Lauryn Hill (LH): (watch this...) Exhausting every chance These victims of circumstance Dancing the circle of confusion With cold muses Wrap their soul with a tight grip Then uses up All your power While the weak man he loses And is depowered When a man speak now he refuses To remember the abuses And all the people he misuses and there aint no excuses Cos in every situation man chooses His own plate, his own fate, his own date At redemption, and only fools and babies get exemption Cos, in the here after school, see we all stay for detention And did I mention Its either ascention or dessention, no third dimension, so pay attention... Curtis Mayfield (LH in background): How did I get so far gone Where do I belong And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone Porched up in a rocking-chair With my feet all bare Rolling my blunt in a cigar wrap Live an adolescent mind never do take the time Waiting for my high, quiet as it's kept How did I get so far gone Where do I belong And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone Mama told me I was best Argue and punch in my chest Son now be strong, let me take you home I'd see in her eyes so sincere Screaming, what got me here Standing in the world and with my mind all blown How did I get so far gone Where do I belong And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone How did I get so far gone Where do I belong And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone I do nothing but waste all my time Leaving the world behind Smoking my crack just to keep me high Around the boys I play my part rough Keep myself tough enough Never to cry Never to die How did I get so far gone Where do I belong And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone How did I get so far gone Where do I belong And where in the world did I ever go wrong If I took the time to replace What my mind erased I still feel as if I'm here but I'm gone