Lyrics

[Intro: Full Moon & (Killah Priest)] Peace, Killah Priest (Peace, what's up, man?) Chillin', baby (I'm with you) Yo, I wanna know what's goin' on ever since that Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth I wanna know what you gonna do for us right now It's been a while, baby, we waitin'! (I've just been chillin', kid, been chillin') (I been in the lab writin' and stuff, y'know?) (I just been on my, y'know, know what I'm sayin', on some..) [Verse 1] Guns, shootouts and crack sales Black males who pack jails, trapped in Hell No peace, cold streets, surrounded by police This whole week, buildings with no heats No lights and gas pipes with slow leaks Dog fights and lowlife throw dice the whole night Thieves creepin' in the midnight evenings We saw through the misty regions Go to your house, take a vial for the demons Moonlit, the lunar eclipse Prophets stands in the midst of the seven candlesticks I can't take it, beauty that was once sacred Is now gettin' facelifts, fake tits And fake lips, cold embraces Memory erases from the slave ships My princess, I used to spot her from a distance Holdin' my infant, burnin' incense The moment intent for her to step into my white tents Now we step in precincts for your ebony prince The smell of frankincense, once treated like a pharaoh With royal apparel, anointed with myrrh and aloes We used to wallow amongst the mallows We had herd sheep and cattle, now we battle Used to pass over brooks of Kidron The Towers of Lebanon, the pool of Gershom We used to sing songs upon Mount Hebron How is gold turned to bronze, and shhhh How is gold turned to bronze We was the wisest and the richest Now we turned to snitches, women turned to bitches In the time of harvest, we was the smartest Worshiped Wisdom like a goddess Now we act retarded, forsook the Wisdom of the Fathers We used to have a thousand flagons of wine In Palestine, now we drink Ballentine And raise up in the violent mind We used to have a hundred measures of oil Eighty measures of wheat and barley, we lived godly Listenin' to Bob Marley before the Devils robbed me Chasin' us through the African safaris [Chorus] From then till now What goes up must come down What goes down comes back around again Where it all began, began, began, began From then till now, from then till now, from then till now From then till now What goes up must come down What goes down comes back around again Where it all began, began, began, began From then till now, from then till now, From then till now [Verse 2] Singin' the holy anthem, lampin' with all my handsome grandsons Hair long as Samson, inside my gold mansion They used to wear purple Pampers But now we Black Panthers, some are actors and dancers It's funny how the dollar bill have my seeds holla for meals Mothers swallow a pill Roads seem hollow but still, grab a bottle to heal It's like the noose of Seventh Seal over Brownsville What's the difference between the ghetto and death row? I'm trapped up with kleptos, the TEC blow I'm left to say a flow, where the cries echo And echo and echo and echo and echoes From the Crystal City, near Getti Children used to grow on lilies, now they roll up Phillies But the Pyramids of the Cheops is my weed spot Sometimes I eavesdrop in the Books of Enoch We went from studyin' epistles of Paul Beneath a waterfall, rubbin' crystal balls But now we spray paint initials on the wall On the wall, spray paint initials on the wall [Chorus] From then till now What goes up must come down What goes down comes back around again Where it all began, began, began, began From then till now, from then till now, From then till now From then till now What goes up must come down What goes down comes back around again Where it all began, began, began, began From then till now, from then till now, from then till now From then till now What goes up must come down What goes down comes back around again Where it all began, began, began, began From then till now, from then till now, from then till now