What's Great About This Life
The Greatness of Life
Whats the greatest thing about life?
Being african american, I honestly dont know
Maybe it’s the way we turn dreams into schemes we actually live
Or the way we get stomped and shot by cops and still manage to forgive
Whats the greatest thing about life?
Still I honestly dont know
Maybe it's the power of the fist of the picks in our afros
Or the bad influence of men we got as a tadpole
Or the landlord threatening us with pink slips of eviction
Or the judge oh so quickly to hand us a conviction
I swear we are the dinosaurs
Powerful but near extinction
So whats the greatest thing about life?
Well after reading from above, I can now tell ya.
Its having a child in this world
Looking in them in their eyes and telling them everything mentioned above is only a figment
Telling them that they have the power to live their life as none of those things ever existed
The greatest thing about life is the ability to make a change
Ability to forgive those trees in the parks, where our people used to hang
We can all make mistakes and we can all make a change
Being able to take negativity and turn into positivity
Now, that’s the greatest thing about life.