Sage Francis Lyrics

Album: Unknown

Next Testament Lyrics

AUTHOR: Sage Francis

 

 "Find God!" exclaimed the man, who lost everything he owned, looking stoned

 

 I groaned back, "Find a job…here's an application." 

 

 Retaliation:

 

 "Here's a pamphlet."

 

 I said, "Fuck this damn shit."

 

 My man flipped

 

 and threw his hand into his pocket.

 

 Pulled out a bible

 

 with a design that looked tribal

 

 The Next Testament was its title

 

 "Look it over."

 

 "A book? Nosuh…what the hell does this have to offer?"

 

 A small mirror on the bottom labeled "author"…

 

 that's too impersonal

 

 Irreversible

 

 actions leave our mind scarred

 

 looking for the answers. "Find God!"

 

 he said again.

 

 But I'm a veteran

 

 knowing that you are no better than

 

 or worse than.

 

 He compared my last enemy to my first friend.

 

 This bum gave me his shirt's pen

 

 "What the heck?

 

 You're completely tapped, thinking that I'm gonna' write you out a check."

 

 He said, "What?" I said, "WHAT!" Snatched the book in hopes of finding

 

 a myth. Lifted up the front cover…broke the binding.

 

 "I bring peace, love happiness and unity!"

 

 Usually I blow it off, but I said, "That ain't what you do to me. What you do to me

 

 is bring pain, hate, ignorance, and false alternatives to my community."

 

 He sat back and thought it over.

 

 With a look that's sort of sober

 

 He stared me in the eye and said…I don't lie…

 

 (Him or me? Me or him?)

 

 Now we begin

 

 to quarrel

 

 over what's historical

 

 but that's immoral

 

 questioning the oracle's origin.

 

 We're born through sin.

 

 "You need to save yourself," he said.

 

 "But Jesus died for our sins." Then he said, "He ain't dead."

 

 "He faked his death?"

 

 I watched my man take a breath

 

 as if he had no more patience left.

 

 Then he embraced his chest.

 

 Looked as if the holy spirit was about to manifest

 

 itself.

 

 Mental health

 

 is what he lacked. I should have known this.

 

 Without God, when we die every Earthling is homeless.

 

 I couldn't look. Tried to give him back his book.

 

 As he shook. But it was stuck to my hand

 

 What the f…God d…

 

 Embellished in sin and with a devilish grin

 

 This denizen could tell that I was selfish within

 

 He started speaking in tongues that I'm unfamiliar with.

 

 I held the pen like a knife and threatened, "I kill your myth!"

 

 Civilians drift

 

 into a state of violent anger.

 

 I can tell when I'm in danger

 

 so I stopped…to take a breather.

 

 "Listen, I'm a non-believer

 

 with no faith, and I don't want none either

 

 it's time for me to leave ya'

 

 take your book,

 

 I ain't no crook."

 

 He said, "It's yours…like the world…read it good…there's directions."

 

 I flipped through the pages, but they were blank…no deceptions.

 

 He mentioned, "Look deeper. You'll see it says more

 

 than you could share. I asked, "Where?" He replies, "That's what

 the

 pen's for."