That's why they call me Temple Priest, mothafucka That’s why they call me Temple Priest, mothafucka Man, you know I got some questions But you say you know the truth I'm not done learning all my lessons Ignorance is no excuse Everything you say I'm missing Think I’m destined for the dirt? It's like I'm guilty by omission I guess maybe I'll convert And I'm like, "Yeah, yeah" And you're like, "Nah, nah" And I'm like, "Hell yeah" And I'm like That’s why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka That’s why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka Why you don't got any questions? How you know that this is real? I am feeling such repression You can’t tell me how to feel Why you think I'm at the bottom? Why you think I'm off the path? 'Cause I used to love the bottle? Or is it the tattoos on my back? And I’m like, "Yeah, yeah" And you're like, "Nah, nah" And I'm like, "Hell yeah" And I'm like That's why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka That's why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka Bow wow, baby Bow wow Bow wow, baby Ay, judge thee not lest ye be judged (Be judged) Don't mind me, I'm just doing my drugs (My drugs) I don't bar none and I don't hold no grudge But I'm all real homie, I do not budge They tell ya it's for your soul, they just playing a role 'Cause when it's all said and done it comes down to control All the lying and deception been taking its toll But I'm ten toes down, I will not fold I get manipulated every time I'm in a bad place They straight lie to my face and then ask for grace The phone calls stop coming when I talk my case Then they tell me that I'm wrong if I question my faith I gotta look past the messenger and hear the message I gotta be my best self and get all my blessings So let me light up this blunt and if they hate, so what? I'm doing me, I'm not concerned too much Sitting on the mountaintop Well above the clouds, I don't feel like I'm about to drop Hanging in the balance, I don't harbor any malice I done been up in the slums, I done been up in the palace I'm infinity, sacred geometry, living simply Universe aligned with my spirit, I feel its symmetry I remember vividly, the Devil tried to finish me Nature got my back, so he couldn't fuck with the synergy I break bread with the lost, make joy by your pain Found peace in a war, I made do in the rain Star shining in night, my light true as the day I don't believe in the hype, I'm only human, I say Oh you lost? Well, I'm lost, too And some of us are burdened with the knowledge, but we all fools What's the point of winning while we living when we all lose When it's said and done in the ending when we all screwed? And I'm like, "Yeah, yeah" And you're like, "Nah, nah" And I'm like, "Hell yeah" And I'm like That's why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka That's why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka