[00:04.289]These seconds, these minutes right here[00:09.381]You know who they belong to?[00:11.648]Us[00:14.091]That's why they call 'em ours[00:16.726]It took sacrifice, much loss before the gain[00:20.524]Paid a drastic price, misfortune and disdain[00:24.006]Framed a shattered life, the forfeits and the pain[00:27.422]All the saddest sights, the coffins and the stains[00:31.947]On days wish I could save the children that we was[00:35.280]We didn't spare they eyes from all the killings and the drugs[00:38.909]Steppin' and protectin' them from feelin' any slugs[00:42.383]Many ways mediate, the savior healin' any grudge[00:46.143]'Cause in and out the lab bouts was bad, so habits grew[00:49.597]The steel cold, you don't grow real old actin' new[00:53.396]And you can count from all my accounts, the stats is true[00:57.577]To think some was tickled pink when we was beat black and blue[01:00.863]A knave to say we show it sympathy cause I know essentially[01:04.279]All the dastard actions that was happenin', I was meant to see[01:08.064]Dug a lot of work when I was broke and inoperative[01:11.590]Felt a lot of hurt before I spoke this provocative[01:14.809]Heart was ice for that cream, tryin' to scoop money[01:18.462]Now breathe for seeds, whether you throw dirt or root for me[01:22.214]These seconds, these minutes are ours[01:25.552]These seconds, these minutes are ours[01:28.814]These seconds, these minutes are ours[01:31.943]These seconds, these minutes are ours[01:39.242]They ours[01:43.009]So do what you gotta do man, cause you dont get no more[01:45.828]A finite number[01:47.916]Gotta seize every, every moment[01:51.433]From crooked boy to honest man, the latter's gone[01:55.266]I speak promised land, the common plan - Babylon[01:58.674]My thwarted thoughts faced for years probably ran marathon[02:02.484]I care to say, if I ever sail away, the plan's Avalon[02:06.224]I vent for all the days I spent positioned in the basement[02:09.579]Feel I had to heal myself, physician and the patient[02:13.378]Was urged home for all the wrong, my riff with immigration[02:16.823]I boast to learn my culture 'fore I picked assimilation[02:20.440]The dose of lies, up close you'll find raps they wisen[02:24.055]At most they rhyme to gross, mine's appetizing[02:27.759]Peep the god though, I speak a hard flow of argot[02:31.062]To steal for meal but for real, I used to starve though[02:35.086]The routes I scored I doubt the Lord ever condone[02:38.127]Steps was reckless, reppin' for precious metals and stone[02:42.112]But now knowledge power, this assemblance evidence shown[02:45.317]Walk with ghosts of close family and friends, I'm never alone[02:49.329]These seconds, these minutes are ours[02:52.701]These seconds, these minutes are ours[02:56.025]These seconds, these minutes are ours[02:59.358]These seconds, these minutes are ours[03:11.631]So accept this - not for its intrinsic value, but as a token[03:16.967]These hours are ours[03:18.634]Make a better place[03:21.352]Mines, yours[03:24.648]It's our time[03:27.241]This that good shit, the fly shit, the real shit[03:30.503]Build, **** all that destroyin', let's live