Almost There

Duration

3:20

Genres

Urban

Description

Lyrics

I can step to a girl/ two-step let her twirl/ spin her back in my arms/ with her back to my palms/ then I dip her/ bend down kiss her/ lips to/ thin air/ was she ever there/ oh where/ oh where/ damn oh well/ getting so close to heaven is like hell/ that/ lingering smell/ inhale/ as it consume the room/ what they call it/ acoustic perfume/ immaculate conception birthed spotless out the womb/ they say emancipation freed the Pharaoh from the tomb/ Shaka, Kabaka, Mansa Musa far from a Kunta-Kinte/ Fenway/ I get over like home-run slide to the plate/ unbuckle my pants let my belly breath/ bout time I ate/ like /one-hundred and eighty degrees I’m straight/ spread wings no angel/ his might /write like ninety degree angle excite/ ignite/ take off like shuttle/ Nasa/ to avoid massa /capture/ sit back/ good times/smile/ laughter/ that’s what I’m after/ after/ you we've had our downs/ Let nothin' in the world darlin'/ Turn us around/ Cause we're almost there/ We're almost there/ We're almost there/ We're almost there/ We're almost there Unravel the mystery/ now is the past to the future every morning there’s a chance to make history/ something that I’d wish you see/ can I tell yah/ ain’t what happens to a man/ but how he responds to it that’s the ultimate determining factor in his success or failure/ Think And Grow Rich/ raise a queen/ not another black teen on Povich/ they done/ talk cheap/ life’s short/ and you only get one/ an ass tryna play moon can’t eclipse the sun/ sometimes you got to crawl to walk/ walk to run/ jump/ fly/ if you bake the cake/ you ain’t got to take a piece of the pie/ you can have it all it’s evident/ prisoner to president/ we’re relevant and heaven-sent/ refined and divine in our element/ not ignorant/ but elegant/ ebony/ ivory/ tusk from the elephant/ musk can you smell the scent/ rust/ see the antiquity/ of us/ be a present in our present /trust/ our worth/ owner/ maker/ cream of the planet Earth/ father of civilization and God of the Universe/ you are/ something special/ god has blessed you/ be the best you/ stand be a man not Peter Pan/ baby boy/ time to leave the crib/ get a home/ number one consumers tell me what own/ from the mountain top I see the thrown/ path I’m own gone lead me there/ look in your crystal ball see me there/ better yet homey see me there