Intro: I know I can change I know I can change I know I know I know I can change Valentino (Tino) I'm here I ain't have to be So it's a change That occurred somewhere In my life Cause I know U dig? Verse 1: Valentino Spiritual beings On this earth plane Open your eyes I promote change No boundaries I'm in both lanes Valentino Get to know the name Once broke But I got fixed Started slow But I've gained sense Used to bang But that's past tense Got some time? Let me gone vent I dun been through so much Miss my mommas touch Did some bogus things then But I've grown up Ain't who I used to be I am living proof That you can't escape the real Of hide the truth My praying grandma On her knees Saying God please Bless her grandson And give him room to breathe Cause these ghetto streets Is full of hate and greed Love and properity That's all we need Poem 1 Shanta: The world teaches us How to fear How to hate How to lust We no longer seek understanding We take everything At face value Underminding the true reason Of our existence We are the creators Innovators Teachers Leaders Queens And Kings Verse 2 Bobby Gore: I say I know I can do it I know I can do it Get it through the pot Or maybe Narok We choose to rob And they took our blocks Now we got these guns Surrounded by cops Wooo! Pa**ion's dying for Pacifiers and diapers Predictive dicks People depend on Parties determined to Prove darkness Places demons in a Perfect ditch I'm serving the Perfect dish for Prescribing us deadliness You pa**ive descriptivist Damn! How'd we get into this First we had us three masters Then we started picking green after To cope with the pain It's a gat'damn We some free ba*tards Community organizers Gotta campaign Yea! All it takes is eight years For a lil change I say! Poem 2 Armen Rah: It was said If you can't change the people around you Then change the people around you That'll relieve a lot of stress What I'm saying If you can't change the people around you Then gone ahead and change your mind I mean You change your clothes everyday But can't even change your address? Change is Necessary Nothing remains the same Everything must change Must sound strange But If you don't change You don't transform To stay still Is to die To lie dormant Is to sleep Change is necessary for evolution Change is necessary for growth Change is necessary for enlightenment