Dead Prez - Overstand Lyrics

Do they make other songs like this?

whoa i love dead prez but that was total dogshit

here's to a life well lived.

Wow😍

feel rich

Fist time hearing this uplifting song while watching "Feel Rich" documentary on Netflix. Wow, what a blessing!! 😄 I'm happy and feel rich!!

As long as your breathing... You are can be a problem solver. The more you live the more you learn and grow

love Gabby on this track the final words are amazing!!!!

One of the most underrated jams ever

Who else came here after watching "Feel rich" on Netflix?

A much needed blessing for mankind

Amazing how tune like this shine a light in the absolute darkness in the west world, a nice break from their bloody wars.

Stil rocking 2019!!

Of course this wouldn't get any radio play like it fucking should!! It's too positive! DEADPREZ thanks for helping me through some hard shit man... y'all don't even know. 😚

This shit blows my mind -this entire album. Conscious rap at its finest 🙏

Feel Rich

This NEVER GETS OLD !!! WE NEED THIS MORE NOW THAN EVER !!!

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They some of the best music artists I know we need more people this passionate about the human race because the longer we wait more corrupt the future gets we can't sit here and wait for a change if we don't put effort in one. "The more we crave the more we suffer" -Buddha Peace guys ✌️

Still on point.

Wow! This is wonderful. Just watched "Feel Rich" documentary on Netflix and heard this at the end. It's an appropriate song for the documentary. "Feel Rich" is a beautiful documentary describing the rise of a more healthier consciousness among African-American musicians and others. Lots of great interviews...Highly recommended...

Me 2! 😄

Thank you. Its all I can say - life changing lyrics and for me solidification of my own beliefs . #brokenopen

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...Buh buh bai ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
☀️🔥☀️🔥☀️

My favorite part as well.

Every single one of us carries a fire within...... Share that fire with the rest of the world by chasing your passion..... Doing whatever it is that makes you happy inspires others to do the same..... (One life, One shot)

No doubts, just love and peace

True gods

I listen to this song every morning.

Focused on success!!!

This song is the best. Playing it to someone when they mind is not right really helps them get back on track positively. Dead Prez inspired me since I started listening to them at least over 1.5 decades ago and I'm sooooooooooo excited to see them in Denver this September. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Talk about Big Factz!!!

I wonder if dead prez quit music after he realized he wrote an entire album based on memes from 2010.

Still amazing song though.

Love this track

Those rappers are making healthy living look cool;they should be praised for that.

[Chorus]
Are we addicted to the struggle or committed to success?
Are we focused on the positive or holdin' onto stress?
Not sayin' thing's perfect but in many ways I'm blessed
Learnin' how to take the negative and flip for the best
Everyday bring challenge, every challenge is a chance to advance
The power is right in our own hands
From a youth full of rage, to a wise grown man
Here I am, life is beautiful now, I overstand

[Verse 1]
I'm lookin' forward through my rearview mirror in hindsight
Gotta be more than just a G if you keepin' your mind right
Better be ready for the battle or focused on my fight
I ain't sittin' on no sidelines watchin' them highlights
I'm gonna begin the game playin' to win but learnin' from setbacks
And my strengths and weaknesses and masterin' what I'm best at
Power of refinement until you get right, exact
It's all in your mind, but that's dependin' where your head's at
Life is a chess match and lessons come from your mistakes
Try not to end up in checkmate no matter whatever it takes
Long as you're breathin then you can be problem solvin'
Stayin' involved, evolved, world keeps revolvin'
For the cause be all you can from the mornin' to the sunset
You never have no regrets
Took the journey to the edge of your fate and then lept
Not just understandin' but overstandin' is the objective

{keep it open, in perspective}

[Refrain]
Just let me be what I am
Take my destiny in my hands
By my actions you can judge where I stand
And I hope one day you'll overstand

[Verse 2]
Change come from the inside out
No fear, live free, let the truth ride out
I'm steady, shakin' off the shackles of the old me
Wakin' up daily, meditation, feelin' so free
They hate to see you change {yeah}
But they don't understand {no}
The less you see for yourself, you won't comprehend
The caterpillar don't care what you think about him
He was born to be fly, his nature gonna bring it outta him
By the struggle I was never broken, I was broken open
I tapped into a source that was omnipotent
Had to shift my focus to my higher purpose
ain't nothing weak about broke, it takes a fighter's courage
People say they want a revolution
But steady holdin' on the slave ideas, afraid of evolution
In life we live and learn, it's pratice, theory, practice
Wisdom is organically grown, its not pre-packaged

{it's forward baby, never backwards}

[Refrain x1]

[Verse 3]
We think we found the absolute truth
But only to discouver it's a labyrinth, we go from on maze to another
So many chambers and angles, peelin' the onion layers
Within it all I see the same gang, just different players
So I rebel from the prison cell of the pidgeon hole
And dare to be myself, original
A man lives on principles --I don't posture to be popluar
Born to be a leader not just a blind follower

[Verse 4]
It's family before the dollar, your priorities in order
And like Bruce Lee say: "Be the water, be the earth, be the wind and the fire."
Elevate, take it higher
It's instinct, fulfill your needs and your desires
But we go to be compassionate, considerate, a people's advocate
Eradicatin' ignorance through experience
The more you live, the more you learn and you grow
It has a positive effect on all the people you know

{it's motivation}

[Refrain]

[Chorus]

I hope that you will overstand [x2]

{look at things without any opinion
otherwise you'll never look at reality
look at things without any philosophy, without any prejudice, without any dogma, creed or scripture
just look, without arrogance
and see the cause of ignorance, it overstands}

{Change is neccessary to evolution
The universe contains incredible diversity
And you cannot experience it all within the confines of one comfortable lifestyle
Look ahead to what you will think of your life at it's end
You will probably not want to look back and say it was cozy and dull
Thus, react positively to what seems to be disaster
Remember that what seems how to be disaster may be an important step toward evolution
And may even be identifiable as such at some point in the future
Every great loss takes you out of a rut and starts life anew
Be grateful for the time you had and your former happy state
And look forward eagerly to the new phase
Information age.}

Thanks for posting it Odette!

So much respect ✊ and immense gratitude for this song.

Thank you for love. Thank you for compassion. Thank you for understanding. Thank you for wisdom. Thank you for freedom. Thank you for love. ❤️

This joint is fucking HOT

I have heard all of Dead Prez songs from the beginning of their career to present day 2018; and this song here in my view is there best song. The sincerity in it is powerful.

bennubird0 I have heard a lot of there songs too and yes I agree this song defanitly shows there evolution and exactly how awesome they are..they have so many deep dope songs you would think they could never make better songs but time and time again they out do themselves

Dannyspeillberg That is so true! Dead Prez reminds me of artist like Prince, BabyFace; in that everything that put out is gold.

I love this song. Its a lil corny. You cant play it with your friends. By myself it envokes a ton of emotions and always makes me tear up

Feel Rich ;-)

rekaSFpreparat yes indeed!

Powerful

wow this shit is GOLD nothin but wisdom dropped

Beautiful LYRICS! Much love! Who else heard about this on the documentary "feel rich" ? :)

Me 2! 😄

So much wisdom in this song.

This song is fucking amazing. I've been playing it all day.

Still dope, 2017

what a wonderful song and amazing lyrics. Dead Prez has alot of uplifting music.

i listen to this album ever day but this song i play about 100 times over and over

*MUCH LOVE* 💙 *BIG UP!* ⬆ *UNITE FAM!* ✊

Real hip hop! using dat Mic to open minds and create uprising by all means. Speaking on some real things.💪👊✌🤘

hands down one of the best songs ever!

Dead Prez = GOAT

new favorite song found! this is awesome!

cool
its okay

Overstand =Dr Malachi Z York

I love this song... it help me to let out my stress

damn! Big tune

can't listen to this just ones . this joint is really really HOT

Information Age.. Remember!.

Wow, this is one of my new favorites... this is what music should be.

+Mikal Rashid (Gravity) yes

No doubts son, feeling it!

Here I go decrying you guys for pitting white versus black (yea yea I know, only a white dude would say that...) but it's true. We are made lesser (white included) because of slavery, income class warfare, deliberate impoverishment of the black male, ect. It is a fucked up (just look at the prison statistics, you better not be black, let alone male).
However we all sink and swim together, and the race war is another ploy (just look at Russia, they publically out America for this on their mainstream television). Looks like you guys figured this out, to some extent (and still have a righteous fury of course!).
Two Bodhisattva lifting up all around their words of wisdom.
This might be my white guilt talking - but I'm pretty sure this group is awesomely inspiring.

This track is sick. Inspirational!

João Heitor Truth

This is one the greatest songs i've ever heard, and the outro is so full of inspirational knowledge that you need to grasp

Nice Stuff Yes it is

It will be one of the best songs I will ever hear

I agree this song is amazing I can't believe it hasn't received the attention it has deserved

I'm lovin the evolution of Dead Prez. The global appeal is natural progression. 

As a lifelong fan, I've enjoyed growing with them as well... since I was a rebellious youth in 2005 to becoming a compassionate grown man still involved in the beautiful struggle.

Real encouragement and motivation...Dead Prez

Legit !!

this whole album is great.  great piece of work from dead prez!

It's like he put my everyday thoughts on paper. Beautiful. "The Caterpillar don't care what you say about him, he was born to be fly his nature gone bring it out um. PEACE and LOVE.

It's powerful

Wisdom is grown not prepackaged.

lol overstand whoever invented that word was hi

great track

wow, just wow.

Love this whole album.  The evolution of revolution.

My favorite song from the album, not to mention probably off the best album I ever bought! It is probably the most uplifting and positive I ever heard actually. Thanks for sharing!

real hip hop right here...props from cali

This is bad ass

I bought this album off amazon but this song didnt come with it????

It's ONLY on the "Deluxe Edition".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Age_(album)

Check your album version

This is such trash. You went from revolutionaries to petty-bourgeois new age liberals.

@ProletarianTakeover your comment isn't in the spirit of debate. If you are concerned with "revolution" then let's get to a real debate. "Spiritual new age stupidity"? I have some doubts that you have truthfully listened to the album, with an open mind. I don't think it is hard to see the link between their ethos and revolution...a paradigm shift that starts from the bottom up. Their next album will surely be different. And this album is not about "working out"...so let's not bring that up again. 

They grew up. They suffered and went through life and found healing through understanding and overstanding

ProletarianTakeover Huh?

ProletarianTakeover What does this have to do with being "bourgeois new age liberals". Did u even listen to the song? It's about life and learning how to better yourself and find a way to find positivity through your struggles and about seeing what life has to offer. This song's message should be loved by everybody who lives and breathes on this earth. Such a powerful song. I really hope you're trolling.

elanpedisic123 nice comment

This song sums up how i feel at the moment! Amazing track.

seriously inspirational. dead prez are true revolutionaries

Wise and inspirational :) This is a new higher state of consciousness ;) a new way of experiencing life :) Thank you!

Temple Of Hip Hop stylin!

Mind Blowing!!! to say the least- "don't just understand, but overstanding is the objective".

sounds like the beat on tupac 'changes'. but yeah, also sounds like the beat from iyaz 'replay'

I got the "Information Age" album and this song(as well as a few others)isn't on it

the lyrics are there but good god don't use these type of beats...

stansarproductionz Why?

The accompanying vocals are unbelieveable.

I've always been a Dead Prez fan... This is another track they bring it on lyrically.. The message in this is crazy deep.. This one song is more motivational than EVERY song in the Top 40.

Dope song, love it