G.o.d. (gaining One's Definition) Lyrics - Cee-lo

[Common] 

After bein' 25 you know just trying to survive in the world 

Bout to have a little boy or baby girl. Who knows? 

Anyway just when you start getting that little age and experience to you 

You start thinking about stuff, trying to make the right moves 

So bust it out this is what I was thinking check it 

Yo the education of the Lon chicka Lonnie Lynn 

Began, began with time 

Being my bloodline is one with the divine 

In time brother, you will discover the light 

Some say that God is Black and the Devil's White 

Well, the Devil is wrong and God is what's right 

I fight, with myself in the ring of doubt and fear 

The rain ain't gone, but I can still see clear 

As a child, given religion with no answer to why 

Just told believe in Jesus 'cause for me he did die 

Curiosity killed the catechism 

Understanding and wisdom became the rhythm that I played to 

And became a slave to master self 

A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness and his health 

My mind had dealt with the books of Zen, Tao the lessons 

Koran and the Bible, to me they all vital 

And got truth within 'em, gotta read them boys 

You just can't skim 'em, different branches of belief 

But one root that stem 'em, but people of the venom try to trim 'em 

And use religion as an emblem 

When it should be a natural way of life 

Who am I or they to say to whom you pray ain't right 

That's who got you doing right and got you this far 

Whether you say "in Jesus name" or Hum do Allah 

Long as you know it's a bein' that's supreme to you 

You let that show towards others in the things you do 

'cause when the trumpets blowing, 24 elders surround the throne 

Only 144,000 goin' get home 

Only 144,000 goin' get home 

Only 144,000 goin' get it baby 

[Chorus: Cee-Lo] 

I've lived and I've learned 

I have taken and I've earned 

I have laughed, I've cried 

I have failed and I have tried 

Sunshine, pouring rain 

Found joy through all my pain 

I just want to be happy with being me 

[Cee-Lo] 

Let me voice my concern 

So many of my fellow brothers have given themselves a title 

That their actions didn't earn 

Our ignorance is in the same breath as our innocence 

Subconsciously, seeking to find an impressionable mind to convince 

I've finally come to the realization why Black people in the worse place 

Cause it's hard to correct yourself when you don't know 

Who you are in the first place 

So I try to find the clue in you 

But evidently, White folks know more Black history than we do 

Why're we bein' lied to? I ain't know our history was purposely hidden 

Damn, somethin' in me want to know who I am 

So I began my search, my journey started in church 

It gave my heartache relief when I started to understand belief 

Hustling was like a gift spent my share of time in the streets 

Taught me survival from this evil I'm just gonna have to deal with 

And I felt like a fool when I tried to learn it in school 

It almost seemed like a rehearsal when the only 

Science and math are universal 

Taking elder advice, read the Bible, the Koran 

Searched scrolls from the Hebrew Israelites 

Hold on, this ain't right, Jesus wasn't White 

Some leads were granted with insight 

And it's all in the plan, but it took me some time to over stand 

He still created with the imperfection of man 

So, with followin' I disagree 

By no means have I forgotten or forgiven what's been done to me but 

I do know the Devil ain't no White man, the Devil's a spiritual mind 

That's color blind, there's evil White folk and evil niggas 

You goin' surely find there's no positivity without negativity 

But one side you gonna have to choose 

Any chance to speak I refuse to misuse 

So how can you call yourself God when you let a worldly possession 

Become an obsession and the way you write your rhymes and 

Can't follow your lesson 

If a seed's sown, you make sure it's known, you make sure it's grown 

If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own 

If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own 

If you God, then save your own, don't mentally enslave your own