Decline - Intellectual

[Skit]

"Now arriving in Philadelphia, it's the last stop, thank you for riding the Swelly Express"

"Damn, yo, I just woke up, son, that was the craziest dream ever, dawg, Black Thought came through and gave me some advice and got on the track, some Hollywood shit"

[Verse 1]

They waiting for that decline

Pray that I lose my mind, they never want me to shine

But I observe that, trouble, I will serve that

Ear to the streets, never will I give the curve back

Still moving at a velocity

Still sensing the animosity

Hate mail is what they send me

But I separate letters like an apostrophe

Colossal, he

Didn't come the same, musta had two angles, he was isosceles

But now I'm Socrates with philosophies

I'm in my tree house, please don't bother me

And now it's looking like hella smoke

Underage, they letting me pass the velvet rope

And this life getting reckless

Feeling like a lone star, Texas

[Chorus]

Uh huh, I know what's on your mind

You don't think that we gon' shine

I face you to prove you wrong

Thought I was weak, I tell you I'm getting strong and

This time, it's gon' be different than the last time

Swear I'm gon' turn this from a hobby and a pastime

Tomorrow's gon' be better than today

And this'll wash the pain away

[Verse 2]

Could you cheer for me when you see me?

Had to follow my dreams and they could not believe me

But, you see I need it for the cake, I go

Like today on your TV and the radio

Retro '80 flow, hood made me crazy, though

Put in work with music, but the school made me lazy, though

Why? That's 'cause I couldn't write enough rhymes

They say that hip-hop is dead, we bring the vital signs

Never tripping, I'm on a different grind

Bring slaughter to your houses, a young Nickel Nine

See, now tell me, would you get me wrong

If I told you in the studio I met Solange?

If I said I command it like it's the Pentagon

Hating on, even on the roof I'm upper echelon

But, still forever we shine

Turn a negative to positive, I never decline