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[Verse 1â¨]
The drum is never the enemy of the pen
But when Iâm meeting mentally with beat and melody then
One of me can turn into ten of me
If thereâs ten of me, tell me how many heavenly similes can we blend?
Like women and men would fall with no friends
Like a rose would fall with no stem
Like most folks follow trends
Like Os follow LMNs
Thatâs how well I know life flows with the elements
As sunrise kills an evening
As stars die and a night sky is grieving
As man sees what he has when itâs leaving
You gone is as asthma to breathing
Thatâs how much I need you in my life
Iâm never gonna ever leave you in my lifetime
Cause every time I hear line⨠that shows me Iâm not alone itâs saving me
Cause I know that thatâs a lifeline
Like mindsâthis is our home and they wonât ruin it easily
Cause the wolf is gonna blow until heâs blue in the cheek
And me and you and the crew can go take a snooze in the street
And the bulldozer can come chew on our feet
We never let em through
Weâll build a levy
Limit the riverâs level
Steady the flood and begin with a pebble
Lend me one syllable
Come if youâre ready to shovel
Run if youâre shaking
But I know that today is not my Waterloo
[Chorusâ¨]
Youâve made a place where Iâm welcome
And although I give voice to it seldom
Know I love you
Nobodyâs above you
And if you love someone then you tell them
[Verse 2â¨]
Every day the planetâs losing IQ points
But people still bumping Ice Cube joints
So Iâve got hope
And every day Iâm seeking my true voice⨠and looking up at a bright new choice
Cause everybodyâs got a hustle and everyoneâs trying to push it
Itâs tricky to find the kush hiking up a mountain of bullshit
And thereâs another mountain of bullshit next to it littered with glitter, money
And strippers theyâre selling as good shit
Itâs nothing new up at the core though
Everything same as itâs always been only more so
Of course so same token, while thereâs life there is truth
While thereâs truth it demands to be spoken
And someoneâs gonna speak it
Itâs really â¨not a secret
You just need to search it
You just need⨠to seek it
And though we like to worship a genius⨠in a coffin
We often forget that thereâs prophets among us walking
And I know because I hear em when I am â¨in the clouds
And I got my music up and jamming it loud
And dammit whatever I am or could ever become⨠Iâm positive that I will
Always be a fan in the crowd
So gimme gimme gimme
Dylan and Biggy
Hit me with Jimi, Emily Dickinson, Eminem, Niki Giovanni, Lennon, Kendrick, Gambino, Rafa, Chinaka, Dahlak and Missy,â¨Saul and Beau and Paul and Kweli, Chali 2na and Chance and Seneca
[Hookâ¨]
(Go in poet!)
86 I was thrown in the mix, saying
(Go in poet!)
86 anyone who would stand in the path of a kid saying
(Go in poet!)
86 bitches, 86 cups full of lean
(Go in poet!)
86 bars, infinity ways to say what I mean
[Chorusâ¨]
Youâve made a place where Iâm welcome
And although I give voice to it seldom
Know I love you
Nobodyâs above you
And if you love someone then you tell them
[Verse 3â¨]
So if youâre blocking the future I wanna to walk toward
Suit yourself weâre gonna lock swords
But itâs a wash if youâre saying âWatsky â¨I could rock withcha if you didnât talk
Like some nails on a chalkboard
I can tellâthat youâre really on your dope writer tip
But youâll trip if you donât try to fit
Maybe you can make it if you ghostwrite a hit
And sell it to somebody who can ghostride â¨a whipâ
ShieeetâI say no sirree
I can smell the weak shit through the potpourri
So Iâm just gonna do what I do
You take a minute or two and Google âTim and Magooâ
I love the that life I picked even if it ain't plush
Iâm too glad complain much
Iâm in the lab in a drab world
While these fuckers dab and do dabs and I dab on my pad with my paintbrush
This is for the kids whipping up some home-cooked
Spitting 86 bars, fuckin no hook
Lying in the grass
Passion their chest
And a ballpoint pressed in their notebook
Listen to me, this is for the word
Looking â¨so fine â¨Iâm rubbing coconut oil up in the crack of⨠that spine
This is for the times Iâm reminded my mind isnât mine alone
This is for the poems and the lines
(And the letters in em)
[Hookâ¨]
(Go in poet!)
86 I was thrown in the mix, saying
(Go in poet!)
86 anyone who would stand in the path of a kid saying
(Go in poet!)
86 bitches, 86 cups full of lean
(Go in poet!)
86 bars, infinity ways to say what I mean
[Chorusâ¨]
Youâve made a place where Iâm welcome
And although I give voice to it seldom
Know I love you
Nobodyâs above you
And if you love someone then you tell them