[movie sample]
Now they sent you a Reverend by the name of the Lord Nahawashine
That we all speak the same thing
And that there be no divisions among you
That we be perfectly joined together
In the same mind and in the same judgement

[Chorus x4: Killah Priest]
Now lemme hear you say
The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
We all need that brotherly love

[Killah Priest]
Knowledge this wisdom, this goes back when I was twelve
I loved to do right but I was trapped in hell
Had mad ideas, sad eyes and tears
Years and fears, but yo my foes couldn't bear
I searched for the truth since my youth
And went to church since birth, but it wasn't worth the loot
that I was paying, plus the praying
I didn't like staying cuz of busy-bodies and dizzy hotties
That the preacher had souped up with lies
Had me cooped up lookin at loot, butt, and thighs
Durin the service, he swallowed up the poor
And after they heard this, they wallowed on the floor
But I ignored, and explored my history that was untold
And watched mysteries unfold
And dropped a jewels like Solomon, but never followed men
cause if you do your brain is more hollow than
Space oblivia, or The Abyss
With no trace of trivia, left with the hiss
Does it pay to be deaf, dumb and blind?
From a slave you was kept from the mind
And from the caves he crept from behind
And what he gave, was the sect of the swine
When the bible, it condemns the pig
I don't mean to pull your hems or flip your wigs
But we used to wear a turban, but now we're in the urban
No more wearing beanies and dress like a genie
No hocus pocus cause I focus on the facts
And put it on the tracks and brought it through the wax
I speak on Jacob, it might take up some time
And too much knowledge, it might break up the rhyme
I did it anyway just to wake up the mind
of those who kiss stones or prays on the carpet
Those who sit home, or sell books by the market
Need to chill and get their mind revived
For years religion did nothing but divide
The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

[Chorus x4 w/ variations]

[Killah Priest]
I strolled through the books of Job to unfold
And open bibles, instead of hoping on revivals
Calling on His name and screaming hallelujah
when he hardly knew ya, that's how the devil's fooled ya
See look into my eyes brethren, that's the lies of a Reverand
Why should you die to go then heaven?
The Earth is already in space, the bible I embrace
A difficult task I had to take
I studied till my eyes was swollen, and only arose when
I found out that we were the chosen
I deal with the truth, and build with the youth
And teach my son as he kneels on the stoop
Son, life is a pool of sin, corrupted with foolish men
and women with wicked minds, who build picket signs
to legalize abortion, the evil eye distortion
I quiz Son with my wisdom
Before I converted, I was perverted, and knowledge was asserted
The study of wisdom, I perferred it
The understanding, it gave me mental freedom
I even learnt Caucasians was really the Tribe of Edam
The white image, of Christ, is really Cesare Borgia
and uhh, the second son of Pope Alexander
The Sixth of Rome, and once the picture was shown
That's how the devils, they tricked my dome
I prophesized to save a man, but no one gave a damn
from my nation - the seed of Abraham
Blessed with the tongue of Hebrew
Now we strung on needles, and some are plungin evils
So study and be wise in these days of darkness
Peace to my nephew Marcus
The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth

[Chorus x8 w/ variations]

[movie sample over chorus]
And I'm out
Yeah now and together
Only nation I desire
They that that creed ran free
But the day passed as the shaft
But their peers cultured that brotherly love
before the day of the Lord's anarchy
Holdin the ?? and we come Earth
Shall broaden his button and see Christ's instructions
It may be in his-self and may be in his
It shall be hidden in the lords prayers