Man Above Lyrics - The Seventh Seal - Rakim

The man above been talking to me 

He said he understands my view 

He's always walking with me 

Cause he sees what I've been through 

When the world starts kicking me around 

All in my face, make me want to put 'em down 

Trying to earn, trying to learn, trying to love like a man 

Sometimes it feels like it's out of my hands- 

I'm from the hood that's forever sinning 

Where life is took for granted here so death is winning 

Nothing but blues around, feels like we're losing out 

Times that spent in this environment confuse a child 

As a juvenile I ran wild I ran out of blessings 

Been in and out of prison as an adolescent 

My goal was getting it, til something said to turn my life around 

Redirect my hustle, and go legitimate 

Til I get corporate and invest fortunes 

With exec bosses sitting behind a desk at the office 

I'm left jobless, nobody hiring ex-convicts 

That don't mean I'm less conscious 

It's so hard when they close doors 

And when you looking like a so-called hip hoppa you get nada 

Stereotyped, scarred for life stigmata 

But still a kid's gotta get a dolla 

I tackle choices every day that's hopeless 

I hear a voice saying "stay focused" 

Fast money, cars, and broads will mislead you 

Love backwards here is evol but it's legal 

Multi-task I make a fortune faster 

Keep rhymin til I'm climbing up the corporate ladder 

In my community, you've gotta go out of your way if you're out to get paid 

Than back up and wait for opportunity 

I try not to blame society 

I eat my pride cause I know deep inside it's me 

But not entirely, when a man try to live righteously 

And propriety turn to anxiety 

I thought I paid back the system when I stayed in prison 

Left the stripes, see what success is like 

But the way they set the price 

You spent your childhood in the wild hood 

You're in debt for life 

I figured out what was talking with me 

When I do right I feel him walking with me 

So I'm adamant, some call it arrogance 

I can cope it cause I know I'm broke for having sense 

But my back's against the wall, it's getting rough to get a buck 

In a job with a minimum wage won't get enough 

Faced with giving up, and my lady friend's beefing, 

Ends ain't meeting, we just an argument away from splitting up 

It gets lonely, my fam disowned me 

Called me the black sheep cause I act street 

Yea it's that deep, I tried to change clicks 

Homies flipped on me cause I don't hang; we have beef 

But I'm at peace so that cease, at least 

I ain't got no ties on my Porsche ride 

And no time for no crime, knowing that the most high 

Is watching with a close eye 

They say I'm from the hood 

That mean I'm no good