Learning Growing Changing - Dead Prez

We could grow

We could develop

As we know that heaven is not a place

And happiness lives in the heart

Long as the world keep turning

Our duty is to keep on learning

Ya heard?

Keep on learning, and soaking up game

We gon' make mistakes, we gon' go through some things

Keep on growing, keep on soaking up game

If something ain’t working, don’t be afraid to change

Nobody know it all

As soon as you think you do, that’s when you fall

We gotta do more than survive—we must evolve

Things change just when you think you seen it all

We trip, we stumble, but we get back in stride

Each day, all the way, one step at a time

Don’t wanna let my ego and pride make me blind

The elders say, «When you stop growing, that’s when you die»"

The one who gets the knowledge is the one who asked «why?»

Through the course of life, you gon' taste some humble pie

But I love it—it makes me appreciate the things that I take for granted

Gaining insight and understanding

Each one teach one—we got to pass it on

Keep doing the knowledge, building and adding on

With faith in the assumption

That nobody knows everything but everybody knows something

The more you know, the more you know you don’t know

And if you don’t know there’s more you can know, then you won’t grow

What you don’t know can hurt you.

Discipline is a virtue

Gotta ask the right questions or else you go into cycles

And cyphers and spirals

Information is viral—this infects you

It’s contagious, it had you going through stages

Like denial, don’t believe that.

No, we didn’t do that

Then reality set in, there’s no disputing the facts

Yo, I’m sorry if I woke you up, but when I open up

It’s like I’m smoking but I’m high off the people, watch me soak it up

Huey said the best education is observation and participation

Study how the people be relating

Different points of views turn bad news to good news

See, it’s kinda like some shoes ‘cause they gotta make you move

Treat it like organic food, make it something you can chew

Information you can use, make it something you can do

Aye man, it’s okay to say you don’t know.

It’s when you let go your ego,

you’re free from all illusion, dig?

Can’t make moves in confusion.

Don’t look for conflict, man—always look for the solution.

And my pop said,

«Humility is a sign of wisdom.»

But to really soak it in, now that’s a

different kind of listening.

See, man sharpen man, and every day is another

lesson.

And it’s not fair you only learn man—it's a blessing.

And as the Buddha

says, «Nothing lasts forever.»

We gotta manage our expectations—The less we

crave, the less we suffer;

and this way, we awaken.

Right understanding,

right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort,

right mindfulness, right focus, keep soaking.

Soak it up