Building 8 Songtext
von Rasheed Chappell

I was building with my barber about the teachings of the father
How the woman is the earth and the black man is Allah
Preachers in the churches where they hoopin′ and they holler
And the secrets of the masons on the back of the dollar
Mysteries of life from the Buddhist and Kabbalah
Muslims making hajj, throwing stones at the Kaaba
How America is weak, all the chinks in the armor
9/11, Wall Street fold is all karma
The hopes of a people on the shoulders of Obama
Earthquake in Haiti, now they looking to Obama
Laugh, share a pound, and I pay him for my line up
Comment on my jeans and he ask if designer
Walk with hypocrites, still trying to make my mind up
Mentally in bondage from post-slave trauma
The breakup of the nation, Malcolm verse Elijah Noble Drew Ali verse Wali F Muhammad
As-salamu alaykum, wa alaykum as-salamu
Five pillar stance from zakat to shahada
Mark to a martyr, spark to the starter
Universal law that we all play a part of
From Zion to the Rasta, Mayan to La Raza
A history to tell that the strong get to author
Lead or you follow, school or you scholar
Three forms of matter, liquid, gas, solid
Man, woman, child, sun, moon, star
Holy trinity, ghost, son, and the father
Grandmama sang for the hem of his garment
We made in God's image, but who is the artist?
Alpha and omega, tell me where it started
It′s hard to see the heavens from the view of my projects


Yeah, peace
Positive energy always
Creates expansion and elevation
Peace