In My Element - Intellectual

[Intro]

Yes

I feel pretty good, man

Yeah

Ayo, Apollo

Come in where I feel comfortable. You feel me? Yeah

Back in my element, under Hell I've went

No embellish, that hellish stint swellin' myself was tense

Forced out like the Palestinian settlements

Or, underdeveloped American kids with melanin

Mail him his reparations my reputation proceeds the cause

Congratulations that adulation received was forced

A small portion of philanthropic abortions that border upon

Payin' your dues or payin' extortion

I've been through some tribulations

Truthfully I'm not used to this kind of pressure, I'm tryna learn to contribute patience

Trespassin' and trippin' over my trepidations

The more success, the more you gotta expect frustration

That's what my conscious said

The common thread that is constantly being wound is being expounded upon what I was fed

They said I was dead they said I was done they said I was finished

I followed my purpose, resurfaced without a blemish

"Back in my element"

I used to want a "Locksmith" chain, flooded with diamonds

Fully encrusted, constructed as a reminder

To bind the future and present, a preparation for what is brewin'

Most of these artists artificially do end up in ruin

I'm doin' my diligence, 12th grade I was militant

Seducible, rippin' out pages of The Crucible

Crucifying my English instructor bein' disruptive

A meeting with my parents, apparently I'm destructive

I'm cuffin' my overalls and we overall in agreeance

Inspiration was stifle, I rightfully have a grieveance

I'm grievin' over my mother and my grandmother's passin'

You holdin' up so well, fuck off, thank you for askin'

I'm baskin' in every moment, but momentarily sulkin'

I sip the Kool Aid, but you motherfuckers are gulpin'

They said I was dead, they said I was done they said it was facts

I followed my purpose, resurfaced without a scratch

"Back in my element"