarnation the nascence
Of a young star being born
At an early age
I knew I was a different individual
Change is the only constant thus life is cyclical
Some blasts from the past come back to revisit you
Loud and clear in dolby digital
Just to say
You changed you different
What I'm supposed to do?
Stay the same? Ridiculous
I dun had to build it, destroy it
And then rebuild it
Build it, destroy it
rebuild it brick by brick
And you wasn't with me in the gym bitch
The starting and stopping is part of the process
Slow motion is better than none
The more organized the more efficient
Except for religion if left to the critics
The hoe strolling is better than nun
Whether I'm abiding by a codified lot of guidelines
Or got my own set of rules I apply
The Kingdom of God is I
Self-discovery melts at two hundred thirty three degrees
c-el-sius
They see the cells and fail to free us
So the jail starts to heat up
I'm CL smooth you can't tell
They jelly and still trying to be us
Since they can't beat us
From the days as a fetus
They feed us all manner of BS
Them the same nails they beat into Jesus
So help me Father
Kafka metamorphed from moth to beetle
Often people get lost in steeple
The largest evil right under your pew
All these leaders try to mislead us
And they often do
This the shakedown
85-10-5 percent breakdown
Maybe I been inclined to break down
Shit I'm thirty eight now
Understand how to build and destroy
And rebuild, destroy
And rebuild, destroy
And then rebuild it
Brick by brick, build it
Destroy it, rebuild it brick by brick
And you wasn't with me in the gym bitch
Construction

Written by:
Abdus-Salam DeVaul

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