Playing on the Christian notion of “giving testimony,” telling your personal story about your relationship with God. This is Lateef’s testimony, but as later lyrics illustrate it’s not a Christian testimony, it’s a secular one – though with some allusions to the doctrine of 5 Percenters..

Lateef’s driving a BMW 5 Series (imagine this car with an American license plate)

Lateef attended Skyline High School in Oakland

Lateef was born and raised in Oakland, where he still lives today

As before, Lateef is saying he sees the Truth, but not the Christian version of the Truth

Lateef is a 5 Percenter, a representative of the Nation of Gods and Earths. Other 5 Percenter rappers include the members of Wu-Tang and Jay Electronica

And according to NGE doctrine, you are either part of the 85% of the population who are blind to the knowledge of themselves and God (an 85er), part of the 10% of the population who know the truth but deceive the rest of the world (includes government, corporations, mainstream media), or part of the 5% (a 5 Percenter) who knows and preaches the truth – that God is the BlackMan of the Earth

Sounds pretty accurate to us, except the truth is that corporations and the government are trying to fuck you in the ass. Can we be honorary 5 percenters???

I-580 is a freeway in Oakland – one of several Oakland references on this track

Whether he’s fighting or writing (or doing both, as when rapping), Lateef learns from his mistakes

Lateef speaks The Word, i.e. The Truth, but not in the traditional Christian sense of Saints speaking the Word of God