Devotion

Vocals and Lyrics: RA Scion
Produced by: Solar and RA Scion
Instrumental Track: "Deep Rooted" (Iomos Marad)
Produced by: capital D for All Natural, Inc.
Run Time: 1:34:57

Imagine, envision a radical with passion for livin’
Who’s driven by the words written by God in the third dimension
His path of religion twisted through the catechism
Then when he was christened he adopted his father’s fanaticism
He had to have been given his mission – refer to tradition
His mom died in birthin’ position
After bein’ told she’d never have children
And to this day he wears her old gold cross with this inscription:
“Trust in the Lord" – now that’s wisdom, son
Cats is passin’ on mass – my man never missed one
Dedication – beyond the knowledge taken from the pews
Steadfast when it was time to make moves, too – for real
And that’s crazy rare – ‘cause all the suckers I know be like
“Ohhhmmmm" in there, and then “YO!!" out here
But money had confidence
I used to watch him when the crew would spark Rasta blends
He refused, but never did condescend
The type of cat that everybody liked to compliment
His comments were always prefaced with the words “I feel," like
“I feel that homosexuals can be healed" - or
“I feel like man’s accountable for every action" – then
“I feel like somethin’ catastrophic is about to happen"
Damn – my man is deep with his telepathy
Two days later his pops passed from the shock of his epilepsy
Seventeen – with no fam to speak of
And now he uses a different tone of voice to say: “Jesus Christ!!!"
“I sacrificed my life to master rites,"
“And not once – but twice this disaster strikes?"
“Aiight – fuck it – I’m ‘bout to join my boys on the grind!"
I wish he woulda called me when he dropped the dime, but
C’est la vie…

All lyrics and music © RA Scion 2004