I found the fountain of youth Lying on the ocean floor, just drowning in truth No time to waste when you got a million mountains to move On top of that, the future of a planet counting on you What to do? I don’t know, I guess I’ll lead em to enlightenment Spark up the dark just to add the right light to it Kill the pain like you took a heavy dose of Vicodin But all you did was hear the words from notebooks I’m writing in Invite us in from the outskirts, searchin’ Can’t seem to quite function like a normal person Wake, work, eat, then retreat to my corner Where I use the elements to make the cold world warmer Can’t quite sleep right, clock strikes midnight Stress in my chest become rhymes out the windpipe Nifty trick right? I think I got a gift Cursing out the wicked so I my soul can get a lift What I left was a boy too afraid to be a man When his fate interrupted to make him understand The plan that was set forth for him from the outset Lead a life that would somehow live without death Can I live? Well, that’s really up to me In this independent country, ironically ain’t nothing free Can’t sleep walk through another daydream So I stay awake, awaiting the awakening

Foundation made of bedrock Toes dangle off the exact spot the ledge drops About to jump from it, just to grow some new wings Filling up on courage after emptying a few drinks Eight or nine or so, wondered where the time would go Finding out the hard way how quickly midnight can show Easy does it, don’t you go and overdo it I’m over where I’m at, always under the influence Of something… Still I keep a straight face Underneath a system of control that makes us praise banks Chase the rabbit round the track like a greyhound Get me in a booth it’s like a child on a playground Nothing makes me happier… educating amateurs On how to fit a face between the posts of a bannister Got a sampler? Hand it off to Nick Some things just fit like Cinderella’s kicks Competition cracks like the bones of Mr. Glass Learning how to leave it there if it was in the past Clash with the titan just to get you some excitement Dead wrong once you realize where your life went You can’t kill it like a cold footed soldier With no arms and his gun stolen from the holster Sick to your stomach like you rode a roller coaster Showed up to your show and stole it when I wasn’t sober Tunnel vision when I’m spittin’ Showed up with the writtens and the audience was smitten Once they see the truth, they look at you like, “who you kiddin’?” Hear the rhymes and think that I survived a crucifixion

Pie flying in the sky Do whatever just to get it, I’ma die if I don’t try Keep my head held high as I’m riding through the lows Get what you deserve, this the life that I chose Ice age to Hell, every single circle of it Staircase to Heaven in the words that I’ve constructed Fell in love with what started out as lust Complete obsession from an innocent crush Crush the competition just to prove I’m on a mission Idolized Hova, started losing my religion I was just a kid then, listening to Bone Thugs Demons screaming in me til I went and wrote my own stuff If you don’t show love, at least don’t spread hate Can’t create art if you don’t know how stale bread tastes Either that or get reoccurring headaches When the room spins continuously and the bed shakes Too busy feeling dizzy To be concerned with who’s feeling this or gets me I need to get this out before it eats me up inside Tapeworm got me starving but it’s keeping me alive At the same damn time, that’s a gift and a curse Scraping up a stomach pit, fishing for a verse It works but it’s somewhat maniacal Hasn’t failed me yet, so consider it reliable Undeniable, about to car jack a bulldozer If the gates stay locked, I’m gonna have to roll em over More than happy to.. Did it cause it’s what I had to do Snatched it out the teeth of Cerberus and brought it back to you

How long I gotta wait? I guess I'll take my place until the world incinerates Cooking up substance, go and grab a dinner plate Remembering to write when I forgot the rent was late I... Clocked in in eighty six and haven't clocked out ever since Signed up for a class or two, but most the time I never went Put the pen to paper, the whole process is heaven sent Something in the mixture made this bitter man benevolent It's beautiful, I truly treasure it Working overtime now to make up for the deficit Woke up in a desert and the resources were desolate Met up with Arcade making beats for me to bless em quick Exercise demons like an exorcist, but effortless How they taking all these shots, but accurately never miss? How'd he spit couple rhymes and cause a thousand heads to split Same way he was overlooked forever, but he never quit Magical... But you can't say that they ain't tactical Work religiously, but he ain't one to take sabbaticals On the seventh day, he saw his work and it just wasn't perfect So he got up off his ass and worked some more and it was worth it

When I was on my last cent, all of yall was absent Off the beaten path, refuse to follow where yall tracks went Born leader… Emaciated world feeder Known to satisfy hunger with a microphone and speaker Starving in a small room within a strange city Make resistance work with me even if it is against me Make the walls shake before they close in completely Locked in, creating combinations to release me At least I got my health right? Baptizing my liver In a pool of whiskey, never been a fine wine sipper That was my dinner, why you think I’m walking shifty? Still a step ahead of yall from often being always busy Stick to talking simply, otherwise nobody listens If they don’t see it, then you probably don’t got a vision I’m just a victim of a bunch of random accidents Praying for a destiny, but that might be a sack of shit Still I’m passionate and absolutely adamant For finding what you want and not stopping til you’ve captured it It’s the man, the myth, working up to legendary Dying for the cause to live on after I’m dead and buried All I want is just a life that I can write about Before we blow the earth up over all the shit we fight abou

Raindrops got me feeling like I’m drowning Been down for thirty years or so, but who’s counting? Bouncing off the walls again, rabbit hole, falling in All alone, knowing that eventually it all could end Raindrops got me feeling like I’m swimming Staying up to write myself another new beginning Ascending to a place I never knew even existed I wasn’t ready for it, but my destiny insisted…. Damn I got my hand on the light switch Sometimes, I forget that I control the brightness Turn it on and take me away I’m gonna stay to see it through to truly slay the dismay Staying up at night to write like it was saving the day Lost soul with a black hole existing in the stomach pit Fire burning fervently and nobody can smother it The way I’m feeling right now, I might take on the government Never ending pressure got me suffocating under it But I’ve adapted to it. Nothing says thriving under pressure Like loathing going outside to stay inside forever It’s better this way… Fluorescent lighting over ultra violet Ya’ll can look for paradise... Me, I choose to live inside it

Eavesdrop on the private conversation That I’m having with myself in the form of consultation What is it I’m running from? Who is it I’m chasin’? If I do stop, there will not be a replacement Just sayin’… Been spending time in Hell’s basement Carving up the walls, if you’re asking how my day’s spent Spinning in this never ending tornado I’m the fallen angel tryna swap out his scorched halo For something more shiny… But all he could afford was grimy Submerged in the dirt with a verse is where you’ll find me Always keep a spare, just in case somebody wants it Open up the door and see inside a house that’s haunted If you do got it, then don’t be afraid to flaunt it But don’t get caught slipping when you’re running through the gauntlet Also, don’t act like you are if you ain’t on shit No one likes a novice pretending he’s accomplished To be completely honest in this flow of streaming conscious Never been a fan of keeping time with gleaming watches Instead of wearing insecurities, I cut my losses Ironic how the ones that make the rules, burn the crosses That’s off topic, I just thought that I should bring it up This is for the sleepers who do not remember dreams enough Keep it tucked in a safe place Keep tryna find the combination that could break banks Wind and water… I try to keep my feet on solid ground But the undertow forces ten toes to not be down So I drown in the ocean of my own thoughts Crumbling the bridge to inner peace that I won’t cross And I don’t know why… But I’m too alive to die So I float until I get close to what’s solidified Hands full of sand til the waves wash it all away And cover up the everything from yesterday we saw today

The jig is up, nobody knows shit Not a know it all, just tryna find hope to cope with Coasting on a crumbling surface Time is currency, accrue worth from your purchase I persevere, knowing that nothing here is permanent Whether clear blue sky or tryna fly in turbulence Couldn't be bought, even when I bathed in worthlessness Now it's up front, ya gotta pay to get my services Uncertain in the real world But on the microphone, he's got an ocean of concealed pearls That he keeps with em on a regular basis On the hunt for truth, it's not just paper he chases And I've traded in my purpose for a paycheck But all I got was nervous that I made the choice to waste breath I inhale and exhale to find the oxygen in smog In my search for the sun to clear a psyche full of fog I see it clear when I'm by myself Gotta keep the fire burning til the icebergs melt I spent downtime in a personal Hell And lost everything, but that's what made the verses excel I'm seeing so many sell themselves short Settling for mediocrity without remorse I'm always wanting more, maybe I'm the one that's wrong? Got a right to be it though, so I'ma do this til I'm gone It's really all I got, so I got amazing at it Never had a hit, still somehow became an addict I get agitated if I'm taking a break from it Cold sweats, chest tight, getting the shakes and shit I get lost in it, forgetting what day it is For the greatness, fuck those tryna make it big I've been bench pressing questions laying on my chest Hoping that it works before the day I see my death They say I need to rest, I don't really disagree Every time I lay down, I can't get a wink of sleep So I look up, channeling the energy in star shine Knowing that it's temporary gets me through the hard times Doing this is really all that's been consistent Can't say the same for relationships and friendships Or anything for that matter that involves communication I'm not against going out, but I prefer stay in I see it clear when I'm by myself Gotta keep the fire burning til the icebergs melt I spent downtime in a personal Hell And lost everything, but that's what made the verses excel I'm seeing so many sell themselves short Settling for mediocrity without remorse I'm always wanting more, maybe I'm the one that's wrong Got a right to be it though, so I'ma do this til I'm gone I never had a choice really, I was really chosen No one let us in, so we picked the lock and broke in Now I got my own corner that I'm tryna expand What they got a strangle hold on needs to switch hands Let me hold it for a minute, just to keep my interest I don't need much, just the whole world and big checks And a private island that that I'd never have to leave As long as books and beats, I can receive with ease I need to ease the tension of all these man made inventions Consider yourself luck if you do not fit in

The people need leadership No one else was doing much, so we just had to be the shit Of the few that's from the new that actually might be legit If all you seek is fame and fortune then you certainly should quit Feed the kids some fine dining At fairly fair price for a flow redefining What substance is supposed to truly sound like Lost for a hundred thousand nights, until he found a mic Found life when I was nearly dead inside Looking in the mirror, it was like seeing the devil's eyes I was terrified, better yet petrified Then I put a pen upon some paper and just let it ride The Skywalker of the rhyme authors Riding in a flying saucer, diving in divine water Tryna find the father, got lost along the way Looking for a flock of sheep so I can lead em all astray I'm only joking though, follow me, I got you Why you out here tryna be a bunch of shit that's not you? Why you even speaking though if all your words ain't got truth? Every time I'm rhyming now, I'm reliving my lost youth Go tell it on the mountain That he saw a barren desert land and installed a fountain For y'all to drown in

Rain non stop like it's Genesis If you ain't building boats to float in it, then I ain't interested I've been told too many times how much the rhymes are intricate Here to do the impossible, make paper off the penmanship Pendulum swinging over my head for too long Not feeling right, night after night made me just wanna do wrong Day after day was disarray, I waded through like it's water Phone off the hook, no dial tone, can't get a hold of the father (I ain't got time to waste) Always chasin' (Unless it's whiskey) Take it straight then (Won't kiss ass to get a placement) Watch you fail for entertainment I take my time to make sure what I'm making is amazing You stay behind and once you don't get shit you start complaining You want a beat from Nick, agree on price, complete the payment But most the time he sends it straight to me after he saves it I know it's sacred, I ain't taking this for granted How's a heart that's made of granite bleeding poems to save planet? Can't say I understand it, I just sit down and it happens If I ever found a shore, a hurricane would pull me back in Sink or swim, and I need oxygen to breathe So if I feel I'm suffocating, soon enough, I'll have to leave And I'll be gone before I know it, vanishing with every moment But if I disappear too much, I'm bound to end up homeless, I know it Sink or swim and I need oxygen to breathe So if I feel I'm suffocating... I gotta leave

The cage is open so I gotta go Still afraid to take risks from all the times I lost control Dug a hole and hid up in it for a minute A thousand years removed from normalcy to be specific At first it felt terrific, weight lifted when I did it And after all these years, still here and still committed I swear to God, I go a day without and I get twitches Cancelled all my future plans to spend a life with it See me and you are different, I don't really need to be seen I only started doing this to learn what being free means Defeat kings by completely ignoring All the lies and war cries that they're constantly enforcing Can't trust it, trust me, pay attention, it's disgusting How government can make you vote for what it's corrupting But I ain't saying nothing, I ain't really tryna die yet I'm just saying, most the shit I see don't pass the eye test The cause of my stress is no booze on my breath It's almost noon, how come I ain't even had some wine yet? I used to lie in bed and dream until I woke up Soon enough, I might sell my soul cause being broke sucks Make a hit, get rich, disappear and change my name Work anonymously under monikers to save the game I'll save my life first on beats as nice as Lightworks The concept's immaculate like it's a Jesus Christ birth I used to write verses, now I'm only spittin' visions Locked in for no reason like so many men in prison Guilty of getting filthy until it kills me Tell me how it is, don't try to sell me what it will be I'm still me, even though I'm changing drastically Slipping off the tight rope hanging off my sanity

I find it when I need it Can't consider quitting til I feel like it's completed I haven't had the chance to make it happen yet But happiness occurs when one learns to look past regret Another misstep got me running into another Brick wall or pitfall in which I barely recover Coming down is hard, especially when you were never that high No sunshine, but rhymes seem to light the black sky Live life right, ya might find, ya can't die Do the opposite and opportunities just pass by One by one... See it and seize it Put together broken pieces til you think it's completed If it's only decent, do it over til you think it's genius Stay the naysayers til there ain't no disagreements If you don't bleed it, why you doing it? I only started this to put to rest the inner lunatic The more I give to it, the less I think I might be losing it Just another brick within the wall, but I refuse to fit For the fuck of it... That plus the love for this Add the fact you can't subtract my yearning lust for bliss I put my trust in it, the process is destiny The need to feel alive really might just be the death of me

Got a calling, so I answered it I tried ignoring it, but then I realized it was sacrilege To not listen to the only voice that didn't seem foreign Stay up long enough, eventually you'll see mornin' I'm more in tune with the universes harmonies Lately, I just speak in rhymes like this shit's a part of me Breathing it and bleeding it, wake with it and sleep with it Grab the pen to write, and everything just really seems to fit How convenient, believe it cause you're seeing it Substance that needs to be savored cause we seasoned it I keep seeing certain topics to discuss And if I couldn't do this, then I'd internally combust That's the basis of the Genesis When I sit and reminisce All I think about is all the holes in which I didn't fix I'm working on it though like Dilla's Donuts Timeless is the intention, so there's really no rush It might take a lifetime or two or three Being overlooked and let down is nothing new to me But I'll be here when you need it... I used to be incredibly impatient Until I learned that let downs stem from expectation I'll get it when I need it... Overthinking everything, staring blankly at the wall If I can't have it all, I don't wanna get involved Getting greedy... But I ain't reaching for no freebies I'll bite the hand to prove that I ain't eating what it feeds me It's too greasy... Deep friend instead of oven roasted Getting salty, what they force feed is sugar coated Let em have it, I'll happily make this magic And when it's ready to release, I'll leave it for the masses To attack it or tackle it til they grasp it And if they get it, the they'll take it with em to their caskets What's to value when the stock market crashes? I guess guess you'll have to trace back to what exactly cash is Dig dirt to uproot the truth that's buried Expose the wrong skeletons and end up in a cemetery What's the difference? We all gotta go In order to afford to live, it should've have to cost your soul It might take a life time or two or three Being overlooked and ignored is nothing new to me But I'll be here when you need it... I used to be incredible impatient Until I learned that let downs stem from expectation I'll get it when I need it... You'll get it when you need it

Do it how it's supposed to be done Write rhymes in the night time to summon the sun My concern is where you're going, give a fuck where you're from Bars sharp like a razor blade's up under the tongue Tuck snug behind the baby face Thought food, these dudes baking plates Here to save the game until it's singing us Amazing Grace How sweet does this sound? Slow cooked til just right Could use another beer or six, but all I need is one mic Two faces, three strikes. Four balls, don't walk right Twice the man as most are, shooting stars of all types Bang bang, shot you down, dropped em with the proper sound Poetry in motion, painting pictures that are Oscar bound Never lost my crown, pawned it off to buy equipment Refused to quit it, if you love it, then you're dying with it And if you said it, then it's probable I might've missed it Ya'll small, can't even see you when my eyes are squinted A mile a minute sprinted when I'm penning sentences Limitless, like my tolerance when sipping Guinnesses This is it, if it's not, then we'll make a million more Out here standing out, like what the fuck you tryna fit in for? Don't do that... They put a lock on every door that's ever been invented They said to knock, I said I'll kick it in, and really meant it We took the mold and melted it to easily just bend it Broke it off completely for the ones that thought they did, but didn't I did it my way, and that's why I aint shit yet Yes I know that money's fake, but I could use a big check To buy myself a nice place, bigger than this wall's hole Treat it like a dark maze for me to find my lost soul

The day starts when a pen finally finds a page Running through the labyrinth, dodging beasts inside the maze At some point, you gotta outsmart and kill em All these empty notebooks, and all I do is fill em Place em on the shelf and look up at em for some inspiration Blow your mind like I'm splitting atoms, spitting information Open invitation, everyone's invited To hear the phlegm I'm spraying sound like it's been ignited How nice of me to make sure that ya'll can warm up to this It helps that when Arcade made this beat, he wore some oven mitts... On some other shit, whatever they don't got, we got it Not for nothing like philanthropy or non for profit I'm only hear to feed my family and fill my pockets If only I can keep my sanity and not get nauseous No need to watch it, I am so aware the throne is there Sneaking up behind it, flip over the chair, it's only fair Set fire to it, got a match and lighter fluid Burn the crown that comes with it, I'd love to really like to do it I put my life to music, really helped me through some shit Always been the shy guy carving my reclusive niche I might be losing it, still I know it's always there Somewhere, it's fully gonna flourish if you get prepared But who's really ready? Get behind us, let us lead you You say you want it, but don't act upon it when you need to Move in silence while tuning in to the proper guidance Harmonize the opposites like proving there's a God with Science No peace in violence, even when they say there is Dying for no reason really can't be very fair to kids But what do I know? I'm just another wino Who's tryna make the main stage appear from psycho sideshows With my eyes closed, hands tied behind the back To add the awe factor to my life's death defying act

I've been truly trying to find this Pass the time writing rhyme schemes that's really timeless My mind drifts, I let it go. Feel this shit from head to toe Lit the wick, step back, inevitably set to blow Ya never know, stranger things have truly happened Like actors getting famous for not living what they're rappin' Cool, calm, and couldn't give a fuck is my reaction Max comfort in my own skin is never not in fashion I fast forward to the days of Hades freezing over When a couple weeks can pass and I can actually see it sober It's getting closer, like a desert full of water fountains Meticulous with words like numbers are to ya'll accountants I'm counting on the final count down to do my dirty work They get on stages just to dance around and circle jerk Filling up pages like I'm running out of oxygen How'd he leave it all behind while taking quite a lot with him? A lot of practice in this craft that we've perfected Sending countless masterpieces through the mail to get rejected Not the type to fraternize, so I ain't too connected I'd rather stare at blank walls than beg to be accepted On second thought, I'm sick of second guessing all my first ones I only make mistakes so I can have something to learn from Used to take advice until I found out no one knows shit It's always the most blurry eyes saying that they're focused Too many foggy days, overcast, all I saw was grey Until the wind blew and it pushed my back and I had no choice but to walk away False profits led us all astray, so I let the flow stay godly When the flesh and bone return to home, you can see the work that I've bodied When I'm by myself with an Arcade beat, there is no other place I'd like to be When I speak my piece and they understand, damn, holy shit, what a sight to see Can't no man take the mic from me, when I'm done it gets dropped the floor When you give em less, they get obsessed, so you leave and they all want more... On the verge of another nervous breakdown Praying for a breakthrough, while I'm forced to wait around Purgatory practice... Death can look attractive With all the padding and the pillows that they put in caskets Can't afford it though, days moving sorta slow Years pass so fast, I wonder how much more to go? Eventually, the rain stops and then you're forced to grow Like I know that if I keep walking then a course will show Of course I can't function normally if I ain't writin' Funny how my hand's the perfect size to fit a mic in Been around a long time, saw some bright lights dim If you let it burn out, it might not reignite then What a tragedy, that could've been a masterpiece Impatience made a man a victim of it's vanity I can't believe that I can just stay put and not be shaken Trust the process, no matter how long it's takin'