Verse 1:
Whatever takes to lay to rest all competition, I do
So pray to repent that those devout forgotten will not find you
Donât make an attempt to follow, wallow in your own discomfort
Discover how to pay your respects, accept them as your brother
Iâm leaving a path through trails of mud
Anointing all those in pales of blood
Then focus their lives on lies
And find theyâre hopeless in eyes of mind and why
We not designed, we right on time
And when we arrive we get it live
Just acknowledge we on fire
Nine Leaves are the set design
Record time remaining nameless
Formless cuz your forms are shameless
Youâve forgotten where youâre from
And all your flaws that made you famous
Threats are painless, aim this at your heart to make the pain lift
Shape-shift on this track to scratch your name right off the gameâs list
Plain shit I am sick of rappers
Pissed cuz Iâm a sicker cracker
Fire blacking out the room of places that you stage your acting
Youâve forgotten whereâs your passion
Need to ask, thatâs my infraction
Show me where your skills at and Iâll show you how to hack and slash âem
Chorus: (excerpts from a discussion on Hip Hop)
Some are being pushed through the machine
And being told what to do
Theyâre not challenging themselves anymore
They forget about themselves as an artist
That may be how it evolved, but thatâs not necessarily how it has to be though
Some do what they want to
Verse 2:
Iâm backhanding the game, she aint treating us right
I aint really the one but I cherish her life
I blame the change on us, the same must go for me
Our love is deep but I only write once a week
Listen, I never held a nine besides my 9 to 9
No jail time, trust me, my life is fine
I even rhyme in a suit
Cuz my pursuit of happiness is to spit the truth
You lose
And I donât gotta change up my flow
It is what it is, you can ride or you donât
Youâll decide as I go
Every line you can scope
I aint losing sleep
You could live a lie but I wonât
I aint beat money, you could talk about all your doe
Man life is sweet
You could peep my gut as it grows
Hold the cheddar for the cheese
And your beef for the streets
Two sides of a coin, my point, we both eat
So yes, I really gotta say this is great
You can hate on my hate so your hateâs just the same
Donât be mad at me homie I paved my own lane
Speaking honestly, homie youâre a waste of a name
A waste of my space man, check out my frame
Iâm drained but I still speak my piece
This last piece of hate
For these youâll take heat
Yâall wear shades in the club
Iâll rock mine on the beach
Pleaseâ¦
Chorus: (excerpts from a discussion on Hip Hop)
Itâs a competitive sport, Hip Hop
Everything is âI, I, Iâ because you have to prove that youâre the better emcee
And of course itâs a business
Hip Hop wasnât derived from that
There is this other dimension of Hip Hop
There are these songs all over the world
Verse 3:
Theyâve already forgotten
How it sounds, felt the taste it
Before the industry reshaped it and raped it
Landscaped your face, now youâre the Mona Lisa
You gotta do what they do or they wonât release ya
The fans may greet ya, but you canât look them in the eyes
I guess your hustlinâ features was just a disguise
Make us believe ya, at least you could try
You wanna get rich lying relying on false pride
Sold your soul for the price of the gold and the ice
Now youâre a hoe with no hold and theyâre controlling your life
You were exposed to the light but prefer being dumb
The who, what, where
When will you remember one
The place youâve begun
Look what youâve become
Succumb to what sucks for a successful some
Regrets youâll have some
Respect youâll have none
Cuz when itâs all said and done youâre one loss was the love
Chorus: (excerpts from a discussion on Hip Hop)
People are forgetting who they are, what Hip Hop culture is, and why theyâre doing it
Thatâs the forgotten
Everybody in Hip Hop is not an artist
Youâre doing what you think people want you to do rather than who you are
Thereâs no innovation
Verse 4:
Have you ever had the feeling of being in slow-mo
The type of case that comes with a thinking of âoh noâ
Or had a vision showing your future as so low
But without a way in which you could alter or re-sow
Well Iâm a bring it through like a leader that bestows
A speech upon his men thatâll heed âem to let go
Of the artificial skin that just keeps âem in limbo
These seeds will bring the being intended to first grow
Youâre heading to and fro on a path that is void of pride
Happy to put aside who you are on the inside
In truth I canât surmise if this turned out all by design
Did you intend to play the fool or did other people decide
Did managers advise you sever ties for prize
Well now your dragon slumbers while goblins are on the rise
Iâm trudging through the snow while you building a man of lies
Iâm speaking to your soul but itâs greeting me with goodbyes
And now itâs time to hide cuz Iâm wrecking your false disguise
Iâm stepping through the haze with intention to bring demise
And when the rug gets pulled and the mirror brings its surprise
Look into your eyes with the question of âwho am Iâ