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–"