Verse 1:

Closer to my dreams I can picture myself

With visions of palm trees, calm seas for my health

Tangible as concrete, I defeat those

Antagonistic thoughts that tend to oppose

And those...

That pose as foes

For all my dreams

For all my goals

Indubitable lifestyle is what I chose

Where my life goes...

Only GOD knows

Where the ink flows...

Only the pen knows

Matures and grows

On paper that the notebook holds...

I tend to drift, with the gift

Pray throughout my day

I may resist, to shift

My position, take intermission, from program

Away from the turf servin'

Swervin' in a Brougham

Common faces that paces

Up and down boulevards

Livin' this Cali life is considered as "hella" hard

When you're living amidst the struggle

Where common folks juggle

And lost souls hustle

I remain the same

Stay true to virtue

Maintain my mind frame

Cause the game will hurt you

Unless you treat it with the same respect

Expect no changes unless you change your aspect

(huh)

So now I listen when speak to you

My words flew, what they knew

Though few

Soul grew

Hook:

Heavy is the head that wears gold crown

Heavy is the neck-lace that it goes around

Heavy is the head that wears gold crown

Heavy is the neck-lace that it goes around

Verse 2:

My thought pro-cess considered as vintage

In digital times with traditional pillage

I'm amazed I made it out of my village

Where the po-po's and the po-pimps

Play in scrimmage

Pops told me:

"Idle hands are a workshop...

...for the devil, be careful, never let work stop"

So I practice, training on a campus

Young Rembrandt painting on a canvas

Dreams of success, I must confess

Somehow forget how I'm already blessed

Somehow suggests how Im already stressed

Ripped from the breast

My whole life has been depressed

Pops surpassed the triple bypass

We couldn't see Leukemia coming with eyeglass

Learned that life is just a cloud of smoke

I put my faith into my prayers

Easy comes the yolk

Heavy is the head that wears gold crown

Heavy is the neck-lace that it goes around

Heavy is the head that wears gold crown

Heavy is the neck-lace that it goes around