Released on 2001

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[Intro - Akrobatik - talking]

Yo son, some, some wild shit happened to me man

Sense I'm tellin you man, this shit was, it was bananas man

You know I don't drink so I'm comin at you, you know what I'm sayin? Straight

You know, straight up man

Like, listen, it was just, yo a lady, it was wild, yo


[Verse 1 - Akrobatik]

I met this lovely at the bar who interrupted my thinkin (what's up love?)

She offered me some flavor, I told her "I wasn't drinkin (naw, I don't really drink)

I was only at the bar for the seclusion"

She started to walk away sayin "pardon for the intrusion"

I had to end the confusion

Told her "wiggle back over here," she found that amusin (you think I'm funny)

I thanked her for her generosity

She asked me if I wanted to bounce, I said "possibly" (I don't know)

I asked her "what the destination was?"

She said she had a beach house, she rents to vacationers

She had a drink and started runnin it down

About our people and how we need to rebuild from the ground (true)

Impressin me with insight, deep and profound

Droppin gems so frequently, I asked her to "slow down"

I asked her for her name, she said "my name is Truth

That's what my momma named me, not a nickname from my youth (what?)

So how's about that trip to my spot (what?, What?)

We could build on the beach, network and what not"

I was single at the time, so my spirit was free (true)

So we hopped in her ride, it was a white M3

She asked me what I did, I told her that I'm an artist

She told me that I chose the profession that's the hardest

But if you use it right, imagine who you could reach? (true that)

The moment I agreed, we arrived at the beach

Stepped in the crib, it was books all around

The Damaja was on the stereo, throwin it down

I felt right at home in a strange way

She had all the classic vinyl from the hip-hop mainstays

She told me about the way she viewed her spirituality

The slave mindstate and the senseless fatalities

She said that I was chosen to improve reality (me?)

And do it through my music with the basementality

Basementality?? I needed the definition

She said "that it's an underground approach, that takes repetition

It's about stayin down to Earth and humble

Give in to the evils and your whole world could crumble

Keep comin back with more knowledge each year

And hit the people with it, 'cause they need you to share"

My eyes fixated, all I could do was stare

We bounced to the shore, to catch some fresh air

She whispered the sweetest words I ever heard in my ear

Then I blinked and when I opened my eyes, she wasn't there

It was the note at my feet, I picked it up and started readin

It reminded me of tomorrow's recordin session in Sweden

I got the illest news when I got back to town

The bar where I met with Truth had burnt down

(What?), what? (damn), damn


[Outro - Scratches]

"And, and when you walked away"

"And, and, and when you walked away"

"And, and, and when you walked away"

"Treat it as a test, in jest, I swung and represents fell"

"I tell 'em about the keys to wisdom and how to be gainin 'em"

"I hate to see you go, to see you go, to see you go ..."