Born in Babylon Lyrics

I came from nothing but I'm nothing like "nothing"

"Nothing", like "nobody thought i was something"...

"Nothing", like "called every day mean the book",

But I breath a second guess

I never gave a second look, look

I tell myself

"Don't let it get to me."

cuz if the best they got is not impressing me,

then theres no resignation get the best of me,

While they were aiming at my words

they missed the rest of me

How can I stop all these

critics from there talking

the more I do, the more they say

But there's no way i'm stopping

so they just keep on talking

Who do you think I, think I am?

I got the felling that there's more like me

Born in Babylon but you just got to be free

Shackles on your feet that you and me can't see,

but you can feel a men they have it,

so you need that key

and so you're looking at your hands, saying

"Man, if I ditch the system, these could be mine"

but then your hear a voice coming from behind me,

"Don't even think about stepping out of line..."

My friends are deep and they're all I've got,

and they stand up behind me if you like it or not

and i'm telling you that the Fire's Hot,

can you see that smoke

and did you hear that shot...

Cuz it's a war and in the middle I AM

So judge me now if you're paying in pain

Cuz i'm too busy to judge another man,

i'm trying to write the blueprint

for all the world to understand

Who do you think I am?