[Hook] I'm the keeper of the flame And everybody knows his name I'm the keeper of the flame But nobody know his pain I'm the keeper of the flame And everybody know his name I'm the keeper of the flame
[Verse 1] Deeds are fruits Words are but leaves It's better to do well than to say well indeed So if you come from the rock Please don't run from the rock Keep your conscious clean and put the wave upon your back A fool is filder leaves out the common stone But every dart feels like a lion in his home My destiny is in my own hands Cause the child is the father of the man so
[Hook] I'm the keeper of the flame And everybody knows his name I'm the keeper of the flame But nobody know his pain I'm the keeper of the flame And everybody know his name I'm the keeper of the flame
[Verse 2] Ragga It's been a minute man let's go I went from cavemen to slavemen Church scream amen and then they lych men Boy charter 911 before the world trade I saw the world through Ray Charles shades Tried to warn them they ain't wanna listen Nostradamus saw the bird's now there's two thing's missing Two sons sitting Hussein's son sitting so calm they father Saddam hung in a prison I'll be damned if a man put a tech in my hand have me in the sand shooting at the ground man Runner becomes the gunner and the gun will become the hunted the hunted become the hunted on America's most wanted How does America's most wanted get apprehended When his man turns state on his co defendant You need a lawyer let me talk for you You in a wheelchair blood let me walk for you I'm a leader
[Hook] I'm the keeper of the flame And everybody knows his name I'm the keeper of the flame But nobody know his pain I'm the keeper of the flame And everybody know his name I'm the keeper of the flame
[Verse 3] Yeah yeah yeah what if Martin Luther stayed in the room never step foot in the balcony What if they had a bullet proof car instead of a drop top for Kennedy Malcolm did the speech [?] congregation So when them boys come get yo hands outta pocket Five shots of the assassins Ragga Ain't nothing new under the sun What if I had put blanks in Marvin Gaye's firer’s gun What if you all knew the truth before sending your kids to war Told ya that man ain't care about Iraq He cared about the oil When your thinking about how many records you gonna sell I think about getting all my people out the cell We put in work ya’ll ain't revolutionary cause you gotta a Che Guevara T-shirt It's just a T-shirt Ragga why you think I ran for president I got 5 cribs and they said I got no residence They tried to punk me but I was born with no fear So I'm a run it like 10 years
[Hook] I'm the keeper of the flame And everybody knows his name I'm the keeper of the flame But nobody know his pain I'm the keeper of the flame And everybody know his name I'm the keeper of the flame