Light of the Past

[Intro]

With you, for the first time

[Verse 1: Lord Quasimoto]

Today is the shadow of tomorrow

Today is the present future of yesterday

Yesterday is the shadow of today

The darkness of the past is yesterday

And the light of the past is yesterday

The days of yesterday are all numbered in sum

In the world once

Because once upon a time there was a yesterday

Yesterday belongs to the dead

Because the dead belongs to the past, the past is yesterday

Today is the preview of tomorrow but for me

Only for my better and happier point of view

My point of view is the thought of a better or try

Reality is today of eternity

The eternity of yesterday is dead

Yesterday is as one, the eternity of one is the eternity of the past

The past is once upon a time

Once upon a time is past, the past is yesterday today

[Interlude: Sun Ra]

"The music is different here, the vibrations are different

Not like planet Earth

Planet Earth sound of guns—"

[Verse 2: Madlib]

The light of the past is the light which was

The wisdom of the past is the light of the past

The light of the future is the light which is to be

The wisdom of the future is the light of the future see

Yesterday belongs to the dead

Tomorrow belongs to the living

The past is certified as a finished product

Anything which has ended is finished

That which is perfect is finished

The perfect man is no exception to the rule

The perfect man of the past is made according to the rule of the past

The rule of the past is a law of injustice and hypocrisy

The revelation of the meaning of the law is revealed through the law itself

The wisdom of the past is the light of the past

The light which is to be the wisdom of the future

The light of the future casts the shadows of tomorrow

[Outro: Sun Ra, Madlib & Quasimoto]

"The news is different here—"

Sun Ra —Ra

Lord Quas

Madlib

"Under different stars

That would be where the ultimate destiny would come in

Equation wise, the first thing to do is to

Consider time as officially ended"