Dm
That's why they call me Temple Priest, mothafucka
N.C.                                             Dm
That’s why they call me Temple Priest, mothafucka

[Verse 1]
Dm
Man, you know I got some questions
Gm                        Bbm
But you say you know the truth
                                Dm
I'm not done learning all my lessons
Dm
Ignorance is no excuse
Dm
Everything you say I'm missing
Bbm
Think I’m destined for the dirt?
              Db
It's like I'm guilty by omission
Dm
I guess maybe I'll convert

[Chorus]
Dm
And I'm like, "Yeah, yeah"
Dm
And you're like, "Nah, nah"
Dm
And I'm like, "Hell yeah"
Dm
And I'm like
N.C.                                            Dm
That’s why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka
N.C.                                            Dm
That’s why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka

[Verse 2]
Dm
Why you don't got any questions?
        Eb                     Bb
How you know that this is real?
Dm
I am feeling such repression
Dm
You can’t tell me how to feel
Dm
Why you think I'm at the bottom?
        Bb
Why you think I'm off the path?
         Db
'Cause I used to love the bottle?
             Dm
Or is it the tattoos on my back?

[Chorus]
Dm
And I'm like, "Yeah, yeah"
Dm
And you're like, "Nah, nah"
Dm
And I'm like, "Hell yeah"
Dm
And I'm like
N.C.                                            Dm
That’s why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka
N.C.                                            Dm
That’s why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka

[Verse 3: Paul Wall]
Dm
Bow wow, baby
Dm
Bow wow
Dm
Bow wow, baby
Dm
Ay, judge thee not lest ye be judged (Be judged)
Dm
Don't mind me, I'm just doing my drugs (My drugs)
Dm
I don't bar none and I don't hold no grudge
Dm
But I'm all real homie, I do not budge
Dm
They tell ya it's for your soul, they just playing a role
Dm
'Cause when it's all said and done it comes down to control
Dm
All the lying and deception been taking its toll
                         N.C.
But I'm ten toes down, I will not fold
     Dm
I get manipulated every time I'm in a bad place
Dm
They straight lie to my face and then ask for grace
Dm
The phone calls stop coming when I talk my case
                           D
Then they tell me that I'm wrong if I question my faith
N.C     Dm
I gotta look past the messenger and hear the message
Dm
I gotta be my best self and get all my blessings
Dm
So let me light up this blunt and if they hate, so what?
          D
I'm doing me, I'm not concerned too much

[Verse 4: Kota the Friend]
N.C.
Sitting on the mountaintop
Dm
Well above the clouds, I don't feel like I'm about to drop
Dm
Hanging in the balance, I don't harbor any malice
Dm
I done been up in the slums, I done been up in the palace
      Dm
I'm infinity, sacred geometry, living simply
Dm
Universe aligned with my spirit, I feel its symmetry
Dm
I remember vividly, the Devil tried to finish me
                                   N.C
Nature got my back, so he couldn't fuck with the synergy
Dm
I break bread with the lost, make joy by your pain
Dm
Found peace in a war, I made do in the rain
Dm
Star shining in night, my light true as the day
                             D                 Dm
I don't believe in the hype, I'm only human, I say
Dm
Oh you lost? Well, I'm lost, too
Dm
And some of us are burdened with the knowledge, but we all fools
Dm
What's the point of winning while we living when we all lose
                               D
When it's said and done in the ending when we all screwed?

[Chorus]
Dm
And I'm like, "Yeah, yeah"
And you're like, "Nah, nah"
And I'm like, "Hell yeah"
Dm
And I'm like
N.C.                                            Dm
That’s why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka
N.C.                                            Dm
That’s why they call me Temple Priest mothafucka