The Book of Soul Lyrics

Song	The Book of Soul
Artist	Ab-Soul
Album	Control System
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[00:08.281]	Saucy
[00:22.191]	Your momma told me, "Read the Book of Job"
[00:25.046]	They should've called it the Book of Soul
[00:28.321]	I came into this hurtful Earth in perfect health
[00:31.093]	Caught Stevens-Johnson syndrome when I was 10 years old
[00:34.323]	Internal and external fever, 80%...
[00:37.244]	Fatality rate at that time, ain't that some shit?
[00:40.533]	Severe pinkeye, my eyes swollen shut
[00:43.435]	For like two or three months, it's still bright as ****
[00:46.619]	Oh, and I even lost my lip skin
[00:49.395]	Grew back darker than its original pigment
[00:52.581]	Skin disfigured from boils and blisters
[00:55.361]	Unidentifiable by my little sister
[00:58.604]	Come to think of it, I could've got a crazy check
[01:01.799]	The shrink thought I'd be traumatized, but I'ma ride
[01:04.807]	My first years of Junior High School were not alright
[01:07.827]	Them dimes wouldn't give me no time, no, not a nod
[01:11.232]	I mean not even you, we eventually got cool
[01:13.772]	But I was nobody, you was the hottest hottie in the school
[01:17.094]	Or the world to me, not saying that 'cause I'm your dude
[01:20.178]	I'm glad I got to watch the woman that you blossomed to
[01:23.330]	Ironic, we always had the same classes
[01:26.581]	I copied off your work
[01:27.714]	And you ain't always have the right answers
[01:30.104]	But it worked, mama, thanks a lot
[01:32.145]	Probably wouldn't have even graduated had you not
[01:35.341]	Somewhere down the line, we became an item
[01:38.709]	The love was in the air like this flight I'm lighting
[01:41.818]	The first few years were so exciting
[01:44.876]	Got deeper in this rap and started pushing shit back
[01:47.673]	My money got funny, you wanted to go on dates
[01:50.912]	I had a Sounwave beat tape tryna beat Drake
[01:54.142]	Could've spent every minute with you, but I had to get it
[01:57.174]	For me and you, you sing too, so you knew the business
[02:00.378]	I know it was hard, but you stayed down
[02:03.348]	My fam had doubts, you told me you was proud
[02:06.583]	I did some things, you did some things, always came back together
[02:09.288]	We knew the only way to make it work is work together
[02:12.727]	Seven whole years, seven whole years
[02:15.767]	It was supposed to end with our grandkids
[02:19.162]	Luckily for me, I'm used to being cut short
[02:21.675]	I'm such a nice guy, why, Lord?
[02:24.804]	Why Lori? Why you had to take her from me?
[02:27.182]	Guess He needed your angel face for all of Heaven to see
[02:30.571]	Your picture's still on my mirror, and it's so scary
[02:33.189]	I swear I still ain't looked at your obituary
[02:36.521]	So now, I'm so doped up, I think I'm flying
[02:40.746]	I hope this spliff'll never finish
[02:43.839]	I guess the Mayans wasn't lying
[02:46.908]	2012, my world ended
[02:49.809]	You used to say that I could see the future
[02:52.764]	You was wrong, 'cause you was in it
[02:56.104]	And I was just with you the day before
[02:59.435]	You said you loved me, I said I loved you more
[03:01.957]	And as much I wanna cower, bid the mic adieu
[03:05.010]	And fall off a ****ing tower tryna find you
[03:08.171]	I gotta stay 'cause I remember that day
[03:10.617]	I looked you in the face and told you:
[03:12.080]	"Nothing can stop me, not even you"
[03:14.019]	Stick to the plan, I'll meet you at our spot
[03:17.138]	If reincarnation is true and we don't get too lost
[03:20.280]	Even if you forget me and everything you left behind
[03:23.064]	I never lied, I love you in a place where there's no space and time
[03:26.552]	I close my eyes, and I can still hear you singing loud
[03:29.407]	We never got to tell them who The Love Religion was about
[03:32.451]	I ain't finna stage a cry in this rhyme
[03:34.967]	Signed, sincerely yours, I live to let you...
[03:38.491]	Dot-da, da-da-da
[03:41.082]	Da-da, da-da, da
[03:44.004]	Shine
[03:45.136]	Da da da, da-da-da-da
[03:51.082]	Oooh...
[03:52.455]	Everything I love the most gets taken away
[03:54.639]	My momma and music is next
[03:57.364]	And if that happens before I turn 28
[04:00.029]	Then I'm going out with Kurt Cobain
[04:02.996]	I still believe in God, we just ain't never spoke
[04:06.338]	Unless we talkin' symbolically—then, I might agree
[04:09.369]	But if you really wanna look at it that way
[04:12.573]	Then, ayy, man, God don't like me
[04:16.813]	I refuse to believe that
[04:18.375]	But what's acceptable is anything's possible, but nobody's special
[04:21.727]	My ma took my TV, Clem took my radio
[04:24.526]	Now, I'm on TV and on the radio
[04:27.981]	Don't be dethroned by these systems of control
[04:30.530]	Just keep your fingers crossed and get them locks off your soul
[04:33.633]	Don't be dethroned by these systems of control
[04:36.600]	Just keep your fingers crossed and get them locks off your soul

[00:08.281]	Saucy
[00:22.191]	Your momma told me, " Read the Book of Job"
[00:25.046]	They should' ve called it the Book of Soul
[00:28.321]	I came into this hurtful Earth in perfect health
[00:31.093]	Caught StevensJohnson syndrome when I was 10 years old
[00:34.323]	Internal and external fever, 80...
[00:37.244]	Fatality rate at that time, ain' t that some shit?
[00:40.533]	Severe pinkeye, my eyes swollen shut
[00:43.435]	For like two or three months, it' s still bright as
[00:46.619]	Oh, and I even lost my lip skin
[00:49.395]	Grew back darker than its original pigment
[00:52.581]	Skin disfigured from boils and blisters
[00:55.361]	Unidentifiable by my little sister
[00:58.604]	Come to think of it, I could' ve got a crazy check
[01:01.799]	The shrink thought I' d be traumatized, but I' ma ride
[01:04.807]	My first years of Junior High School were not alright
[01:07.827]	Them dimes wouldn' t give me no time, no, not a nod
[01:11.232]	I mean not even you, we eventually got cool
[01:13.772]	But I was nobody, you was the hottest hottie in the school
[01:17.094]	Or the world to me, not saying that ' cause I' m your dude
[01:20.178]	I' m glad I got to watch the woman that you blossomed to
[01:23.330]	Ironic, we always had the same classes
[01:26.581]	I copied off your work
[01:27.714]	And you ain' t always have the right answers
[01:30.104]	But it worked, mama, thanks a lot
[01:32.145]	Probably wouldn' t have even graduated had you not
[01:35.341]	Somewhere down the line, we became an item
[01:38.709]	The love was in the air like this flight I' m lighting
[01:41.818]	The first few years were so exciting
[01:44.876]	Got deeper in this rap and started pushing shit back
[01:47.673]	My money got funny, you wanted to go on dates
[01:50.912]	I had a Sounwave beat tape tryna beat Drake
[01:54.142]	Could' ve spent every minute with you, but I had to get it
[01:57.174]	For me and you, you sing too, so you knew the business
[02:00.378]	I know it was hard, but you stayed down
[02:03.348]	My fam had doubts, you told me you was proud
[02:06.583]	I did some things, you did some things, always came back together
[02:09.288]	We knew the only way to make it work is work together
[02:12.727]	Seven whole years, seven whole years
[02:15.767]	It was supposed to end with our grandkids
[02:19.162]	Luckily for me, I' m used to being cut short
[02:21.675]	I' m such a nice guy, why, Lord?
[02:24.804]	Why Lori? Why you had to take her from me?
[02:27.182]	Guess He needed your angel face for all of Heaven to see
[02:30.571]	Your picture' s still on my mirror, and it' s so scary
[02:33.189]	I swear I still ain' t looked at your obituary
[02:36.521]	So now, I' m so doped up, I think I' m flying
[02:40.746]	I hope this spliff' ll never finish
[02:43.839]	I guess the Mayans wasn' t lying
[02:46.908]	2012, my world ended
[02:49.809]	You used to say that I could see the future
[02:52.764]	You was wrong, ' cause you was in it
[02:56.104]	And I was just with you the day before
[02:59.435]	You said you loved me, I said I loved you more
[03:01.957]	And as much I wanna cower, bid the mic adieu
[03:05.010]	And fall off a ing tower tryna find you
[03:08.171]	I gotta stay ' cause I remember that day
[03:10.617]	I looked you in the face and told you:
[03:12.080]	" Nothing can stop me, not even you"
[03:14.019]	Stick to the plan, I' ll meet you at our spot
[03:17.138]	If reincarnation is true and we don' t get too lost
[03:20.280]	Even if you forget me and everything you left behind
[03:23.064]	I never lied, I love you in a place where there' s no space and time
[03:26.552]	I close my eyes, and I can still hear you singing loud
[03:29.407]	We never got to tell them who The Love Religion was about
[03:32.451]	I ain' t finna stage a cry in this rhyme
[03:34.967]	Signed, sincerely yours, I live to let you...
[03:38.491]	Dotda, dadada
[03:41.082]	Dada, dada, da
[03:44.004]	Shine
[03:45.136]	Da da da, dadadada
[03:51.082]	Oooh...
[03:52.455]	Everything I love the most gets taken away
[03:54.639]	My momma and music is next
[03:57.364]	And if that happens before I turn 28
[04:00.029]	Then I' m going out with Kurt Cobain
[04:02.996]	I still believe in God, we just ain' t never spoke
[04:06.338]	Unless we talkin' symbolically then, I might agree
[04:09.369]	But if you really wanna look at it that way
[04:12.573]	Then, ayy, man, God don' t like me
[04:16.813]	I refuse to believe that
[04:18.375]	But what' s acceptable is anything' s possible, but nobody' s special
[04:21.727]	My ma took my TV, Clem took my radio
[04:24.526]	Now, I' m on TV and on the radio
[04:27.981]	Don' t be dethroned by these systems of control
[04:30.530]	Just keep your fingers crossed and get them locks off your soul
[04:33.633]	Don' t be dethroned by these systems of control
[04:36.600]	Just keep your fingers crossed and get them locks off your soul

[00:08.281]	Saucy
[00:22.191]	Your momma told me, " Read the Book of Job"
[00:25.046]	They should' ve called it the Book of Soul
[00:28.321]	I came into this hurtful Earth in perfect health
[00:31.093]	Caught StevensJohnson syndrome when I was 10 years old
[00:34.323]	Internal and external fever, 80...
[00:37.244]	Fatality rate at that time, ain' t that some shit?
[00:40.533]	Severe pinkeye, my eyes swollen shut
[00:43.435]	For like two or three months, it' s still bright as
[00:46.619]	Oh, and I even lost my lip skin
[00:49.395]	Grew back darker than its original pigment
[00:52.581]	Skin disfigured from boils and blisters
[00:55.361]	Unidentifiable by my little sister
[00:58.604]	Come to think of it, I could' ve got a crazy check
[01:01.799]	The shrink thought I' d be traumatized, but I' ma ride
[01:04.807]	My first years of Junior High School were not alright
[01:07.827]	Them dimes wouldn' t give me no time, no, not a nod
[01:11.232]	I mean not even you, we eventually got cool
[01:13.772]	But I was nobody, you was the hottest hottie in the school
[01:17.094]	Or the world to me, not saying that ' cause I' m your dude
[01:20.178]	I' m glad I got to watch the woman that you blossomed to
[01:23.330]	Ironic, we always had the same classes
[01:26.581]	I copied off your work
[01:27.714]	And you ain' t always have the right answers
[01:30.104]	But it worked, mama, thanks a lot
[01:32.145]	Probably wouldn' t have even graduated had you not
[01:35.341]	Somewhere down the line, we became an item
[01:38.709]	The love was in the air like this flight I' m lighting
[01:41.818]	The first few years were so exciting
[01:44.876]	Got deeper in this rap and started pushing shit back
[01:47.673]	My money got funny, you wanted to go on dates
[01:50.912]	I had a Sounwave beat tape tryna beat Drake
[01:54.142]	Could' ve spent every minute with you, but I had to get it
[01:57.174]	For me and you, you sing too, so you knew the business
[02:00.378]	I know it was hard, but you stayed down
[02:03.348]	My fam had doubts, you told me you was proud
[02:06.583]	I did some things, you did some things, always came back together
[02:09.288]	We knew the only way to make it work is work together
[02:12.727]	Seven whole years, seven whole years
[02:15.767]	It was supposed to end with our grandkids
[02:19.162]	Luckily for me, I' m used to being cut short
[02:21.675]	I' m such a nice guy, why, Lord?
[02:24.804]	Why Lori? Why you had to take her from me?
[02:27.182]	Guess He needed your angel face for all of Heaven to see
[02:30.571]	Your picture' s still on my mirror, and it' s so scary
[02:33.189]	I swear I still ain' t looked at your obituary
[02:36.521]	So now, I' m so doped up, I think I' m flying
[02:40.746]	I hope this spliff' ll never finish
[02:43.839]	I guess the Mayans wasn' t lying
[02:46.908]	2012, my world ended
[02:49.809]	You used to say that I could see the future
[02:52.764]	You was wrong, ' cause you was in it
[02:56.104]	And I was just with you the day before
[02:59.435]	You said you loved me, I said I loved you more
[03:01.957]	And as much I wanna cower, bid the mic adieu
[03:05.010]	And fall off a ing tower tryna find you
[03:08.171]	I gotta stay ' cause I remember that day
[03:10.617]	I looked you in the face and told you:
[03:12.080]	" Nothing can stop me, not even you"
[03:14.019]	Stick to the plan, I' ll meet you at our spot
[03:17.138]	If reincarnation is true and we don' t get too lost
[03:20.280]	Even if you forget me and everything you left behind
[03:23.064]	I never lied, I love you in a place where there' s no space and time
[03:26.552]	I close my eyes, and I can still hear you singing loud
[03:29.407]	We never got to tell them who The Love Religion was about
[03:32.451]	I ain' t finna stage a cry in this rhyme
[03:34.967]	Signed, sincerely yours, I live to let you...
[03:38.491]	Dotda, dadada
[03:41.082]	Dada, dada, da
[03:44.004]	Shine
[03:45.136]	Da da da, dadadada
[03:51.082]	Oooh...
[03:52.455]	Everything I love the most gets taken away
[03:54.639]	My momma and music is next
[03:57.364]	And if that happens before I turn 28
[04:00.029]	Then I' m going out with Kurt Cobain
[04:02.996]	I still believe in God, we just ain' t never spoke
[04:06.338]	Unless we talkin' symbolically then, I might agree
[04:09.369]	But if you really wanna look at it that way
[04:12.573]	Then, ayy, man, God don' t like me
[04:16.813]	I refuse to believe that
[04:18.375]	But what' s acceptable is anything' s possible, but nobody' s special
[04:21.727]	My ma took my TV, Clem took my radio
[04:24.526]	Now, I' m on TV and on the radio
[04:27.981]	Don' t be dethroned by these systems of control
[04:30.530]	Just keep your fingers crossed and get them locks off your soul
[04:33.633]	Don' t be dethroned by these systems of control
[04:36.600]	Just keep your fingers crossed and get them locks off your soul

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