The Healing

[Intro] Statik Selektah [Verse: Black Thought] Ayo, I seen crooked cops aimin' to please They'll pop brothers in their backs after they freeze Innocent people stomped like they in stampedes They choke out queens and call 'em chimpanzees Anybody could get it, what's honor to thieves? And you ain't even gotta see this shit to believe They'll call about the way them things happen in threes Never any better to make then to receive It's greazy and livin' ain't easy, ain't a Porgy and Bess And the story get stretched, as long as any glory is quest It's purely a test, the moral is the more we invest The more the return, when excellence is all we accept Respect that I earned is testament that surely I'm blessed Never stress, that's a prerequisite to earlier death Redemption is mine, exactly what I'm here to collect If I leave, then I'ma exit with a serious rep' And the one relation of 'Riq is a motivational speaker No vacationin' either, my dedication is eager 'Nother notch on the belt, it's another lace in the sneaker I been feelin' myself since I felt the bass in the speaker I been healin' myself, that's another way to get equal I'm revealin' myself as another face of the people All my greatest achievements prevail in the face of evil All my brothers and sisters, keep willin' so they can see you