Letter to Mars

[Verse: Jay Electronica] I never could've made it without the prayers of others I never could've made it without the care of my mother Never could've made it without my grandma Dorothy Flowers Who read me from the Book of Psalms before she tucked me in the covers She looked me in my eyes and she cried as she made the point "Trials, they purify, but they take you to your breaking point The swift is the swift, but this race is a long one Just keep your eyes on the sparrow, you'll be good in the long run" Now I'm rolling out the carpet for the Christ on the throne coming This ain't Watch The Throne, this is more like Watch The Homecoming No diss to Yeezy, but I promised to my momma I'm going Dalai with the Lama if I ever make it on the TV I emerged from the darkness, like Jesus out of the tomb My skin clothed in sin, like Jesus out of the womb It took years, months, and days for this wildflower to bloom My cocoon was a mix of light and dark like either side of the moon Forty days and forty nights like Mūsā and Hārūn Hmm mm mm, mm mm, mm They tried to write me off like the little planet Pluton But it only take 8 minutes and 21 seconds for sunlight to consume Now I'm basking in the light of all of those who came before me And Alhamdulillah means "To God be the glory" The Lord is my shepherd, my rock, and my salvation It's just me, my Universal Flag, and my Asiatic Nation Bars, nigga, bars, nigga, bars, nigga, bars There ain't no other clique could spit their spittle next to ours In the stone, I found the answer: earth, wind, and fire For this project, I dropped "Electronica," we merged both the Jays And put a "C" after the "Y," so that the "Z" stand for Czars Ground control to Major Tom, this is a message from-mm-m Mars Ground control to Major Tom, this is a message sent from Mars [Outro: Thom Yorke sample & Louis Farrakhan] "Open your mouth wide A universal sigh And while the ocean blooms It's what keeps me alive So why does this still hurt? Don't blow your mind with whys Ah oh ah Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, ahh Ahh ohh oh ah ah ah ah a ah ah ah ah a-ah A-ah-ah..." "In the name of God, Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful We thank Him, for his–"