Save The Children
It's all a hidden
history, and mysteries
I see vividly, hysteria
Cause
misery
on
the interior
Shit gets more scarier, I'm never
in fear
Just a little inferior in some
areas
But I share, wisdom with Sumerians
Somewhere we in the place
Peace means harmony, not war
and
armory
But fuck that, cock your gun
back
This
survival of the fittest
Some cats get boxed in where they litter
These niggas don't
beez in the trap
, they like beez in the track
Get smoked out
and I ain't
talkin'
bout what you
toke out
You toked out for really thinkin' that this shit is a silly dream
When actually
reality
ain't what it
really seem
And I ain't
actin' on the
scene, niggas scream
The actions ain't
screened, just well-schemed
I'm
tryna' have wealth for my well-being
By eighteen, pockets healthy green
What the fuck is twelve beams?
I need the
cake
and
cream
The stakes
is
high like fiends
off a dream
Jet streaming
having
cuisine
With the best season since the
vet season
Carry a vest, you know the
reason
I'm in
Chi-raq
and I'm getting blown like the breezes
The chicken
strip teasers
Thighs, legs and the breast part is the cleavage
She even lick it down to the bone marrow
She in love but I ain't got a bow and arrow
I'm known to jack the booty
like I'm Sparrow
They ain't
tryna' see me
in the battle
The lines is too narrow
They couldn't even outshine my shadow
They don't want the beef nigga, let alone the
cattle
They
just living out the saddle, so sad
They
just living out the saddle, so sad
though
Black in public, black
democrats
Black educator, black entertainer
Black, black businessman, black people are rumbling
Save the chil
Save the chil
Okay, they sleeping on the
crack, they overdose
Overdose on high fructose
, rolling
toast
'till I'm
over-throat
And
over-slowed
, I been speakin'
over tones
Low but keep them L's high,
legends
live
long
And we
gon'
be forever, this for the Era
They tried to tell us we too deep
in the flow
The
mo' the better, the
mo' clever, et cetara, whatever
Okay, they sleeping on the crack,
they overdose
Overdose on high fructose, rolling toast
'till I'm
over-throat
And over-slowed, I been speakin'
over
tones
Low but keep them L's high, legends live
long
And we
gon'
be forever, this for the Era
They tried to tell us we too deep
in the flow
The mo' the
better, the mo'
clever, et cetara, whatever
Why do they sweat
us?
Dead us, they just met us,
but they won't forget us
They don't know better than the worst
case
I be headed for
first
place
Purchase they position
cause they
worship
oppositions
But I too had no pot to piss in
, and so spot on in this instant
And they still ain't got my decision,
I won't stand under
no man
Except my high supplier, he got the
fire
, I got the lighter
I hit the
spliff
and this what I'm
spittin'
Like it's gas liquids that I'm
drippin'
,
pimpin'
Black in public, black democrats
Black educator, black entertainer
Black, black businessman, black people are rumbling
Save the chil
Save the chil
Greenbax (Interlude)
I'm tryin' to
get that green back
Pro Era
on the rise, man you
tape that
We'll never be broke
again
Bro-Broke again
Whole damn world in the palm of my hands
Pro Era
on the rise, man you
tape that
We'll never be broke
again
Paper Trail$
Before the money, there was love
But before the money, it was tough
Then came the money through a plug
It's a shame this ain't
enough, yo
Sitting back plotting, jotting
information on my nation
Really started from the bottom
, boy, cotton
But they still planting
plantations,
we keep buying
in
Closed-minded men
,
pride is higher than the
prices
on your
Pradas
Balenciagas
, balance my soccer with the
Henny agua
Me and my niggas
tryna
eat
, you pussies
empanada
The flow like plenty lava
With just a penny I
could multiply my worth
And make you work for me for twenty hours
I swear these niggas love to copy, thanks for listening
This kid ain't
been the same since Biggie smacked me at my
christening
Watch your tradition and please
play it safe
Cause your
position on the top is switching right in front your face
Rocking on this bass
with rhymes, I'm
bustin' out
He
duckin' down, got some issues now, headed for your
house
So put the pistols
down, got that red dot on
your nose
Who put the clown
on lock, jaws like the blue knows
Froze, keep your mouth closed or you can see the solar
I got connections that guaranteed to see closed doors
You hear that underground sonar
The way I flows, thiswisdom
The Pros been on a mission
Listen
enter the chamber, get hyperbolic
They raisin'
max, I raise stakes to keep the
brolic
My bitches
is
macrocosmic, pass the
chronic
The mastered sonics
is light years above your
conscious
You're novice, but I got notes that strike nerves
I promise your minds ain't
sharp like my swords
So cut the BS, and don't worry where my
jeans
is
And PS: Your
bitch
a genius, learnt from my penis
I got dreams filling
arenas
and breaking
brackets
Tenants
racket
, while I'm cracking a
Serena
God damn, God bless the heaven that sent you
But now I'm breezing out, baby, cause' my rent's
due
Shit is really real out here
I said shit is really real out here
Just trying to get
a deal
out here
I'm screaming
cream
Who fucking with the rap supreme?
Joey Bad, the Big Preem came to collect the
green
I got a
dollar and a dream
, know what I mean?
And I
gotta
get my mama off the scene
Cash ruined everything around
me
Cash ruined everything around
me
Cash ruined everything around
me
They say money is the root of all evil
I see money as the route of all people
Cause we all follow paper trails,
paper
trails
And everybody gotta
pay their
bills
, pay their bills
And everybody gotta
pay their bills, pay their
bills
It's the
dollar dollar bill,
y'all
It's the dollar dollar bill, it's the
dollar bill
that kills
, y'all
It's the dollar dollar bill, it's the
dollar bill that kills, y'all
It's the dollar dollar bill, it's the
dollar bill that kills, y'all
It's the dollar dollar bill, it's the
dollar bill that kills, y'all
Before the money, there was love
But before the money, it was
tough
Then came the money through a plug
It's a shame this ain't enough, yo
Piece Of Mind
Hello?
Yeah I hear you bro, I hear you
You got a minute?
Yeah I got a quick sec
Alright I want you to hear somethin', I'mma playsomethin'for you alright?
Alright, alright
Yo yo you hear it bro?
Yeah
Yeah
Alright listen, listen
Let me tell you what shit is like right now y'all
What life like now, tryna, figure
out
They put this mic on trial cause'
he bekillin'
now
Foreverbitin'my forbidden
style
Laying low for a minute in the game
Since I came all these niggas
lookin'timid
My life can never dimeth,
the Lord is my shepherd
Jesus woke a devil in him, thesinnin'with least effort
Thinking back to those Lefferts
days
And I ain't been the same since I left 6th grade
My mind's strayin', you think I had the biggest heart
Taking walks with abuela in the park
just to tell her
I'ma grow propellers one day and be a
good
fella
Play the hero or whoever, the hood
gon'
tell us
Let's just pray it ain't the villain
Tell 'em
I be feeling
some way
Thinkin' I can
get the Maybach off
gun play
Instead I let the words play with 90
beats a minute
Bet the streets lose a heart beat before the verse
finish
But life goes on, basic rules still apply
And you can feel that lot in any hood that you live by
From
Flatbush
, to
Figg side
, I was a
school boy
too
Hoppin' trains,
I just missed my cue
And what's life like for me, it's but a dream
Everything ain't
what it seems, up underneath
The surface is but a screen, we only
see
What we know
And what's life like for me, it's but a dream
Everything ain't
what it seems, up underneath
The surface is but a screen, we only see
What we know
And what's life like now, I can't
figure out
They put my mans on trial, say he a killer now
Conspiracies, we
gon'
get you out
Just keep ya head up G, shit is wild
It's bugged out
cause' I
know youtryna, see your child
But I'mma hold you down still cause' you my brother
I just gave Will a lil'somethin'
for your baby mother
But don't stress, know you caught up in
some b.s
But next time you see us, we gonna be our best
Love you my nigga, word is bond,
you'll stay strong
Out in New York this same shit is
goin'on
Peace to all my brothers who keep still
holdin'on
Been away so long, feel like
a
tickin'
time
bomb
They make judgement to my kind, whom the odds is against
Put our backs on the fence
, so we self defence
Followed by a series of unfortunate events
Looking like white America got a brother
again
And what's life like for me, it's but a dream
Everything ain't
what it seems, up underneath
The surface is but a screen, we only see
What we know
And what's life like for me, it's but a dream
Everything ain't
what it seems, up underneath
The surface is but a screen, we only see
What we know
Take shots to the face with no peace of mind
Give me my piece of mind
Take shots to the face with no peace of mind
Give me my piece of mind
This life is all we know, this life is all we know
Man that's crazy yo, that's amazing b
Thank you bro
Word bro
That one is for you my nigga
Goodlookin'bro,
goodlookin'man. That just boosted my adrenaline. It's been ages, I gotta get out this
joint b. I love y'all man, real bro, for real man. I think by every day that go by,
I just bethinkin'
bout y'all for real. You, Kirk, everybody. I heard the new one on Rosenberg, that shit is a bomb one b
Oh you heard that shit!
Big Dusty
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Check my style, check, check, check it out
(Check it out y'all, check, check, check, check it out y'all)
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Check my style, check, check, check it out
(Check it out y'all, check, check, check, check it out y'all)
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Fuck jumping the broom, honey moons, I, I hit the
pot
Soak me up like a mop, Know
I'm up, know there's levels
Staring down at the devil, hello, guess I got the memo
Pulling strings like
Geppetto
, you just a puppet, fellow
I came up out of the tomb, don’t drop a L
Uh, you don't want to see the evils, which I
dwell in hell
To excel, this shit never fails, always excels
They been swallowing
sons before the double XL
Sex
sell,
ex ask why it never work out
I guess I exercise too much when I work out
Show's too
turnt
out
return home burnt out
Now I got to hear all the shit that you heard 'bout
Can I live? What, these niggas want me off a bridge?
If I say it's turnt down, do I burn that shit?
Truth is, if it ain't
real, I don't feel it
If it don't hit my
spirit, I don't get near it
And that's point blank period, know some
niggas that fear it
Same niggas who know that we
the illest
Lines so deep a great shark is what I reel up
Hit the flow and it can't go realer, my whole camp
gorillas, nigga
(Check, check, check it out)
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Don't jack my style
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Don't jack my style
Jack, jack, jack it out
(Check, check, it out)
I stand juxtaposed
to all my
Pro's
, realest
illest niggas I know
See these foes
biting the flows, they even
jooks the pose
I guess my CD really shaking the coast
Cause this
really be the year that I
feast
,
capisce
?
Nothing defeats
the
beast
, I speak
my piece
Know niggas in the streets
that heat
seek
for me,
release and
squeeze
Might put a
Halloween
between your spleen
Retreat or trickle down to your last pound of green
, know what I mean?
Shit it's like taking
candy
from the babies
All of these rappers are just a
bunch of Now and Laters
They too sweet, plus they lease their
Mercedes
Can't be second greatest,
I'm the best and def your favorite
My flow in-depth nigga, I got my
wave up
It's either get your tidal waved, or you could be my neighbor
Cause if I can't
eat
, then you can't either
I need to know, need the pizza dough
fuck I'm spitting
ether for?
Yeah nigga
Reigning
rap
supreme in this
bitch
Cause bitches lie niggas lie numbers, too
Cause bitches lie niggas lie numbers, too
Bitches lie niggas lie numbers, too
Bitches lie niggas lie numbers, too
What the fuck you
gon'
do when the Era come for you?
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Don't jock my style
And I'm from the blocks where they sell
Cell
blocks
rock my mental
See them fake thugs that you see before can't even spell
My flows
filled with words you can't
pronounce, stories you can't tell
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Check my style, check, check, check it out
(Check it out y'all, check, check, check, check it out y'all)
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Check my style, check, check, check it out
(Check it out y'all, check, check, check, check it out y'all)
Check my style, check, check, check it out
Hazeus View
Will I see you through my Hazeus View?
Will I see you through my
Hazeus
View?
Will I see you through my Hazeus
My Hazeus, my
Hazeus , my
Hazeus, my
Hazeus view
You ain't running
with the apes
yet
Apex at the Empire
State neck
Hand no crown, my niggas take
that
In this state of mind, gotta
state facts
suspect nigga
Get your wig pushed back tonight, to 1999
Who'd've thought that
19 I'd be in my prime
Throw up the right scheme everything else align
Here's a penny for your thoughts another one another one
Eventually the dream was bought
Now that's a real, real, real mind
fuck
Might fuck up your mind
if you're
lighting
up
Make sure the
ting is tight enough if you tough
Imma
titan,
like Zeus I enlighten
them
Kick flows, till it's kung-fu fighting them
Is it him, it is you who was nice as
him?
I don't see nobody no, no
I don't see nobody no, no
And we probably share a trait or two
But I can't see what I can't relate
to
Hey
Jesus will I ever get to see you through my
Hazeus
View?
And we probably share a trait or two
But I can't see what I can't relate to
Hey Jesus will I ever get to see you through my
Hazeus View?
You rap niggas ain't
safe yet
I keep the bombs in my basement
When I detonate you can feel the
vibrations
I got ya
mind shaking and in my right my light
gon
spark for
generations
One day my voice will be heard
On every radio station
cause' fate
rearranging and changing and this
Everyday
living in this life I see
That in every way
they wanna see my life
decease
But I survive the question is for how
long
Since my homie died, I been tryin'
to hold on
The happy days of my life is
now all gone
But I cope with that
weed I smoke and
writing these songs
But it's should I stay should I go?
Should I stay should I go?
I don't know, I don't know
Lord please let me know
And we probably share a trait or two
But I can't see what I can't relate to
Hey Jesus will I ever get to see you through my
Hazeus View?
Everything cool like in the state of mind
At this state in my
correct, cool, calm, collect
Deflect the corrupt with
intellect
I talk too much, the jig is up he has
risen up
From a division
of, most kings, with they vision
precision for precision
His mind splitting, and soul uplifting
But still feel so trapped in the solar
system
And we probably share a trait or two
But I can't see what I can't relate to
Hey Jesus will I ever get to see you through my
Hazeus View?
Like Me
One time what's the word
What's the word
What's the word
Yo yo yo yo yo, yo yo
Turn me up on the headphones
If looks could kill I let the swank
drill like a deadly weapon
I drop bombs on an enemy at any second
Look at me wrong I turn you
to
tomb stones
Lock you in the crosses, and you gone, then I throw my deuce
up
Sip
sangritas
with your
señorita
, like me gusta
See with that early morning cockadoo up to your
rooster
I bet my cockiness will boost
her
confidence
Then you
gon'
wonder where your highness
went
I bet
she
get low for a nigga like
me
She
get low for a nigga like
me
I bet she
get low for a nigga like
me
Low for a nigga like me
So we burn the mary
jane til' the
third degree
Some niggas
bitin'flows
yo, that's burglary
Same niggas
actin'like
they never heard of
me
A fuck nigga could get clocked, yo that's word to me
He
get
blown
for a nigga like
me
Get his head
explode
for a nigga like me
Put him on the floor
for a nigga like me
My mind boggles when time
toggles
In the ocean of stars it's hard to find goggles, we twist it up
So we put it in the air
Don't let the j's start unravelling
We
gettin'blown like a javelin
She throw it back like she
time
travelin'
Rocked the boat so well, she jumped out and
started paddling
I'm screaming "land ho!" 'bout to hit
for sure
I motorboat it slow then I ripped the flow
I'm pretty sure, like nice beat, this that
Even at my weakest I still
leave her
speechless
How you like those
peaches
?
Find me rotting the
apple
'Bout to
bump so plump,
'bout to lock
in the grapple
Feeling like the highest man about to tackle
Facts like the chat under the cap of the
Snapple
Cats get decapitated for
actin'a fool
Blacks get their ass sprayed just for
makin'a move
We get high and say "fuck the police"
That’s why we get high
and say "fuck the police"
That’s why we get high
and say "fuck the police"
Cause every time I make a move they
be
sweatin'me
They want another black man in penitentiary
It's even hard for that man standing next to me
Cause he could
catch a bullet
that was really meant for
me
It's like every step bring me
close to destiny
And every breath I get closer to the death of me
I'm just
tryna, carry out my own legacy
But the place I call home ain't
lettin' me
You can't get by if you don't respect an OG
You can't get by if you don't respect an OG
You can't get by if you don't respect an OG
Cause every corner I turn a nigga
testing me
And every morning I mourn just for the less of me
Sometimes I ask the Lord why he be blessing me
And not my brothers whose souls now rest in
peace
I pray there's hope for a nigga like me
Hope for a nigga like me
Just pray there's hope for a nigga like me
I'm something like the chairman of the board,
ranted
I feel,
invincible, like McMahon
One of the last original emcees that's left standing on the planet
Strike
like a meteor, do remedial
damage, damnit
Cats
can't
stand it, get they ass handed and branded
By the lyrical New York City
bandit
True warrior like Rembrandt
Yo some cats
claim they fly but really been landed
I really can't stand it
Let me take a seat, this a
Rosa Parks 'ol bum, now
Make some room for me
PE in your beeper, hun you can read it and weep
My old hoes call me now, leave a message after the beep
I don't wanna speak no I don't
wanna speak
I don't wanna speak no I don't wanna speak
I just wanna be good, I just wanna be
I just wanna be free
I pray there's hope for a nigga like me
Hope for a nigga like me
Just pray there's hope for a nigga like me
Belly Of The Beast
Dangerous, dangerous
These niggas can't hang with us
hang with us
Nigga we dangerous,
dangerous
My nigga we
I swear all my life I been
around
Crips and Bloods
Crips and slugs
, the
trigger happiest
thugs
Claiming the slums, and all
the hoods that they
from
Too much of the some, got it twisted up
blinded in a rat race
Cash
straight, the fake kill
jake, the snakes too late
My eyes dilate, and
I could tell them how he
strafe
Coming at me sideways, get
straighten
up
Don't deflate it up
gimme the
bucks
my cash
wrinkling up
Looking back in the days
,
amazed
Cause the lab rat done made
it out the maze
Still feel caged, enraged though
Used the Underground
Railroad like a runaway slave
Broke off the chains still
runway
fresh
Got you on that mental plane with my project jet
I'm two steps above that nimbus cloud
My limit is low, when I'm smoking on that loud
Focus in the now, when the
lotus is around
It's the Brooklyn
sound, a pro
found, Biggie would be proud
about
But I don't need a vet to even shop me out
Punchlines
pack a
Pacquiao
they
can't box me out
Big up big
up, it's a stick up stick
up
Niggas hit a nigga quick if he hiccup
hiccup
Big up big up, it's a stick up stick up
Niggas hit a nigga quick if he hiccup
hiccup
Tell me what they know
'bout
the
Badmon
named
Jozif
Women come around, I look em
down like they don't know shit
Word around the town is that they got the match explode it
I'm a child of the
city
Son of the streets
And it's just a pity
They not tough like we
And things not look pretty
When we got to
eat
Things get much deeper
Deeper and deeper
And I survive, thank the father
Feel like I was raised by Clans One Order
Had to keep
calm and hold ma
corner
Cause a stray gun shot if you cross the border
Pro Era teach them the pro's and
con's
Of living in a city with a thousand dons
A thousand ghetto youts with a thousand guns
Cooler tequila with frozen lungs
But praise rastafari we wheel and
come again
Know a Nyabinghi [?]
Lightning and thunder are the [?]
Pro Era
teach them the pro's and con's
Original Chronixx and
Joe Badmon
No King Selassie, we have the golden crown
Get ready for the shift we are the chosen
ones
I'm a child of the city
Son of the streets
And it's just a pity
They not tough like we
And things not look pretty
When we got to eat
Things get much deeper
Deeper and deeper
No. 99
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my motherfuckin'...
Ready to bust my
gun
, I'm rushin' in like Vladimir Putin
What you want son? Fuck a rou-, let's get
shootin'
The 47 Goonz
recruitin'
, join or die
We
comin'for groups of guys in suits and ties
Who chose to hide truth from the eye
Grab a white collar by his white evil eye
Fight or flight, yo, that's just what it is
When you see a pig, hit him in his
baby
back
ribs
But don't trip, I'm just
another black kid, caught up in
the mix
Tryna make a
dollar
outta
47 cents
Yo, this shit is intense, a dumb cop
stoppin'me, probably
Cause he's stilllivin' in the past
tense, how shit was back then
They wanna see
the downfall of all black men
An African, I was sent to put action in
But what's new when the po' keep
flashin'
in
News flash niggas, get a news flash
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my motherfuckin'...
These niggas ain't ready for the war
Know what I'm 'bout, cut the
cheddar
, close
your drawer
Please put your
bread
up
We ain't
gon'
settle for no
iceberg
lettuce
Let us
eat when there's war
Or end up like venison meat
in the street
They're not ready for
beef
Let the fish burn in the pot, niggas all in
the spot
When it turns 12 'o clock then, we'll
becurvin'the block
Yo cut this shit
Man, I'm the best
in the sector
Get your ear buds to grip, then I dissect ya
Inject ya with my
lethal weapon
Plant a mine in the deepest section,
guess who's least expected
Mothafucka
please respect it
The last one to pull my card was easily dealt with
They felt it, the shift, records
can't be reckoned with
On tracks
wreckin'
shit, ask me why I'm reckless
Break a wrist, approach my demo
with a risk
Brought my demo listens, I'm a
demolition
specialist
I got the
blueprint
to this shit,
Jay to the Oh
Vee
If
Blue was a prince, I'm still
Joseph Kony
Niggas know they can't ever little bro
me
No matter how big they blow, they still a little
below
It's the P-R-O E-R-A, indigo with the killer flow
Guaranteed the realest that you ever saw
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my name? What's my name?
Badmon
What's my motherfuckin'...
The
badmon
young kingpin
I move dope with that ink
pen
Been up all night, my third eye ain't even
blinkin'
Fuck what you
thinkin'
Number 99, never trust no swine
Lick a shot
one time
Christ Conscious
Mother, mothersucker, yeah, oh, this is what you want, huh?
Microphone checker, yo, yo, yo
Uh,motherfuckin'microphone checker
Keep that grip tight, like my Smith and Wesson
Ike
with the mic, which nigga
tryna, turn
up?
Hit you with the hurtfulfuckin'
truth, like
Sojourner
Motherfuckin'
microphone eater
Spittin' hot
shit, hit ya dome with the heater
Wouldn't want to be ya, dish lyrical
fajitas
Got dragon balls, like my name was
Vegeta
Motherfuckin'
super duper
swankin'
Niggas still
hatin'
, pigs want him for the
bacon
Take 'em to
the slaughterhouse, say we
'bout to order out
Tell 'em we
the badass motherfuckers that
they heard about
Yes, I guess the word is out,
we
comin'for the
top
dollar
Top
rottweiler
, since I popped my collar
Niggas say they hit us, they ain't ever
shot nada
Me? I'd rather not snitch up on my own problems
Cause I'm a microphone killer
Especially when my head is gone off the
liquor
Specially educated,
heavily medicated
Give me that beat and I'll put you next to
Dilla
, my nigga
Flow sweeter than
vanilla
Tell these
haters
beat it, can't Jackson
thriller
I'm the nigga that you see when you're in the
mirror
Say my name five times, this what I deliver
This amotherfuckin'nuke that I'm
droppin'
The world in my pocket, kick you out your continent
Always drop hot shit,
Toroidal
Flow
keep
constant
And I won't stop 'til I reach Christ
Conscious,
nigga
Which one of y'all niggas really want it with me?
None of y'all niggas, fuck outta here
Beast coast, nigga, Pro Era
in your area
This amotherfuckin'nuke that I'm
droppin'
The world in my pocket, kick you out your continent
Always drop hot shit,
Toroidal Flow keep constant
And I won't stop 'til I reach Christ Conscious, nigga
Niggas know, niggas, niggas, niggas know
On and On
Mama
I just booked a first class ticket to my destiny
by the way
Yeah
Maybe I'mma fly away
Maybe I'mma fly away, some day
So gullible just like my first love
Stay humble, but I knew that I was first up
Picked up the pen and that's when I drew my first
blood
Spit my heart again, cause' the
pain'll never
end
Happiness is temporary, always has been
I just lost one, but sometimes I win
I always spread love, but sometimes I
sin
I only trust some, that’s why I keep a few
friends
Funny cause
I used to see my circle never end
Always kept like 47 friends in my circumference
All that’s left now is the radiance
They still here, trying to find love on this atmosphere
Things get severe for
everybody, everywhere
This is my moment of truth, right here
Swear I ain't
scared of no man
I see the omens
I pick 'em
up and keep it
rollin'
The omnipresence is omnipotent
But I keep going, 'til it’s all said and done
I show all my soul purpose but I’m pretty sure there's one
There’s a reason why I’ve come,
new season's just begun
This the death of a
psychopomp but a birth of God's son
Don’t mourn me when I’m gone, celebrate my travels
Whenever you need me, just take a plane to the astral zone
I’m headed home, I’ve been
hurting
too long
Time don’t stand still, so
you gotta
move on
On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and
On and On and On and On and On and On and On
I had a dream
I seen my name on the gravel
stone
And read here lies a G followed by a poem
I couldn't see the words but I'm sure what's in his own
Funny that I write most when I know my feeling's wrong
With both shoulders that my head is always on
I trudge through harm's way with heavy boulders on my arm
I feel strong as I walk through the many storms that
Rain on my parade, seen
the dust cry for days
I'm feeling like a young prince, I'm
drinking today
My name ring bells all the
way to heaven's gate
Though STEEZy told about me, yo I know he always watching
I guess there really is a heaven for us hip
hoppers
I really miss my partner
But I know he with Big Poppa
, 2
Pacs, and the big L rolled proper
And that's a big pun
, know that I'mma join him
When my time come
, but the story just begun, so
Don’t mourn me when I’m gone, celebrate my travels
Whenever you need me, just take a plane to the astral zone
I’m headed home, I’ve been
hurting too long
Time don’t stand still, so
you gotta move on
On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and
On and On and On and On and On and On and On
One day I'mma fly away
One day I'mma fly away (Fly away, fly away)
One day you will fly away (Fly away, fly away)
One day we will fly away (Fly away, fly away)
My clouds grey, I hope my pain
don’t show
Looking in the sky I wonder where them rainbows go
They say that if we reign, them pot-of-golds will
show
Even skating down the block don’t feel the same no more
If I ain’t
looking, I still see it all
My vision’s jaded, too much bitches rubbed the crystal balls
They stay scheming, y’all like the sheep to the shepherd
The
trees
to the
leaves, you need it but not
needed
So I work alone, lone wolf, stay creeping
I'd rather hunt on my own then be owned and not
eating
I’m not
eatin’
, not
blamin’
, I’m just
sayin’
Go to bed with hunger pains while these other niggas
caking
,
they too fake
No rappers rapping for
years waiting 'round for that big
break
Break a arm, break a bond
before I go break the bank
Break a hundred, that's fifty-fifty
Long as Rev and Whitney's seen
different cities, different
titties
I bring no money with me, I'm on my grind man, no regrets when I die man
'Til we
fly man, 'til we fly man, 'til we fly
man
You
gon'
miss us when
we fly man
Don’t mourn me when I’m gone, celebrate my travels
Whenever you need me, just take a plane to the astral zone
I’m headed home, I’ve been
hurting too long
Time don’t stand still, so
you gotta move on
On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and On and
On and On and On and On and On and On and On
One day I'mma fly away
One day I'mma fly away (Fly away, fly away)
One day you will fly away (Fly away, fly away)
One day we will fly away (Fly away, fly away)
Escape 120
An ode to the worst of my
days
I've been working away
But the sky's been looking so
gray
Sometimes I really need to get away,
yeah
I just need to get away, yeah
I just need to get away, yeah
Sometimes I really need to fly away
I could never forget them gloomy days
Although I regret where my time was played
If I could go back, some things would be changed
And I would know that, for a fact, it was fame
That drew me to this unfamiliar side of
my brain
That withdrew me from
familiar and the closest remains
Although I'm
gaining
ends
now, I'm loosing
friends
They say that time is money, and my time is well spent
Girlfriend hit me up to chill, but does this shit make
sense?
And I don't expect for you to know if you ain't paying rent
I got to make this album, and hold it down for my
camp
Surrounded us all like bonfire
When I lay a verse down that's born
fire
I was born fire
An ode to the worst of my days
I've been working away
But the sky's been looking so gray
Sometimes I really need to get away, yeah
I just need to get away, yeah
I just need to get away, yeah
Sometimes I really need to fly away
Went outside this morning, morning,
uh
Seen the sky was falling,
falling, yeah
Old man no longer snoring, snoring, ah
The rain just won't stop pouring, pouring, uh
Whats heaven's capitol like, like,
li-like
Maybe I can crash tonight, night,
night
Cause I'm trapped inside this hell, hell, hole
God, please answer your cell, cell,
phone
I'm coming home tonight, can't touch no microphone
tonight
Outside my comfort zone tonight
My brain's blown my dome tonight
Tonight's the night, don't you try to put up a fight
Don't you try looking for life
Cause I'm about to take that flight
An ode to the worst of my days
I've been working away
But the sky's been looking so gray
Sometimes I really need to get away, yeah
I just need to get away, yeah
I just need to get away, yeah
Sometimes I really need to fly away
Indigo father, meant to go farther
And travel across the water and park at a million dollars
I am the spirit, I am the
guava
You
sippin'out of your
coconut beverage in the Bahamas
Pardon me mother, pardon me father
I'm glad that you spared a part of us, part of my firestarter
Along with niggas,
bitches
, and ballers
And people that look down on me like they so taller
I go harder, I go smarter, the flow's water
Like
Osama
oughta
gropple every
dollar
, every single piece of change
Movin' to the
woods so I never ever change
Lose a couple things but I never ever change
I probably miss some money but I never ever change
And they can say whatever but I never ever change
I feel I understood what the stars wanna say
I'm brain
battered from
scattering every Saturday
Pitter
patter with people that really matter
And I'mma fuck her regardless cause' I'm
a kid right?
That's why you can't spell summer without trouble
Stripper with no bubble, threesome with no double
Love without hate, life without pain
This without that, choice without thought
A dog with no day, a Seattle without rain
If it rains in
Seattle
I'll saddle up n'then you can ride with ya nigga
Fly with ya nigga,
high with ya nigga
Ride with ya nigga, survive with ya nigga
Say, if it rains in Seattle
I'll take you 'round the world on a Sunday
With me, one day, one day, one day, one
day, one day
If it rains in Seattle
I'll saddle up n'then you can ride with ya nigga
Fly with ya nigga, high with ya nigga
Ride with ya nigga, survive with ya nigga
Say, if it rains in Seattle
I'll take you 'round the world on a Sunday
With me, one day, one day, one day, one day, one day
Black Beetles
Low on self-esteem,
fools been out for me
Someone's watching me, this world ain't proper
Be thinking I could be
dead
Low on self-esteem,
fools been out for me
Someone's watching me, this world ain't proper
Be thinking I could be
dead
And I guess we them
little black beetles
Just want attractive singles
And that flow is mean, but it lacks
tacks and needles
I spend my days sharpening my skill
wills
while it's still
legal
Weeding through cathedrals
applied to my cerebral
They ain't built
they feeble, driven by the ego
The vision of an eagle, see
the vision in my people
How many lives will they take today? We ain't
equal
Another world where it's sequel a doomsday prequel
This ain't the
world we thought it was when we was in pre-school
Sometimes it's hard to be cool,
sometimes I feel like I'm see-thru
Sometimes I really wish, yo I wish that I could be you
Away from all the Hollywood acts and record contracts
I won't say I take it back,
because I worked hard for that
But this life ain't turn out to be what it seem
Ever since I woke up I been
living in a dream
Got me
Low on self-esteem,
fools been out for me
Someone's watching me, this world ain't proper
Be thinking I could be
dead
Low on self-esteem,
fools been out for me
Someone's watching me, this world ain't proper
Be thinking I could be
dead
Who would've thought a
marchin'
Martin
could spark a
starvin'
artist
Spit art, at heart young
Marcus
Garvey
Ponders on it, hardly,
rap wonders fondly
Smoking herb with just
Marley
and me
This one is for my dogs barking up on the
tree
Sometimes that wind blows eventually
she
gon'
leave, that's
mother nature for ya
Uh, patient it's
sagacious
I ain't
gon'
pay shit why she
ain't
gon'
say shit
Now that's respectable
cause' most
women
expect it though
Except that the words are derived through the rhythm
wreck
em'
Professional, exceptional, half man half extra terrestrial
They got me
Low on self-esteem,
fools been out for me
Someone's watching me, this world ain't proper
Be thinking I could be
dead
Low on self-esteem,
fools been out for me
Someone's watching me, this world ain't proper
Be thinking I could be
dead
OCB
These are the only child blues
The only child blues
The only child who? yo yo yo
Back once again, hello it's yo' favorite
mellow
schizo
The pavement on this
yellow brick road
Fuckin' up my
mental
My mood just like the tempo
Heartbeat, that instrumental
I never lack potential
Every track is essential
Every project is special,
abundant and fundamental
Give a fuck about hundreds
As long as it's for my mental
With
wisdom from what I've been through
Knowledge that some can't get to
Understanding that college is only out for
a nickel
It could all be so simple
Tune it to the metronome
This how I used to feel back on the metro
home
Fresh outta
class I knew these days, they
wouldn't last
Just a stepping
stone I gotta
pass
Another story for the lap
But fuck it, give him glory when he crash
He
gettin'
revved up, heads up
And he's coming fast
He paved the lane before the
cash
They
tryna, swerve me out of
that
But I don't just got speed, nigga
I handle my ass, pedal to the gas
Life is but a getaway dash
My mama
stash
guarded by my pen and pad
I'm drawin'
weapons with the raps
You shoot, I shoot back no questions asked
Raise your hands for the realest cat alive
The only child blues
The only child who? Yo
And I remembersittin'in my room all alone
Staring at my ceiling fan, getting in my zone
Mama was never home
Woke up one morning, papa was gone
Young and lost so I ease my mind to popular songs
And of course I sold my mind to
music
Writing everything I thought
Startedopenin'my mind, then I send in a broad
They don't know what my sinnin' has caused
My third eye been
blinking since
Irv Gotti been Inc. and Murder in stores
At least that's how Irv gotta be
thinking
If I'mtakin'a
loss and I'm better next week
And I'm never weaker
Never sinking on the fucking deep end
Any shit I missed I prolly peaked it
These are the only child blues
The only child who?
The only child blues
What, The only child blues
These are the only child who?
The only child blues
Only child blues, OCB
OCB
Jo-Vaughn clean your room, OCD OCD
I used to wanna
be like ODB
ODB
Now I'm a rap star, OMG OMG
Only child blues, OCB
OCB
Jo-Vaughn clean your room, OCD OCD
I used to wanna
be like ODB
ODB
Now I'm a rap star, OMG OMG
Everything is perception
Your perception of yourself or who you are is not what other people think that you
are
So like for instance, you might say "I'm cool, I don't wear
jewelry
, I don't this, I don't
that"
You don't have to
Curry Chicken
Like "Oh he's broke! I told you he was broke!
I told you he ain't got no money
", or you know this and that or whatever whatever.
Then you'll see some other people, you'll put that you're here in
this house,
"Oh
Joey done made it! He bought a crib! He
this, he that"
So it's all a story.
It's a perception that people make for you, along the way.
So it's not really what it necessarily is at any point or given at time, and that's
the thing that concerns me
Break it down
We break it down like
Joey Bad he break it down like
My nigga Fly he break it down like
My nigga Statik
break it down like
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2
Alright, Alright, Alright, Alright
Uh
First things first is I been rehearsing
these verses
In hopes that I hit the surface and keep
myself afloat
But I know one day I'm earning me some
platinum and some gold
And all them labels could just reimburse this dick in they throat
And tell my mama "Oh no," your purses will never run low
No more
cause'
back when I was four, and
we was
poor
You would purchase the store
So here I go, your little man has
got to grow
I'm walking out the door
My mama
just be smiling, cause' she know
I got my back and got her worried
Only thing she ask is that I
hurry
Home in time for Christmas for some
dinner
Seen you on TV again,
boy you
lookin'
thinner
But you
lookin'like a winner, aye
You got to give to get and then you give back
You got to give to get and then you give back
You got to give to get and then you give back
Then you give back, then you, then you give back
Worst thing worse, I could've been stealing your
purse
Or just been, putting in work and
leaving niggas in the dirt
But ever since birth
I knew I would be something on this Earth
So now I spit that dope, that shit
behittin'
ya nerve
And to my Papa my word is my bond
When you held me in your arms
Did you know along that a star was born?
Then you named me
Jo-Vaughn
, now
that name ring
alarms
Nearly 20 years later we on a plane to The Palms
I gotcha back
and got her worried
Only thing I ask is for some Curry
Chicken when we land we
eatin'
dinner
Mama seen me on TV again
lookin' thinner
But I'mlookin'like a winner, aye
You got to give to get and then you give back
You got to give to get and then you give back
You got to give to get and then you give back
Then you give back, then you, then you give back
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord, my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
Break it down
Break it down
Run Up On Ya
Yeah, run up on
ya bitch like
Probably run up on
ya bitch like
Lord, can I get a
bad
bitch
?
High class whip, be above the average
Headed north west, that two seater
Kardashian
Type to give me brain up in the red light traffic
And keep ya
head up, that 2Pac
blasting
Face two stacks and then be back into this action
No time to relax, I need someone to count this cash with
That match with, give me what I'm askin'
The lady in the streets
appear
beast on that mattress
That's it, you're the only one I'm trying to mack with
But you could be a liability or fat (ass)et
How real is that ass miss? Bend that shit backwards
Hit one
Backwood
,
crack the pussy like a password
Bet that pussy's
last word is master
Ask her, roll my rocker 'til I made that astronaut
That's NASA
thought, be that young fly, nasty
one
Swallow the seeds, please, but you can't catch me
slipping,
hon
So let's just ride away
We could die today
Got no time to waste
So just roll with me, baby
Ride or die
Always by your side
Until the end of time
Driving me crazy
First thing's first, I,
Joey
Freaks all the
honeys
,
mommies
, the
playboy bunnies
The hoes
love me, get down before the
money
Just know shit could get ugly, but whether it rain or
sunny
Just never worry,
chinchillas in February
Vanilla, that's when you ready
Check the itinerary whenever it's
necessary
Keep
my baby
straight, peep
my lady
lace
The
Margiela
to
Doneva
Fool less it's planned and everything is in control
So hit the gas and let's go
It's no sleep 'til
Brooklyn
, another beastie
boy
And she just can't stop looking, she
like it raw
Real spitter and all and that's the word of mouth
And let her sit in the jaw
I'm so nasty, please just walk past me
So tempted to grab it, I gotta
have it
We could be living
lavish
so tell me,
girl, right
away
We could hit the bank then escape to the hideaway
Is you riding, riding with
me?
Is you riding?
Is you riding, riding with
me?
Is you riding?
So let's just ride away
We could die today
Got no time to waste
So just roll with me, baby
Ride or die
Always by your side
Until the end of time
Driving me crazy
Getting head in the whip and not crashing it
FILA Velour shorts
set, half Arabic
I sit in dove room with candle lit
Tell little mama
handle it
Or you could leave the sandals
on and pull your
skirt up
I really remember reading
Word Up
Tiger Beat, see me on the cover
soon, fold out posters
Hanging on your
shorties wall
I still be fucking women
half my age when I'm 44
Young skin, a winning
personality
Hard dick,
million dollar
salary
These cheating refs
calling fouls on
me
Break the fucking whistle off in his ass, now hit the road, Jack
Hop off the bozack, the .44 clap
You'll need low jack to define
your whole back
Euros'll get down, you know that
Swimming trunks and
throwback
Yeah, you know that
So let's just ride away
We could die today
Got no time to waste
So just roll with me, baby
Ride or die
Always by your side
Until the end of time
Driving me crazy
Teach Me
Won't you teach me how to dance, how to dance
Won't you teach me how to dance, teach how to dance
Okay life's like, lifes like, just like a tango, tango
You gotta move
that, move that, don't break an ankle, ankle
Tell me if you see me, see me from your angle, angle
I'll be your genie, genie, you be my angel, angel
Okay, how low can you go? A half million records sold
Soon as all the cash
hit the floor
Cash is out and I'm bout to blow
Rock your body, go back and forth
It's a personal
party, you're at the fold
Hundred girls in the lobby after
the show that I body
And after the show they prolly want to put forth
for me
Put on a show for the Papi that I prolly
want to
see
So tell me what its
gonna
be
she said
This
hunny
ain't
free
Won't you teach me how to dance, how to dance
Won't you teach me how to dance, teach how to dance
Let me show you how to groove,
babe
How to move about a suitcase
Take a trip without a shoelace
I can leave you if you want
Lemme help you
move
Baby slide it, give
you a little bit of guidance
Enjoy the ride, I'll be your pilot
You gotta
glide it
Close your eyes, come fly, I'll show you how to vibe
Let me teach you how to dance, how to dance
I'mma teach you how to dance, how to dance, how to dance
Let me teach you how to dance, how to dance
I'mma teach you how to dance, how to dance, how to dance
Oooooh, oooooohhhhhh,
oooohhhhh, oooooooohhhhh
Okay now life's like, life's like,
just like a salsa, salsa
You taste the spice right?
Spice right?
We need some water, water
Lately been caught up, caught up, these steps need order, order
Bring it in closer, closer, let's
combine auras, auras
Okay, right foot, left foot, let's
go
Take my hand, take me eleven feet below
Bring it on there
What you got in store?
Rise up, look back at it
One jab at it
And I swear it's so rough, it's a bad
habit
How I made the pussy dance? How that happen?
We could call that magic
Say poof and our boots is
tappin'
The sweetest taboo you practice
The sweetest juice that I have sip
I was raised by the Sycamore tree
I was told not to bite every apple I see
But somehow that's hard for me
Shorty make it clap, make it hard for me
Come grab the mic, spit a bar for
me
Show me what you know, tell it all to
me
Won't you teach me how to dance, how to dance
Won't you teach me how to dance, teach how to dance
Let me show you how to groove, babe
How to move about a suitcase
Take a trip without a shoelace
I can leave you if you want
Lemme help you
move
Baby slide it, give you a little bit of guidance
Enjoy the ride, I'll be your pilot
You gotta glide
it
Close your eyes, come fly, I'll show you how to vibe
Let me teach you how to dance, how to dance
I'mma teach you how to dance, how to dance, how to dance
Let me teach you how to dance, how to dance
I'mma teach you how to dance, how to dance, how to dance
Oooooh, oooooohhhhhh,
oooohhhhh, oooooooohhhhh
Teach me how to dance and groove
me out my pants
And my body through a trance and
fuck we just like a sin