Woke up numb, feeling like it's been so long, gone Same old song, starting to forget where I'm from Looking at regret, wonder where it all went wrong Though it's dark and the shine gets dim I know I can flick a switch and the light goes on And we on I'm just trying to better me, something ain't letting me Feel my destiny curve like the letter C Hearing here-say, that shit is heresy Blocking out what the voices are telling me Saw a future I know that they'll never see Feel the pressure I can't let it get to me Trying to sculpt every word like an effigy I know somewhere inside is the remedy Who'd have known it as kids, we'd all grow up like this and I'd have to go and book that flight He had so much to give, hope he know what it is, lost a brother when he took that life Ain't stop feeling him since, we all got fingerprints left on how the city looks at night Try to stay on the path 'Bout time I go and hook that right I got right of way They can say the feeling ain't safe I just write of way Charge one up to the game Woke up clear, I know why the fuck I'm here, yeah Ain't no fear, hands on the wheel I steer, yeah Take it all in, grateful to breathe that air, yeah But I can't help feeling like there's something different in that mirror right there, yeah Maybe this a time for reflection Maybe I been caught up in the grind but I'm destined Maybe I'm just lazy, and it's all on me to test it But lately something's telling me it's all in my perception, right I know what we see can be projections You know what I'm saying like you're finishing my sentence If I'm ever praying then I'm preying on my checklist We ain't ever playing, trying to stack it like it's Tetris, right Knew I was something from back in the day Used to have visions of catching the train Suit and a case, all packed in our place Never content as just rats in the race Doubt can teach us to practice restraint Tell us its one way it actually ain't Damage the vessel, can't damage the faith We never knew it would happen this way Circles

I been going through it, I been all up in it Going through the wringer, feel the room is spinning Had to break the cycle, had to prove I'm different Had to move the needle, had to make some impact This bang like a car door, the world been waiting on me - throw Drinks back like a pub crawl, you know they hating on D I stay lit up like a head light, see red like a LED light I let live and I let die, we suit up like a neck tie 'Cause I'm all about my business, all about my business I been sharpening my blade and they been pouring out they feelings Now that well dry, and the droughts here, they thirsty up in this bitch Just know the gang here, then we straight like it's 12.30 up in this bitch They ain't worthy up in this, looking dirty up in this bitch Got my balance still it's wavy like a surfy up in this bitch, yeah She bad, yeah she bad, Cersei up in this bitch And when the time comes, it's wild fire, no mercy up in this bitch And we all lit in here tonight Bottles that we pop, we live like we got a lot Can't help feeling that it's gonna be alright I got the keys the keys, we still got this shit on lock - we go Dumb as the idea we might be alone in our galaxy They just all follow like I got a map on me Minus the salary we got the battery The DM like DV 'cause she got the battery She sent me a pic it ain't go in the gallery I stay with the drip yeah my shit got an allergy They calling you brother but they are not family I am the man, yeah I studied my anthropy - GO And since back in the day we been mixing it up like a daquiri That's my brother the area never been grey nah that ain't our anatomy This shit easy as riding a bike, but they ain't got the bars, they can't handle me Man they softer than walking in sandals on sand in the Sandalwood Factory Now it's all coming back to me I put the past to the back of me Killed off the old me, it's nothing but part of my casualties 17 years I been killing these rappers and still there ain't none of them matching me Still got plenty of brothers that's willing to jump out the dug out and come out and bat for me Man it's easy to love but they stuck on this other shit that's the thing that really baffle me Always love whatever's bad for me, seen the beauty in the breakdown Try to keep this ride on the road but I see the beauty when it break down Held her while she cried over me yeah I seen that beauty through her breakdown Life is a fight in the octagon feel like they setting you up for the takedown Calling out mission control, I got some shit on my soul Feel like they wanting us dead they be hitting the 'Whoa' while they digging my hole That's why I'm picking my role, setting my screen like a pick-n-a-roll Fighting fire 'til it's time to fly, I be riding high like a Nissan Patrol We are one but we are many things, bond eternal like a wedding ring I ain't forcing out this content, I'm just trying to be content with things That's a liberating concept, I don't care about the bread it brings Making music with my road dogs, DS Fam over everything And we all lit in here tonight Bottles that we pop, we live like we got a lot Can't help feeling that it's gonna be alright I got the keys, the keys And we been had this shit on lock, now let's go

I been in the yard for the long They ain't gotta ask 'cause they know where we from Living in the past ain't a go, that's a stop If you're coming round here, don't be coming round wrong Yeah yeah yeah I been in the yard for the long They ain't gotta ask 'cause they know where we from Living in the past ain't a go, that's a stop If you're coming round here, don't be coming round wrong I been in the yard for the long, Paul Crewe Even when we fall out, never fall through Talking all dues paid, never small moves Shouldn't be a call out if I could just call you - you Got the ball mah-fucker, don't you wait until your back against the wall mah-fucker Got some options for your name is getting called, mah-fucker Slow your walk before you slip and then you fall, mah-fucker Ay, this is all I do All them guys that you listen to, that's all my crew Studied My Hero Academia, I'm All Might, too They watching but they wrong if they think they know all my moves Ay, this Thierry with the shot Like my people with the penne something heavy in the pot Need my name across the country, they already on the block Small reminder just incase you forgot (Yeah, yeah, yeah) I been in the yard for the long They ain't gotta ask 'cause they know where we from Living in the past ain't a go, that's a stop If you're coming round here, don't be coming round wrong Yeah yeah yeah I been in the yard for the long They ain't gotta ask 'cause they know where we from Living in the past ain't a go, that's a stop If you're coming round here, don't be coming round wrong Yeah yeah yeah I been in this shit since a chrysalis, infinite Started out small, but grew my wings in it, penmanship On another level, they get hype of some simple shit Us we don't feel you, not even a little bit I been in the mud like the bugs and the sewers Always rep the gang, when you see me there the crew is Want to paint the town red, and I'm feeling kind of blue-ish We be getting to the money like we... I been in the yard for the long They ain't gotta ask 'cause they know where we from Living in the past ain't a go, that's a stop If you're coming round here, don't be coming round wrong Yeah yeah yeah I been in the yard for the long They ain't gotta ask 'cause they know where we from Living in the past ain't a go, that's a stop If you're coming round here, don't be coming round wrong

I don't know no one that want them I mean with the steez, with the peace, with the pen So many degrees to this, geez, it's a thing Imma need a 1, and you're coming off 10 I don't know no one that want them I mean with the steez, with the peace, with the pen So many degrees to this, geez, it's a thing Imma need a 1, and you're coming off 10 Scattered thoughts, I gotta catch 'em before they fly away I know I'd make it if only my mind could find the space Gemini, 2 sides, I switch like night and day Ride the razor wire, write my lines up on a china plate You thought your mans was done for, still we find a way Tryna stay imperfect as we merge in with the cyberspace Can't deny it, mind is shining like a light grenade Rising even though they try confine us to a primal state We gon' be outside, the box never barred us Strong like it's Sparta, learnt from LOX and the Carters That's – Jay and Wayne, the Magic way, this David Blaine They act Major Paine, but Damon Wayans, lost when I started Plus she's an easy impress, she got some bottles, she just needs the address And I am not bothered Came in a T, but she gon' leave in a dress, we banned from TV she want me to direct I got a lot from it This what we usually do Stay in the cut but get as Groovy as Q Fresh as anyone that you could newly recruit We go Vesuvius, you knew we the truth Watch me float and you would think I'm anti-gravity Rest in peace to all the opps that haven't handled me Had to give it to them, what would you do Bitch I'm too smooth, baby blue suit I don't know no one that want them I mean with the steez, with the peace, with the pen So many degrees to this, geez, it's a thing Imma need a 1, and you're coming off 10 I don't know no one that want them I mean with the steez, with the peace, with the pen So many degrees to this, geez, it's a thing Imma need a 1, and you're coming off 10 Spirits might keep my spirits high lately Figure life in the hive isn't my nature Vilified 'cuz inner quiet is the plight daily With my tribe, where's the lie? A village might raise us Hit acquired, it required all of my patience Towards the light with no mind to where it might take me I stay to the shadows and I don't feel myself That's why I know that when I go there it just don't really help I got that glow, ain't going nowhere, but the physical might Given some time, keep my energy written into these lines It's designed, Imma go there, pure is the form Last thing that I could do is conform, knew it since Dawn Ain't a prophet but I prophesize, verses are a homicide Every time I hold the pen I sip my tea and cross their eyes Dot the points and tick them off Writtens never written off Visit hell and visit God Never switch the vision off This is that shit, petrol to a match stick Make 'em bring it back just so they can really catch it Me encaptured, lit until we ash it Never fade the family we fix it if it's fractured Switch the axis, flow is pyroclastic Looking brand new, but keep it every bit classic Be the magnet, visualize the action Actualize the vision, all the lights in the refraction Try to show the nuance can't live life inside a caption Don't disrespect your home then go and idolize the absent Had to give it to 'em, what would you do? Bitch I'm too smooth, baby blue suit I don't know no one that want them I mean with the steez, with the peace, with the pen So many degrees to this, geez, it's a thing Imma need a 1, and you're coming off 10 I don't know no one that want them I mean with the steez, with the peace, with the pen So many degrees to this, geez, it's a thing Imma need a 1, and you're coming off 10

I ain't mean to go with you tonight Fuck around and lead me somewhere I got demons, I don't know what's on my mind Take me with and leave me down there, I'm like Good God Good God I'm like Good God Good God See I ain't religious, I just want some help Sometimes it's too heavy, can't lift it myself Feeling too young to go sit on the shelf When you got dependents, but you can't depend on yourself Sometimes I just want to get away I need a space somewhere I can breathe My shoulders sore from that heavy weight I just woke up and I want to sleep Keep my head up for them better days But far as the present, it's getting deep I get swept under with every wave Tread water, the bottom I barely reach, yeah And that shore seem distant I don't see my old friends now, and we don't talk much, and they all seem different I just got to walk chest out, but I feel so weak, and my thoughts keep drifting They can never call me victim But demons done caught me slipping Can't help but falling back I see shadows every day They got memories attached I can't let them lead the way Try not to ever be distracted I ain't mean to take it here But I can't blame myself for that I ain't mean to go with you tonight Fuck around and lead me somewhere I got demons, I don't know what's on my mind Take me with and leave me down there, I'm like Good God Good God I'm like Good God Good God I ain't mean to go with you tonight Fuck around and lead me somewhere I got demons, I don't know what's on my mind Take me with and leave me down there, I'm like Good God Good God I'm like Good God Good God

Let the fire cleanse, let it burn away Until I rise again, let me hold this space Will I find my strength? Or will it be misplaced Just try to follow where I've been sent, I hope it don't lead astray Everyday feeling like the same now, start to wonder if I've lost myself Subtle pieces that I had to change out, but it's all adding up into a lot, my health Really ain't as important as getting payed now, how's that for the norm How they keep us subservient, in a daze now, just fill your name on the form Said "I ain't going out like that, I ain't going out like that", that was years ago Now I stand on the train with a tag with my name Swear this badge is a brand, boredom fanning the flames 'Til it catch those hoops And we all dive through Roll up, roll up Can't let the circle become my noose Til it's gone It burns, it burns away Wanna tell her that I love her, but she don't wanna hear that That's a human connection, it's like lately we fear that She don't wanna go deep, tepid water at the surface Tryna walk across a tightrope, but ain't no order in the circus I been trying to catch hold, I been trying to break free I've been trying, man All this grinding takes tolls, all these lies, it ain't me I've been hiding, man I been losing my soul, this survival aint cheap I been fighting man I been digging this hole, 'til the light ain't something I see But I've been climbing, man Yeah – gotta wonder why we play these games Gotta wonder why we run this circuit And it always seems to stay the same I just wonder why I feel so numb, now Feel the fire and embrace the pain In a link, but I'll lose it somehow I'm just struggling to break the chains – A 'Til it's gone It burns, it burns away 'Til it's gone It burns, it burns away 'Til it's gone It burns, it burns away 'Til it's gone It burns, it burns away

She treat me like I'm everything and nothing No reply that's the end of the discussion She make me feel like everything and nothing Say I don't want it she like "boy, you bluffin'", bitch you buggin She treat me like I'm everything and nothing No reply that's the end of the discussion She make me feel like everything and nothing Say I don't want it she like "boy, you bluffin'", bitch you buggin You say I'm clingy and I say you're distant I walk away and then you say you miss it I feel the pain and I need you to kiss it I say it's mine and she like "no it isn't", no restriction Invade my spirit gave you no permission I need to hit it, I'm just so addicted I shoot my shot and then you go ballistic Can't help but feeling that it's so intrinsic By all accounts, I got a few in the bank See I been swimming with the sharks and they dropped you in the tank Now there's blood all in the water and it's you with the shank See I could be your Ashton Kutcher, but you knew it's a prank We punk rock, Sid and Nancy, Sex Pistol the weapon Got me giving all I had just to get your attention In the street she all class, Imma teach you a lesson Looking in each others eyes just to see our reflection She treat me like I'm everything and nothing No reply that's the end of the discussion She make me feel like everything and nothing Say I don't want it she like "boy, you bluffin'", bitch you buggin She treat me like I'm everything and nothing No reply that's the end of the discussion She make me feel like everything and nothing Say I don't want it she like "boy, you bluffin'", bitch you buggin I say you're guarded, you say you're submissive She make it harder talking so explicit Uh, boss bitch but she toxic How are you my shit but got me feeling like I'm not shit? Uh, small waist but she toxic She keep getting thicker and it's like it makes the plot thick Got me fumbling, they all saying I should drop it But they ain't seen it coming like a plot twist, I promise She treat me like I'm everything and nothing No reply that's the end of the discussion She make me feel like everything and nothing Say I don't want it she like "boy, you bluffin'", bitch you buggin She treat me like I'm everything and nothing No reply that's the end of the discussion She make me feel like everything and nothing Say I don't want it she like "boy, you bluffin'", bitch you buggin And it don't mean nothing Without you, I'm trying my best to be something If I lose my way, then you are my compass And I'd give it all, for you it ain't nothing Nah, that don't mean nothing And it don't mean nothing Without you, my pusher and you give me substance I do it for you, be someone you can trust in And I'd give it all, for you it ain't nothing Nah, that don't mean nothing Nah that don't mean nothing, it's end of discussion If I am the user then you are the plug then, like I need you to function If we were to lose it and you were to jump then, that would be an injustice This is all for your comfort, and we don't need to rush things I don't do any cuffing, I just put on my cuff links (ya, ya, ya) We just setting the vibe I won't tell you no lie If you let me inside Done cutting my ties Soul, body and mind You can get what you like And it don't mean nothing Without you, I'm trying my best to be something If I lose my way, then you are my compass And I'd give it all, for you it ain't nothing Nah, that don't mean nothing And it don't mean nothing Without you, my pusher and you give me substance I do it for you, be someone you can trust in And I'd give it all, for you it ain't nothing Nah, that don't mean nothing

I've been trying to do right, won't just run away from my gift It's a still night, we on a wave with the shits I been trying to reinvigorate, if I can't reciprocate The energy it give me, put my V's up to a figure 8 Got it sideways, I got my vision straight This the cool breeze that predate the winds of change Keep my half a cup full for that prison break We ain't lost no love here On that up above tier you'll never be at Bleed a little of my soul out on every track Did it for D Town, and B now, you'll never be that, no Bring your memory back This for every free artist that could never be trapped This for that that departed, know the world can seem heartless 'Bout to hold it down, get me the strap, where they at? Got some bullets for my past, champagne future Hope they don't compare us, what a damn shame you are Kings amongst kings, not a camp stay truer No-one hold a damn flame to us, we too up Think about my legacy, and how they 'gon remember me And if I gave it everything I had to be great I don't want the memory of mistakes I didn't remedy Tried to give me the crown, but I had to escape When I was a kid, I took for granted like we all do that innocence That beautiful naivety that people like me spend the rest of our lives trying to get back Royalty Spent a lot of time looking in the mirror, man But that changed from being narcissistic to really trying to figure me out What are we doing here, man? And how can we do it better? Royalty Had to face it on my own, feel that rain This ink the wax on the letter that could seal my fate I put talent over effort, guess some things done changed I'm tryna win some and win some, raise income rate I got perspective they would kill for, but felt that break Been Tony Stark with the solder, time I left that cave I got that spark, been a solder, now the links unchained Plenty horses under the hood, it's time they felt my reign Go and do it if you're gonna do it Shoot that shot or you'll never know Something shifted, I can feel it moving Once I got my balance I ain't letting go Get to cooking feeling like I never left the stove Coming from nearly unknown now, but shit, you never know We all searching for our purposes I can turn a loss into a win if I can learn from it I'm just tryna help, and shit my skills are in the surpluses We should pull the rug and re-establish where the curtain is We should change the order and retake what they deferred from us We should burn it down and then rebuild it and refurnish it Put the carpet down for me Ain't no-one I need to ask for my esteem, I achieved What I never thought was possible, question what it means now Feel the strength of many 'cause it ain't about just me now These words here are my portal, see normalcy got me awkward The ordinary ain't affording me forward thinking, it's forcing me Up inside of my own prison, back inside of the vault In the ether tryna manifest and actualize me a thought This is more than just recording it's reaching my hands to Gods If you hear this when I'm gone, you can picture the man I was Ready to accept my kingdom, know that knowledge is wealth Only one that I was ever running from is myself When you really separate yourself like, geographically, mentally and spiritually That's when you realize how important it is that we're all together Royalty See I always believed in us Life tries to beat that shit out of you man, but, I always knew that we were inherently positive And I still believe that, that won't stop Royalty