You know what? I was just downstairs
 and I was on my way up here to the studio and
 a guy bumped into me and
 and he said.. he said  "Yo Kris!
 How is it that you stay in this music?
 You know  this rap music ex specially for SO.. LONG.. SO.. LONG"
 I said  "Well you know years ago I made a deal with the Goddess"
 He said  "The Goddess?"
 I said  "Well yeah  you might know her as God
 but I know her as the Goddess"
 The universal mother
 The mother of everything you see in existance
 I ax-ked her for assistance
 in lyrical persistance
 and she gave it to me, under one condition
 She said, "I'll give you the gift
 but use the gift to uplift"
 I said, "Okay mom!"

 So I tell you the truth, really
 Me nah gon' need nuttin else
 but health, wealth, and knowledge of myself
 Me nah gon' need nuttin else
 but health, wealth, and knowledge of myself

 In the beginning was the word, the word was made flesh
 Knowledge K. Reigns R. Supreme S.
 Some of us guess while others of us are blessed
 Take heed to the word, that I manifest
 I manifest the future, the present, followed by the past
 Everything in nature, rules by kickin ass
 What they tellin me, but yo, you a friend to me
 so I'ma tell you the secrets of MC longevity
 Secret one: if it ain't fun, you're done
 And about your career, huh, well choose another one
 If you don't like what you do, you're through
 Lesson two: make sure you got a dope crew
 Not some crew, that's like an anchor on a shoe
 A MAD CREW, that's of some benefit to you
 Lesson three, might be contradictory or funny
 but MC's should have OTHER WAYS of gettin money
 That's to say learn other things beside music
 Make money elsewhere, Hip-Hop you won't abuse it
 Too many MC's, just emcee
 so their longevity, is based on an Uncle Tom
 at the record company
 Lesson four: sell your image, never sell a record
 Image is respected, records come and go
 and get collected
 Even the records of platinum artists, that used to rip shop
 can be bought, for a quarter at the thrift shop
 Which brings me to lesson number five, the illusion
 has me thinkin, the minute they drop a record
 they'll be cruisin, in the Acura
 Slow down! You're still a amateur
 What seperates the pro from the amateur is stamina
 Not how long you can rhyme, but how long you've been rhymin
 changin with the times, and findin yourself
 still CLIIIIIIIIIIIIMbin for wealth
 Blow for blow, you're still growin, still showin
 (all knowin) now that's a pro at it

 Me nah gon' need nuttin else
 but health, wealth, and knowledge of myself
 Me nah gon' need nuttin else
 but health, wealth, and knowledge of myself

 Thank you Mother, I'm out