[00:19.631]I never said I'm heaven-sent, benevolent or seraphim
[00:22.008]A reverend has never blessed me, there's plenty better men
[00:24.568]Than just me, I guess I just met destiny and when she said I
[00:27.520]Was meant to be nothin better
[00:29.192]I ****ed her head up I said I'm fed up, I'll never let up
[00:31.856]And even if I never win I'm leaving as a better man
[00:34.521]The penitentiary, you fence me in, could never dead a man's
[00:37.107]Dreams it'll never end, you must believe
[00:39.380]And it seems that I never been who you think never fit in your measurements
[00:43.350]I'll never be one of you like there's two of me
[00:45.753]And there's a few of me
[00:46.929]Your suit never suited me, my school was truancy
[00:49.437]Newsflash ya, newscaster knew jack, his
[00:51.971]News wasn't new to me, it's what they want you to see
[00:54.426]So they could mold ya to what they want you to be
[00:56.699]But you are free
[00:59.206]Even if they lock you up you can change who they thought you was
[01:02.864]You can be who you want, because
[01:04.535]There's no chains that can stop your thoughts
[01:06.312]There's no cage that can lock us all
[01:08.140]There's no way we will not be forced to go away, the only thang they can do is to stop my pulse
[01:13.443]Still my words ring through the blocks
[01:15.115]We fought to find you when you think all is lost
[01:17.753]This is my new religion
[01:22.795]This is my new religion
[01:27.236]A prisoner of ambition
[01:32.382]Will anybody listen?
[01:37.215]This is my new religion
[01:39.853]He's sinking deeper even more
[01:41.473]Amassed a pile of secrets, can't keep 'em like before
[01:43.693]They spilling out, seeping through the floors
[01:45.443]Parents seeking the cause, ain't seen this coming, they ain't speakin' anymore
[01:48.500]They sensed a change, they wanna intervene, but can't seem to get close
[01:51.347]Will things ever be the same? He just wanna get ghost
[01:53.828]Packed an extra change of clothes in his coat
[01:55.788]Hit the corner, switch his gear, now he's ready to post
[01:58.243]He don't relate to what his dad be sayin', he feels betrayed
[02:00.803]Feels like everything he says gets washed away, they just look the other way
[02:03.807]More concerned with keeping up with what others say
[02:05.819]Ignored another day, he just slowly suffocates
[02:08.222]Wraps his bandana tighter, met some dudes that he admired
[02:10.625]Was inspired, they said, "Son, we'll walk with you into the fire
[02:13.055]We'll be there with you when everyone retreats, repeat
[02:15.771]We'll there for you when no one else can be"
[02:19.846]He told him how long waited
[02:21.675]Told them look nobodies here
[02:24.575]He told him how far he searched
[02:26.403]Looked high, looked low, nobody cared
[02:29.355]He told them bout all the pain he felt
[02:31.732]But buried deep inside
[02:34.162]He looked into his fathers eyes
[02:36.225]And said
[02:36.931]This is my new religion
[02:41.894]This is my new religion
[02:46.805]A prisoner of ambition
[02:51.559]Will anybody listen?
[02:56.575]This is my new religion
[02:58.194]My brain is in the future, my heart is in the moment
[03:00.336]I try to put my past in a coffin, can I close it?
[03:02.922]Goin' back and forth between the limbo that I live in
[03:05.195]And the way of life I think will be the window into heaven
[03:07.755]Or will it be my prison? Solitary confinement
[03:10.263]Meditatin', the booth is the monastery, the mind is
[03:12.353]Is the only enemy that I have
[03:14.495]The paranoia got me losin' every friend that I've had
[03:16.793]Slave to the dollar in this quarter life crisis, borderline lifeless
[03:20.189]Shouldn't even put a donor heart on my license
[03:22.775]*Gasps* I'm revived by the beat gimme ten seconds
[03:25.544]See me reppin' with these bars, bench pressin'
[03:27.582]Never go out, buried in my obsession
[03:30.090]If you relate, well then you've inherited my religion
[03:32.362]A lifetime of solitude, I don't need anybody
[03:35.340]Big change comin', I'm savin' every penny
[03:38.841]And if I sin
[03:40.356]I hope you find
[03:42.576]Some way to forgive
[03:46.364]All my wrongs
[03:48.637]But I can only find
[03:51.536]Salvation
[03:53.835]All alone
[03:56.003]This is my new religion
[04:00.940]This is my new religion
[04:05.877]A prisoner of ambition
[04:10.762]Will anybody listen?
[04:15.726]This is my new religion