He was born when the world was at the brink of war  his father left him, he learned later what for  gone for years, left a wife and two kids  in a war-torn country, all living in fear  they were being persecuted with no where run on an island  his kind was forced into hiding  in the bomb shelters, rubber in his mouth  for the impact to keep his teeth from coming out  he saw things no child should have to see  streets and rivers both flooded with casualties  father finally returned reunited at last  didn't even recognize him he ran right past  the war had ended but, they were no longer welcome  in their own land, it was under new command  exiled to a place that never wanted em there  they made it quite clear, and would touch and stare  cause they had never seen nobody with no brown skin  he had to be careful when he hung around them  but he got by, discovered his love for music  jazz got him things that he just wasn't used to  took it with him everywhere, loved it so much  moved to america, cause he heard there was plenty there  got an education but still kept playing  traveled the world, came back and put his faith in  the Glory of God, taught by a bass player  had sons of his own, and through them he's grown  and now they're the one's looking out for him  they love him and I can tell you that they're proud of him    CHORUS:  he survived the war, his life needed more  and now its come around full circle  he became his own man, in his homeland  and now its come around full circle  he loved the music and knew to use it  and now its come around full circle  and understand he lives for his family  and now it's come around full circle    she came into this world not as a baby girl  but as grown woman cause she was pushed out to pay the bills  and since then she's been on her own  birth certificate reads father unknown  she had an old picture of a group of men  on a reservation, but didn't even know if he was one of them  never had the time to give it any thought  the oldest of four and caretaker of them all  mother unfit so she was forced to live  in foster home after home after orphanage  at sixteen she gave birth to her first kid  living in the projects she prayed he would outlive  dropped out of high school, never went to college  when she walked into buildings she was never acknowledged  she knew somehow she had to make an honest living  she used what she had and finally started singing  after she Iearned that God, was watching over her  from a bass player, the answer to her prayers  no formal education but she got into a graduate  program, she worked hard cause she so was glad to get  any opportunity, and that mindset is still in her  a teacher now, because that work is real to her  made a new life for her kids out of nothin  doctorate in hand cause she knows how to hustle  but her greatest feat is not her PHD  her biggest accomplishment is of a higher degree  it's the fact that her sons can count on her  it's the fact that her sons can be proud of her    CHORUS:  she knows how to hustle, works on the double  and now its come around full circle  love is the reason she could rise above it  and now its come around full circle  she takes nothing she's handed for granted  and now its come around full circle  and understand she lives for her family  and now it's come around full circle    I met my brother in the womb  we both had to make the move late june   he was always a few steps ahead of me  but never letting me go never forgetting me  most of the kids at school never accepted me  so together we formed a team for whenever we  moved from city to city and it seemed every  place was diverse reflecting our own heredity  we never had that much  none of the other kids had never seen working class like us  the amount of money they had was transparent  I couldn't relate, we never had grandparents  moved cause a good education was needed  ma wanted us to have more choice than she did  and ironically we were all cheated  my brother got wise quick, thats how he succeeded  I remained cause I felt love for a moment  but it was never possible my heart was stolen  I sought something to burn  ruined all my relationships, got me what I deserved  lesson learned, a step closer to my destination  finally left school to start my education  life abroad saw my pain lifted  I thank God we could afford that plane ticket  and now I realize how all this came to be  now I see what they were doing when they were naming me  mother father thank you for allowing me  to become badi, I hope your proud of me  it's full circle