In the heat of the moment
In the heat of the moment
In the heat of the moment
In the heat of the moment
In the hands of God, I'm nothing more than a piece of clay
I was looking for an OG to teach the way
I was dressed in my best like Easter day
Walked in the player's club, no Lisa Rae
No Bernie Mac, long journey back
Tell me why would you sell your soul for 30 racks?
See, a smart man would name his price
I would never hit you twice with the same advice
You gotta get it the first time
And don't get drunk off the church wine
In this limited earth time, try to do something that's worth dying for
They said stay left, but I told them more
We just wanted to be the opposite of old and poor
We just wanted to be better versions of us
And your inner voice is what I urge you to trust
In the heat of the moment
Anything I hope and I tell you
Cops run down when you pound finale
And bullets like the ricochet, but you ain't gotta pick a day
For one of them stone cold suckers to nail you
In the heat of the moment
Make your own decisions and make them clear
Tell them step to the rear, y'all
Cause they don't wanna understand what they fear
That I be standing right here
In the heat of the moment, I might lay a man down
He hailed Hitler so I made him put his hand down
Understand that wasn't part of his plan
To be living in the land where a black man can stand ground
Now I'm wearing the damn crown
That's pastel, this earth colors like tan brown
Olive green and the like
Not a Kawasaki, but I'm mean on a bike
Cannondale, know they want this man to fail
Matter of fact, I know they want this man to jail
But I'm free as a bird
So I'm still spinning at 33 and a third
Brownsville's brutal, imagine being a nerd
Overseas worse, imagine being a Kurd
Just to put it in perspective
Never lose sight of the objective
In the heat of the moment
Anything can happen, I tell you
Cops run down on your pound finale
And bullets like the ricochet, but you ain't gotta pick a day
For one of them stone cold suckers to nail you
In the heat of the moment
Make your own decisions and make them clear
Tell them step to the rear, y'all
Cause they don't wanna understand what they fear
And I be standing right here
In the heat of the moment
For our concept, we need atonement
If you live the life you live, you gotta own it
Potential just means you've never shown it
We was born kings, we never known it
Life a really humbling man, won't it
Seems hard to follow your dreams now, don't it
The man in the mirror's your only opponent
In the heat of the moment
In the heat of the moment
In the heat of the moment
In the heat of the moment
In the heat of the moment
In the heat of the moment
