PROLIFIC AND GIFTED. SOUND AND PROFOUND/
LISTEN TO WILLIE J WHEN IT'S TIME TO PUT IT DOWN/
I'M A CHILD OF OPPRESSION/
I WAS TAUGHT VERY HARD LESSONS/
ALL MY INNER DEMONS KEEP STRESSIN'/
THEY WILL KEEP ON IF I LET THEM/
I'M GIFTED IN MANY WAYS. READ MY BOOK. TURN THE PAGE/
I FEEL LIKE I'M TRAPPED IN A STEEL CAGE/
ALL OF MY ANGER TURNS INTO RAGE/
I REMINISCE ABOUT CHILDHOOD YEARS, ALSO ABOUT CHILDHOOD FEARS/
COME TO THINK OF IT, IT ALSO BRINGS BACK CHILDHOOD TEARS/
ALL THE THINGS I USED TO DO, I CAN'T DO NO MO'/
I'M GROWIN' UP, BECOMIN' A MAN. THE FOOLISHNESS HAD TO GO/
I'M BEING REAL TO ALL MY PEOPLE/
I ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL EQUAL/
WE GOTTA PRAY FOR THE AIDS VICTIMS. THAT VIRUS IS VERY LETHAL/ I HATE TO SEE PEOPLE DIE/
I HATE TO SEE CHILDREN CRY/
BECAUSE THEIR STOMACH IS EMPTY. I KNOW HOW THEY FEEL INSIDE/
WE GOTTA KEEPGOD FIRST AND FOREMOST IN OUR LIVES/
THROUGH ALL THE PAIN AND STRUGGLES, WE FOUGHT HARD TO STAY ALIVE/
MY CONDOLENCES GO TO PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LOVED ONES/
IT'S GON' BE OKAY. THEY'RE WIT' GOD AND HIS BELOVED SON/
KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL FROM THE CREATOR. WE'RE ALL HIS CHILDREN/
WHATEVA IT IS YOU'RE HOLDING BACK, LET IT GO. EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS/
THINGS AIN'T GOTTA BE VIOLENT. RESOLVE CONFLICTS PEACEFULLY/
DON'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST DIFFERENT RACES. TREAT EACH OTHER EQUALLY/
I'M REALLY POURIN' MY HEART OUT. R.I.P. TO ALL DECEASED ONES/
MA DEAR, I KNOW YOU'RE PROUD OF YOUR GREAT-GRANDSON/
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR NOW. 'TIL NEXT TIME, PEACE BE STILL/
LIVE YO' LIFE TO THA VERY FULLEST. JUST TAKE YO' TIME AND CHILL/