The Truth
KRS-One ft. Rich Nice Lyrics

It's not natural
If it goes against God

It's not factual
Her truth is not hard

It's not natural
If it goes against God

It's not factual
Gimme the truth!

Listen to the lyric as the negative is shrinkin
Pay attention to the message as it challenges your negative beliefs

It's shrinkin out your life when you decide to change your thinkin
Negative beliefs limit one's potential, but changing beliefs expands possibilities

One of the first things we gotta switch around of course
Changing beliefs is necessary for growth

Is Jesus Christ, and him dying on the cross
Popular religious beliefs need to be reexamined

You're looking at the cross, surrounded in it's mystery
The cross symbolizes religious mysteries

With Jesus on the cross in a, total misery
Popular beliefs depict Jesus as suffering on the cross

Now separate Jesus from the cross so you can see
Separate beliefs from symbols to see the truth

The truth about the cross, and the cross's history
The true meaning behind the cross and its history

The cross was created by the Roman government
The cross was used for capital punishment by the Roman government

It's only purpose and use, is cap-I-tal punishment
The cross was used solely for capital punishment

But Jesus Christ, was all about the revolution
Jesus' teachings were about a revolution in beliefs

While the cross was used as Jesus Christ's execution
The cross was used to execute Jesus according to popular beliefs

See what if Jesus Christ, was hung upon a tree
Challenge beliefs to see things differently

Upon every church wall, that's exactly what you'd see
Churches would depict Jesus being hung from a tree

If Jesus Christ, was shot in the head with no respect
Jesus could have been executed in a different way

We'd all have little gold guns around our neck
People often wear cross necklaces as symbols

If Jesus Christ was killed in electric chair, now get it
Jesus' execution could have been different

You'd be knealing to the electric chair with Jesus, still in it
People could have worn electric chair symbols instead of crosses

You gaze upon the cross, and you see the execution
The cross represents Jesus being executed

You yell stop the violence but the cross you're still using
People continue to use the cross as a symbol despite its violent history

So I say listen, listen, open up your third eye vision
Open your mind to new ideas

God is not down with religion
God is not exclusively tied to organized religion

Religion they be sellin it, listen up, God is intelligent
Organized religions are selling a product, but God is intelligent

Reading of the bible is irrelevant
Reading the bible is not necessary to understand God

You gotta look within yourself, not a scripture
Focus on inner spirituality rather than following scripture exclusively

KRS-One comes to rearrange the God picture
The singer challenges traditional views of God

If you sit and believe, you can achieve
Beliefs can affect one's abilities

If you sit and accept, you don't know, what's correct
Acceptance blocks learning and growth

Or incorrect, take for instance Adam and Eve
Traditional beliefs about Adam and Eve may not be accurate

Their first time in heaven kids they had, Cain and Abel
Adam and Eve's children were Cain and Abel according to traditional beliefs

Huh, now let me show you why the story's unstable
The singer challenges the accuracy of the biblical story

According to the story, according to what you believe
Traditional beliefs about the story of Adam and Eve

There was only Cain, Abel, Adam, and Eve
According to traditional beliefs, these were the only people on earth at the time

On the whole planet, now use your intellect
Question traditional beliefs using critical thinking

And tell me, what did Cain and Abel do for sex?
Traditional beliefs don't explain where Cain and Abel's partners came from

Upon the whole planet there was not another
According to traditional beliefs, there were no other people to procreate with

Could it be for sex, heh, they were looking at each other?
The artist challenges traditional beliefs about the origins of procreation

Hold up! I thought the church wasn't into that
The church is often against challenging traditional beliefs about sex and procreation

But wait, still yet, there is another fact
There are more facts to consider when examining traditional beliefs

How did the world get populated?
Traditional beliefs don't explain how the world became populated

Now tell me if I'm wrong, but obviously Eve had it goin on
The artist questions traditional beliefs about Eve and suggests she may have had multiple partners

Think for a minute, I know it gets notorious
Challenging traditional beliefs can be controversial

But yo G, check out the chorus
Return to the central message of challenging beliefs

Yo yo
An exclamation

Yo bring that back
Rewind the music or lyrics

I want to say something on this BlastMaster session
The singer wants to contribute to the discussion

Yo this is Rich Nice
The singer introduces themselves

You brothers gotta stop treating these hoes like nice girls
The artist challenges gendered language and behavior

And these nice girls like hoes
The artist challenges the double standard in how men and women are treated

True indeed, I'd like to welcome the rebirth of the Goddess
The singer advocates for the resurgence of female empowerment

Word up it's all about knowledge of self
The key to empowerment is understanding oneself

Yo Busta Rhymes, why don't you take the session over from here
The artist passes the microphone to Busta Rhymes