Ego - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

'Bout to go crazy, ain't slept lately

Want some sign, it's "fuck you, pay me"

Who you know workin' this hard on the daily?

Got a couple kids in the game who wanna feel me

Got on the rise with a life I couldn't carry

Through a Hail Mary, shootin' from the far side

Books in the game like I hit 'em from the blind side

Workin' for this like I got no time

'Cause I thought that I know

Try to do what I know but I ain't even close

My flow is immaculate, everyone after it

Spread international, feds should be taxin' it

Rhymes to the top, bunch of lines runnin' back at it

In my own lane, I don't know where the traffic is

'Cause I know what it's like

They sleep on it all day while you workin' all night

Time to act it along

Clock probably gonna hear me, tell my damn [?]

Burns to the haters, let 'em simmer like a Crock-Pot

Don't need diamonds, if you hear I'ma flow rock

But there's somethin' around me that lately been chasin' me

Might be creatin' me, might be erasin' me

Famous, I think that I've lately been tastin', see

Am I content with my hype?

Will I get upset from feelin' alright?

Will I slack on my work if I don't see the worth?

Maybe not win it all when I've lost all the hurt

But I gotta keep grindin', gotta keep schemin'

I ain't in the clear, I can't leave without meaning

Can't put it in park, gotta put it in gig

And I listen to voices that run through my ears

For better or worse that I'm all that I fear

[Chorus]

The sickest in the game

Nah, I'm workin' on the come-up

Man, you got the fame

Nah, I'm workin' on the run-up

They may know your name

Nah, they don't know enough yet

Don't believe me? You're insane

Why am I fightin' with my ego? (ego)

I'm always fightin' with my ego (ego)

But let's go

[Post-Chorus]

She saw it and she grabbed it, and it wasn't what it seemed

The kids all dream of making it, whatever that means

[Verse 2]

I'm about to switch the flow up like I'm twisted on the handle though

Battlin' my mind, don't know how I thought I lost it, so

Gotta go kill this feeling

Gotta flow pro, just stay appealin'

Our true selves is where we're headed

Thinkin' different, don't regret it, man

So watch that; cop back, real fast

Turn to fake rap; all facts, Abstract

What the game lacks, match that

But I can, can't change that, 'cause that's life

Couple more bars to a couple of cars

Knowin' that everything move when it's ours

And I'm not in the car but you know I'm in charge

Rocket flow, takin' me straight to the start

But you gotta remember your roots

From the basement to the roof

Remember that you do what you do for the truth

Remember who was down before that shit got off the ground

Did these labels only love you 'cause these people love you now?

And it ain't gonna be forever, any second it can sever

Just leave a mark upon it so some say you did it better

Don't get caught up in the image when the dream starts gettin' vivid

Don't get greedy with your blessin's

Just be happy they were given