Shelton Benjamin - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

This the GOLD STANDARD

Call me Shelton Benjamin

I’ve been working, I can’t stop it, sticking to my regiment

Like to spit my bars with a different emphasis

Just know I’ll stick around till I collect the benefits

Rep the old school, love that boom bap shit

I made peace, know I’ll never do what Tupac did

I’m a student of the game, I be too locked in

If the greats gave me praise, I would lose my shit

But I ain’t searching for some phoney validation

Some white dudes in suits tryna tell me that I made it

Skeptics watching cause it matters how you do it

I ain’t satisfied unless I’m adding something to it

We dont got a lot but I've done more with less

I said Diesel ain’t free, can you afford the best?

Rich mindset, yet I’m as poor as it gets

If I, can’t elevate it, then I’m part of the mess

I’m sorry

And I ain’t never getting old

Always staying young, even when I see my skin begin to fold

Tuck Everlasting, take a sip from the tree

Rapping keeps me young, y’all should listen to me

I’m that, spry young buck, fuck a mark of the beast

Used to wait and pray for labels, now they market to me

Took off the blinders, now I’m starting to see

Know X is my inspiration when I bark at the beat

Can’t step away, the rap game, is too inviting

All my troubles fade away as I’m writing

Treat my sessions like it’s therapy

Adding fuel to the fire with some kerosine

Sport a big heart, triple crown, Secretariat

Reverse the DDT, and then I hit you with a lariat

I’m the OG, everybody else a variant

Stepping up to Deez? Oh buddy, that’s hilarious

I’m sorry