Mystery repeats Life got tricks but its treats too Love my ancestry Yo I see you You live with me So I'ma live through you Continue this beautiful cycle History always tries to enlight you. How much been decided for you You don't know So just go As far as you can go, But go slow. Hey yo Know this I've noticed What it is about all this Seperating real from the fake and bogus Sitting at the dock of the bay like Otis We just slide (slide) Through this thing called life (life) Everything gon' be alright (right) As you stay true to the path that's inside Mystery repeats Mystery repeats Mystery repeats Mystery repeats What if I never went and smoked that first spliff What if I never gave Sam that first kiss What if I never even heard EPMD Would you still notice me? What if Inever heard Perq's first demo Gave him a call "To the crib" (Hey dog) Would I still been known as the fellow Rolling with the dude with the cello What if These questions arise As I look in my eyes And I see my own surprise Wondering what path lies before me Probably the same as the ones before me And I, pass it right down to my seed A mystery indeed I'd tell him how proud i'll be Go ahead make history Mystery repeats Mystery repeats Mystery repeats Mystery repeats As the newborn start to breathe As the widow starts to grieve It seems that mystery repeats itself all over As the newborn start to breathe As the widow starts to grieve It seems that mystery repeats itself all over Mystery repeats Mystery repeats Mystery repeats Mystery repeats Mystery repeats Mystery repeats Mystery repeats Mystery repeats