[intro] rise... rise up! (repeat) [verse] I’m nothing like there’s ever been, don't expect an encore When I'm gone, I'm in the wind, chilling out on my porch I know it's been a minute and I'm sorry for the drought y'all I been enduring storms so for now enjoy the downpour Looking back on what I fathered, feeling like a proud pop Gave these guys a path to follow, now they breaking down walls Paranoia setting in, who plotting on my downfall? Opened up the castle doors, now come and take my crown off

[verse 1] Every day is a battle as I'm standing on this ledge Halfway out my mind, crazy in the head Thoughts inside got me afraid to go to bed So the last thing I need is you to push me to the edge ... Real stress help me move beyond that Although they mash my buttons like playing mortal kombat More on my mind than this ball cap A free agent looking for a contract, waiting on a callback Wall full of cracks, that’s birthed from my confusion Forehead bruises, purple-ish contusions Try to understand how your purpose is removed when a perfectionist finds out: perfect's an illusion! Throw towels, wave flags, both white Go down, fade to black in the cold night Slow down, hold that, never in my life Battle scars show you that I'm ready to fight So we [hook] .. Suit up ... ride out ... Kill ‘em all, no survivors Tell my rivals y'all can bring it on If you can't beat me you welcome to sing along 'cause (we goin' to waaar) If you can’t beat me you welcome to sing along ‘cause (we goin' to waar) I'm a fighter not a lover And that means that y'all in trouble (charge!) [verse 2] I'm from Virginia, but I'm a fighter not a lover More than just a rapper or a writer, I'm above it I use my glasses, I don't hide 'em in the cupboard So what you call classics, I don't think so highly of 'em Might rub you the wrong way, I don't care about the friction 'Cause I don't trust a soul, I don't care about a friendship They call me a hater, naa I'm just a Virginian They say that's one in the same, and I'm tripping 'Cause my opinions, contradict them I'm a fighter not a lover, where's my competition? That's non-existent, my compositions are bringing everything the game so obviously missing They calling me different, I say I'm not the same The torch hot, don't go reach if you can't take a lot of pain I'm here to tower and conquer, respect and riches showered upon us So you just better stay up out the reign [hook] [verse 3] I should have disappeared a long time ago (poof) like Irving So any battle I face today's a light skirmish I'm just trying to move smooth, wipe Jergens As I go to bust down walls, pipe virgins Give my all, every bar, I don't mind splurging Mic surgeon, cut up beats when I write verses Convert those to tips, thanks for the fine service Without y'all ears I fear I'd be worthless I never had a tall temper and I don't drown sorrows in bottles of malt liquor so I gotta deal with problems dropping in my lap People smiling in my face, but not behind my back The only good defense is stay on the attack Now they begging me for mercy, that's everything I lack Though I try to shy from beef and go vegan I'm waiting in the wings like just gimme a reason [hook]

[hook] We coming, so ain't no use in running We hunting, and we ain't gonna be done until All I see is ghosts! [x2] [verse 1 - Je2Rit] Ghosts when I overdose over these words With a flow so bold that I darken the world Even Popo don't go f*cking with a cocoa-colored brother Better duck low, got a butt load of uppercuts so Get ya guts held up, blown out, like a pump, point blank Get to f*cking em up, an I'm freaking you out When I jump on a cop in a bank Give me the money when I be up in demand Ya killing me buddy, when you want in my band I'm a one man act, but I'm Rollin with Dons N. Talekt knows what's going on Chasing the paper then rubbing ya face in it Act like a baby, I'm kicking ya bassinet I got you pasty, so now where is Jason at? I'm so evasive with my disappearing act... [hook] [verse 2] Ain't no mystery the cause of ya misery But if you need a clue I got the jinkies It’s me, I promise, on my pinkies No crossed fingers, no winking Won’t stop until they all six feet Soul to the ground, body to the sky That’s the opposite described, got a posse that'll ride That'll make sure y'all guys impossible to find uh, I'm a villain, no mask Dirty, naa I ain't feeling no bath Try to add it up but you don't really know math Can't understand how your future’s your past How much longer you think you really gon’ last? This track is a cymbal, watch for the crash Now you understand why the pace so fast Don't play no games but I want the last laugh Ha! [hook] [verse 3 - chayse maclair] (Lyrics unavailable)

[intro] Good night, good bye Good day, it's alright You can lay, take a break Don't stay awake, don't you try Good night, good bye Good day, it's alright You can lay, take a break Don't stay awake, don't you try Good night! [verse 1] 4:44 and the clock keeps ticking The time keeps slipping, my mind keeps sprinting Mental marathon, see my days very long And this the only time I can process it all I'd rather be sleep but if I'm sleeping then I'm dreaming And my dreams are so deceiving and impeded by my demons Legions of 'em leeching anytime they see me reaching for that glass ceiling, I'm one hero among mad villains I'da swore I was in Arkham City Pissed off at anybody talking to me like who said they want it with me?!?! Then watch 'em backpedaling, he damn near popped a wheelie! Sometimes I feel like the world's against me and the words of my paranoid mind convince me That everyone and everything's depending on me And the day I miss a beat is the day I'm six feet so [hook] I don't wanna sleep So I'm up alone at night Not a wink I don't even close my eyes No heat That's why I'm feel so cold inside And all these haters rather sing me lullabies, they screaming Good night, good bye Good day, it's alright You can lay, take a break Don't stay awake, don't you try Good night! [verse 2 - RT] Popping Adderall just to keep a clear mentality Dub O F T D (WOFTD) but he seems to always battle me An Animal inside can’t you here the cage rattling, Till I break free, No Roger just RT And both yeah there me, I’m talking in 3, R D (3rd) person in my dreams that’s how I be And when I just wake up, I’m back to reality, Grinding so I won’t have to piss in a state cup So I just make moves, no time for the dozing off, I’m a Man I don’t have to show it I don’t grab my balls Or plan to Moonwalk I be working like a slave boy, No Time for games, I would create or just break toys Cold sweats can’t sleep cause I'm fiending, In the booth I could never be dreaming So I let my soul spit fire who is speaking the demon, Praying hard Lord what is the meaning…….Cause [hook] [outro] Good night, good bye Good day, it's alright You can lay, take a break Don't stay awake, don't you try Good night, good bye Good day, it's alright You can lay, take a break Don't stay awake, don't you try Good night!

[verse 1] 2013, just another year that the age is raising Pen to pages the undertaking's to make him famous The pain is greatest in the face of dangers But i got the faith to make it with a statline like created players I flatline anybody that'll test You can catch me on the grind nowadays I hardly rest Hard pressed 'cause my time getting shorter every breath So put my heart in these bars, cardiac arrest, I... Death defy, see i got a different fate You catch me with a blade coming up from crystal lake Life's a race, I ain't never runner up, it ain't my place If I take a J, I'm goin straight up before I fade away I paved a way for myself, I can't follow directions Ever since I was young I been hard-headed A hip-hop fetish, we lip-lock it's like tetanus Jaw stuck on sick, call medics, N [hook] Time is short, ain't got too many options If you listen close you'll hear opportunity knockin' like ... Seems I'm busy whenever he knocks I just hope I get the door before the beat stops [verse 2] Legend in the making Ain't a measurement that's in the metrics that can gauge him My bars, beat 'em over ya head, just like a caveman Terminally ill, there ain't a medic than can save him I'mma die this sick There ain't a click or a guy like this We only spit for the highlight clips And turn ya chick to a chi-light hit Have you seen her? Tell me have you seen her? She's gone baby gone! But i digress, let's get back to the song With them verses so infectious that you gotta sing along That's food for the soul, Viv Fox, Nia Long Ring alarms when we step in the booth, the heat is on He's a don, and that's means be you won't be sparring I stay behind bars and I won't be pardoned Underground flow, he could grow in gardens But never gon' flop, that's Ginobli, Harden And that's something you can quote, record him The, skies the limit and we won't be falling 'Til Def Jam knock or Interscope keep calling We coming, and this is just a humble warning, 'cause [hook]

[hook] Living in a nightmare, chasing a dream Tryina find the truth but it ain’t what it seems I could give a lesson you could take it from me But it’s some things that you can’t teach 'Cause our mind’s in a cage behind doors that you can’t leave Keep your goals so far away that you can’t reach Understand one thing that’ll set you free That I'm not like you, and you not like me [verse 1] … Somedays I wanna be different, some days I wanna be distant Just to see if my absence will make any difference And to those I done bad, hoping they can forgive him Life on a track hoping maybe you’ll listen But the beats gotta clap, bass better be kicking I come from the rags, navigated to riches Now there’s no running back, hence why I'm defensive My skin tone black, so I fit the description of someone behind bars, either rap or in prison, switch visions Tell the stereotypes excuse my skin Boycott vitamix I refuse to blend I got a different view my friend, I dropped the chip off my shoulder Sometimes you gotta lose to win Let me introduce my fears, in a world with no peers tryina share a new idea So I guess I'll go retro, let go of everything Until I'm in this room, all alone with my echo [hook] [verse 2] You know… We were all born different people Built unique, but all of us equal More than a sequel to our forefathers Less than the ultimate one we trust Hence we hoard dollars Rich fools, poor scholars and all in between In this world where nightmares and dreams aren’t quite what they seem But still we chase the regime as we aim to be king … Ironically over those the same as we Desperate to be different in comparison But if history repeats we’re on pace to be Aryans So I pace myself in my own shoes that I laced myself A soul alone, not like you

[intro] Sometimes I put my hand to chest … Just to feel my heartbeat All alone with the lights down low … Listen to myself breathe So much going on in my head … Hard to hear myself think But I remember where I could be instead … Then I feel the stress leave [verse 1] … I'm so thankful for the air I breathe, They wanna take it every corner I turn So I'm thankful for the water I drink, 'cause they wanna watch me burn They don't think I see, and they don't wanna see me learn They wanna see me work, but don't wanna see me earn Rather have me in urn, ashes to ashes in biblical terms Won't have satisfaction 'til I'm on a curb Imagine reactions because i've endured! Momma I made it, I know that she proud Fought hard when she raised me just to keep me a child Ignorant to her trials, confident through her doubts Now the roles reversed, and so I greet her with smiles Knowing I'm hurt, but she done been strong so long That the weight on her shoulders affecting her bones y'all Tryina lift both ours while telling her hold on Long distance dealing with close calls [hook] But I'm still alive, surprised I survived 'Cause its a cold world so many ways to die It could end any day so before I say goodbye I promise always to give everything I got 'Cause I'm still alive, surprised I survived 'Cause its a cold world so many ways to die It could end any day so before I say goodbye I promise always to give everything I got I'm alive! [verse 2] Tryina enjoy the ride but the road ain't perfect The sun’s in my eyes and I'm pothole swervin Either that, or it's rain and the wipes aint working Don’t know where to turn and I don’t see churches Never been the type to put the clergy on perches Flesh and bone like us so they got these urges Kids don't deserve it, it don’t seem worth it Then forced to come back and sit through service Wonder why they need pills, psychs and surgeons And thats just who trust, the situation worsens when ya hated by persons, who've got one purpose Bring you down their level or six feet further ... and sometimes I fight myself Scars in my mind, I can hide the welts Looking in my hand at the five I'm dealt I play the cards and pray for those I can't help [bridge] Sometimes I put my hand to chest … Just to feel my heartbeat All alone with the lights down low … Listen to myself breathe So much going on in my head … Hard to hear myself think But I remember where I could be instead … Then I feel the stress leave [hook] [verse 3] Sometimes I take for granted what's granted, Overlook what I'm handed, 'til it's stolen by bandits Then react like I planned it, tryina bandage the damage Either that, or a manic in panic can't manage to manage ... It's hard to take loss 'Cause life ain't cheap, and everything costs When the price too steep I just keep it in my thoughts But without this ink you would probably see me fall See I want it all, and every day I've come up short It’s getting hard, if force is what I gotta resort Gimme the ball, and watch the don come up court Score, then lock D, try and raid my fort I can't afford mistakes when the light shines I don’t know if I'mma get another lifetime ... maybe I don't want it again I'll appreciate it now 'til I'm gone in the wind, fin

[verse 1] As I'm staring out this window Sitting at a table with a girl without a dimple Complaining 'bout the rain to defer what's on her mental Thoughts in her mind change everytime the wind blow We been off beat, but I don't care about the tempo We'll change the instrumental to somethin more simple Maybe hi-hats, low cymbals, something to relax her mind And put her stress at ease, let it pass with time I told her, no matter how far back you climb The past stays in the past, that, you can't revive But she damn sure try, that's how passion dies Stuffed in a black bag along with masks and lies How long she have to cry? Tried to wipe her tears But her wall's up, bricks built with doubt and fears Now she listening without her ears, logic don't change how she feels The weather out's unreal 'Cause it's [verse 2] Mind cloudy as the storm outdoors ... Tears like the weather, when it rains it pours Holdin on to feelings that she can't ignore Closed doors, more options that she won't explore Broke hearted, so often that she misplaced faith Don't even recognize it when I display traits Taking time for granted as if this day waits Head shakes, wonder why does only this place rain? The window could show her the flaws in her logic She rather keep the blinds up 'cause she hates drapes Baby girl’s so oxymoronic She wanna be close but she creates space Despise lies wants me to be honest But she don't wanna trust anything I say Don't want me to stay 'til I walk away And she'll do anything to keep me, just not today 'Cause it's

[verse 1] We argue … we disagree We talk a lot, but we don’t really speak Dodge conversations, avoid injuries Daggers for eyes, sharp words they cut pretty deep She don’t wanna patch the wounds, she rather see it bleed Protects her misery with selective memories Says she’s doing good, she just projects it differently She can keep a smile if she neglects to mention me ‘Cause I stress her, though the feelings mutual, I hide better Rummage through the closet drawers and find letters Confessions of the feelings she had in fine weather So I fold down the photo album on my dresser ‘Cause how can I trust her? When it’s dark outside she don’t provide effort It seems in the night the only thing she offers is Shattered dreams, broken pictures and promises [verse 2] 3000 miles away with my thoughts on a Virginian ‘Cause we separated by more than just the distance Tension, she finds faults with my intentions I'm thinking I deserve some applause for my resistance For instance, right after she called giving the business I found myself surrounded by broads showing me interest Said I had a girl back at home, but she insisted It’s only for the night baby, I can be your mistress Although I stayed strong with my defenses you can thank the break of dawn for the decision ‘Cause when the night takes hold it’s pretty convincing Devil sitting on my shoulder, my angel gone missing He whispering, “How would she ever know the difference and she gon’ think the worst anyway, so why not give it? Love is a drug, you’se an addict, you dependent and the only way for you to break the habit is to kick it Why don’t you let the night fix it?” [verse 3] So perhaps temptation, Got me on the path to inflation I start to rise, but the cost is high Am I thinking straight? Have I lost my mind? ‘Cause the options I’ve taken, under consideration used to be forbidden, now I entertain them Claim she need space, so much pressure in her mind Tell me she can’t trust me ‘til I catch her in her lies Eyes out the window of this cold apartment Not much to console when u grown so heartless The light makes it so hard to scope ya target But life so clear under the cloak of darkness And that’s what provides the answers Nightclubs, pretty girls, private dancers It’s not romantic, but it might be best thing going and it hard to say no, when the night takes over

[verse 1] The first of the year I made a resolution Wake up everyday and be satisfied The intent was good, failed in execution ‘Cause I’m thankful, grateful, not gratified Can’t find perfection, code case, clueless Still walk around with a smile, such a bad disguise Is it sad that I'm accustomed to rain? Sometimes I find comfort in the numbness of pain I’d rather be alone than accompany hate ‘Cause it’s hard to keep cool on these hot summer days Such a sore sport so I’m not one to play Or place bets on your games, I got a lot more at stake I keep cool... [hook] [verse 2] Lately ol’ girl been stressing me out Everything she do seem to bother me I kinda feel like she’d rather me shout ‘Cause that would fit her self-fulfilling prophecy It all starts with second guesses and doubts Short phone calls, start bad, end awkwardly Don’t wanna see her so I swap out the photography Go from “I’d give you the world” to girl, what can you offer me?! She say she need to put herself first, she don’t see her self-worth Unsure if she see mine and that hurts My homie made me just a bit wiser Told me not everybody can share your desires Everything I plan seems to tank I’ll leave our future in the hands of our fate Slightly frustrated but it’s her mistake to make Hoping next year I’ll make a promise I won’t break Either way

[verse 1] I did everything I could to be like you Not my mother or my father, I mean like you I mean the people that are listening through the speakers to the words that I'm preachin in this verse, when I speak it It’s like my pledge of allegiance, you see, I'm scared that I need ya (so) I promise, (no) I swear I won’t leave you long as you like me Psyche’s impaired by my demons but still I'm fearful to flee ‘em A little struggle makes the victory sweeter... Put that in the lemonade I made from what life gave Until that’s a tombstone over my grave I really tried to fall in line like a nice shave But I'm old school, still talkin’ “back in my day” wo ways to live and I couldn’t take the highway Hope this road is what I expect, like a blind date Hide the windows to my soul behind shades (why) To try to mask my audibles as designed plays [hook] I tried to be just like you… I tried to be just like you… I'm so sorry, I tried to be like you But something in my mind said I wasn’t designed to I'll never reach the top if I'm standin beside you ‘Cause there’s only one spot, I gotta take it despite you, So I'm so sorry [verse 2] I did everything I could to be like you Not my mother or my father, I mean like you Tried to blend in when i’d sit beside you ‘Cause no opinion matters to me, besides you Homie what you got there? Maybe I should try too Soarin off of a cliff? Maybe I can fly too (nope) Fell and learned some places you can’t go And you’ll never fit a round peg in a square hole (nope) I'm in a different league, see, we don’t share goals (nope) So they wonder why I value my degree over 24’s (or) Why I don’t flash cash in videos And even though I'm still addicted to centerfolds They wonder how I pass up lust for love Or alcohol, weed, smoke, dust or drugs They wonder why I sweat in this booth to tell you the truth, every word is my blood and every letter’s the proof They wonder why I don’t drink, or get high Is he religious? Did someone in his family die? Was his momma an addict, and some nights he cried? Is his bloodline poisoned from a needle’s insides? Was he born paranoid? Can he feel it inside? Is he one drink away from attempting suicide? Did his father put his hands on his soon to be bride? Did he watch his father do the same in kind? Now, some of that I can’t deny But if you looking for a reason why I'm sober... Every twenty four hours I'm another day older As a black man, lifetime second hand smoker with this stress on my shoulders, my life span shorter and I don’t wanna miss a minute ‘fore my days over I don’t judge no one, you can do what you like but when you offer me a drink, and I tell you that I'm fine or you offer me a hit, I say I'm already high That’s ‘cause I live life like I already died I'll know what I'll lose when the days go by If you could fit my shoes you would understand why [bridge] They wonder how I keep cool, calm, composed Diamond in the rough, pressure’s all I know Flaws here and there but I accept ‘em I hope you do the same, regardless, tomorrow I won’t change [hook]

[intro] 10, 9, 8, 7 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, go! [verse 1] In the booth with a pin, no grenade attached Gassed with a match, I blow, you won't escape the blast No joke, just a blade and painted mask Last one to fold, wave a flag or fade to black Stated facts, I couldn't never play the background Or back down, how would that sound? I'm just tryina lap karma 'fore she come back round But I'm racing 'gainst time so I gotta slow down ... But my patience in the lost and found And I found being patient can cost you crowns I want the game in a gown, me in a green tux We can say "I do" as soon as she sign the pre-nup Seen this show before, it's a re-run She tell me give her all I got, then she done But trust, I'm goin in, full thrust Feel the rush, get enough, then pull out before I bust [hook] 10 (I'm letting you know) 9 (I'm ready to blow) 8 (Get ready to go) 7 (I'm kicking the door) 6 (So get to the floor) 5 (You, already been warned) 4, 3, 2, 1, go! I'm ready to explode I'm ready to explode I'm ready to explode You ready, then let's go I'm ready to explode I'm ready to explode Lock and load I'm ready to explode [verse 2] The force of my sonic waves break glasses You should take notes, better yet take classes Check out my statements, nothing like fashion I plan on staying and I ain't for the masses An artist on stages, microphone maestro Nothin but the truth like my hand on a bible See you got a movement, I'm starting a revival No likes or followers, just disciples Rolling with soldiers adorned with rifles And of course C4 we gon' storm the eiffel On the rise, we climb to heights I never seen Nightmares turn to better dreams when you never sleep 365 christmas eve shift, Santa Claus But I'll never use fatigue as a camoflauge No rest for the weary 'til everybody hear me But nobody near me, I stand alone [hook x2]

[verse 1] I told the world I'll make it to see better days They say when you make it don't you ever change How can I make it if I don't ever change? Mind state stuck in a frame when I'm forever chained I’m making moves, why I'm in the same place Why won't they hire a dude, blame race to save face In this black and white world, I don't see a shade gray But we always gon’ be separate long as we separate I'm tryina see a new class, get a proper lecture Opened up my mind, thanks to Doctor Lector My professor taught me when its darkest it won't let up ‘til you shine like diamonds, how ya respond to pressure? I'm out here, tryina get a glow, stressed, Drowing in my own, thoughts, tryina get afloat Take these stories as a gift, as I tie 'em with a bow, that's all I got to give, once I get out of here, I'm gone! [hook - Kevin Jaxon] I work hard, around that clock Can't wait for a minute 'cause the time don't stop Can't wait 'til the day I finally hit the top 'Cause you're never gonna see me again, my friend It's so hard, getting thru the day Folks s'posed to help just gettin in my way I'll make it anyway, can't wait 'til I can say That you're never gonna see me again, my friend [verse 2] I told the world I'm gone I'm never turning back They mistook that act for me turning my back On contraire, be clear, I'll never turn my back I just been here a long time, not happy where I'm at I'm just tryina succeed, and never fail again Took losses, fresh start, calm breeze, inhale the wind Sore sport, can't lose, so I only play to win Swear that if I ever get the lead, I'll never trail again Suit well-tailored trim, new threads, same old N Drinks filled to the brim, toast to the morning Watching the sunrise reminds me where I'm going I'm familiar with the bottom, I'm looking for something foreign Escape from the boring, a break from the mundane Shaking up the status quo, progress requires change ... Once I reach the top I'll throw the rope but that's all I got to give, once I get out of here, I'm gone! [bridge - Kevin Jaxon] I said you're never gonna see me again ... I said you're never gonna see me again ... OooOh! [verse 3] I told the world I'll die the day that I decide 'Cause we can't fear death for our entire lives That's kinda why, I describe, my thoughts, when I inscribe Writing lines, painting pics, raise the worth a thousand times Hoping that my lyrics'll tell a full story of my life when my physical fails So if I never get signed or make a digital sale I hope that I could change a life or make a spirit prevail Oh I remember it well, dark tunnel, no light at the end All alone, lost the folks who invited me in Made me grateful for the struggle for the fight that I'm in 'Cause you'll be clutching for your last when it finally ends Last words, last hope, or ya last breath Last verse, last long, I'll be the last left ‘til my last song, then it's all that he wrote and that's all I got to give, once I get out of here, I'm gone [hook]

[verse 1] I been broke a lot longer than I been straight So my goals a lot farther than I been paid Every quote that I author and the pen lays Is a hope that my product, grows a lot stronger I'm making moves, if you don't then why bother? You gon' need a telescope for my aura Been blessed, it ain't So Cold in my sauna So haters pray to keep the pope from my corner Oh, I don't wanna cross the line I'm just confident those who come across my lines Will often find rhymes full of dollar signs That's why they want my name scribed on a dotted line I'm just tryina bring fact, not fiction And make your head twitch, neck scratch, addiction Surefire plan off a dollar and a dream I just need 'em to believe, start following my lead Nahmean? [hook] It ain't about the money, I just want the fame I just wanna be a household name See I got a few lives to affect I just a need a chance for respect And I'm so close But respect and power take money I can't give the labels what they wanna take from me So maybe i'll get help from strangers A VC, angel, or investment banker [verse 2] So I can laugh all the way to the bank As I stay on the path that I said I would take And that's something I assume you respect I'm tryina build my monopoly and prove I'm the best I just need a chance, no community chest Got these gray hairs popping up due to the stress I need you to invest, you can be my Merrill Lynch Verses get 'em hanging on my lines like a pair of kicks (wait) No, impatient state of mind Like dollars make cents but I'm waiting on a change in times Trying to let 'em see my vision I been stuck wit these bars, get a picture of my prison I need you to invest, my prescription for addiction Repetition 'cause I know u heard before but did you listen? Verses on the market, sixteen shares in the stock and I ain't giving nothing for the profit (no trade) [hook] [verse 3] I'm trying to find investors and turn 'em to fanatics A silent partner, let my lyrics do the yapping The passion in my product raise the stock to the aspens So put the cash in and watch it flip, gymnastics Acrobatics just to fill up my mattress I work hard 'cause perfection is the habit of practice Headed for the top I'm allergic to average Drop bows like Macho, attack of a Savage Long flight as I reach for my goals Tryina show these investors they need what I hold The key to the throne, and I know I could sign with these labels, but they gong want a piece of my soul Let me hold of a check, I return it ten fold Since '06 I shined in rap, tin foil So sign the back i'll find a path on this diamond dash to go china glass -- smash!

[verse 1] Maybe this could be my last song I mean, I feel I could go forever and I ain't never been better But I don't know if I can last long In the face of these political agendas and personal vendettas All this beef without lettuce, mac and cheese without cheddar Fans with a trend fetish, for everything synthetic I don't wanna be a veteran that's bitter 'cause I'm better than my competition, but they don't understand because of my position I give my heart and spirit every time I drop a lyric Hoping if you don't comprehend it, then at least y'all can feel it Feel me?! That's why I feel I'm greater You can respectfully disagree, I wont call you a hater Or you can say I'm garbage, maybe not what you favor But that's the risk I've taken tryina be an entertainer Ten years later thinking where do I begin? It's been a long road and I’d do it all again but uhh... [hook] I don’t know how it all ends Tryina live forever through the letters that I pen However, if this should be my last song then I'mma go all out when I go all in, because… I don’t know how it all ends Circle gettin small don't know who to call friends However, I'mma ride 'til the wheels don't spin 'Cause I go all out when I go all in [verse 2 - Rah Scrilla] Hold up, hold up, so this could be my last joint About to burn this track up like a brother knows its flash point I got that flu banger, see and believe Flow sick they saved me a wing in MCV So, lo and behold the glorious one Flow tight like the nani on nuns Hard body the Nefarious son Last stand with a lyrical pump Point me to a mic, watch how it dump Such a, marvelous feat so far from discreet I offer, defeat to any, all bold to the meek, dig me Cast iron bars hard like Rikers If the beat hot as hell trust, I'm gon' pipe her Verse like my child, don status or better Sole survivor, my tracks gon' reign forever Solidify the name, simple as pie Established Dons, rock with it or die [hook] [bridge] Wait ... so this could be the last song I ever lay? 'Cause tomorrow is a promise God'll never make? And I told the world everything I had to say So if you don't know me by now you 'bout a decade late Looking at the catalog of work I authored The words I offered, I hope some outlive their father Perception, acceptance is all they're ever worth This could be the last track me and hip hop ever birth [verse 3] So if I'm out of words and this here is my final verse and we're kinda sure time won't reverse I can't revert to the old me, '02, '03 On them battle forums dissin folk who ain't know me Chilling at the marketplace, scanning up groceries Rapping freestyles in the stockroom, unloading Started off slowly, the passion ballooned We was fiends, do anything to crash in the booth All made possible by the man who produced So I take this opportunity to thank absolute Soon two turned to crew, so we added the E Helped emcees chase dreams I just added the wings We started off five then a few hit the bench So I'm back where I started, my future's past tense If I give another effort then it's type last ditch I just hope I get a chance to begin, as I start from the end [hook]