Another play at the game where I'm killing these scores

On this mic for a while, but I'm feeling reborn

A few years in rap - in fact, add a few more

My memories of life before the start of Dual Core

Brain always carrying a rhyme

Try to get my skills up, battled all the time

At the Reebok tournament, winning first prize

Back when the Wiz was 100.9

Growing towards closure, exposure to the sound

Scribble Jam every year, scoping from the crowd

Snapping at these tracks when I open up my mouth

Developing my freestyle, know what it's about

Trolling other rappers, I was such a misfit

Science in my writing feeling so analytic

Verses in the circles, people didn't git it

I thought it was a cipher, guess I'm too cryptic

First class, hoping that I pass

Priority delivery, settling the stats

Returning it true cause you know it's overdue

Still looking back at the path going through

This is, first class, knowing that I'll pass

Priority delivery, settling the stats

Returning it to true cause I know it's overdue

Knew it through and through

Engage life, turned another page, right

Wednesday nights when i'd battle for the stage

Fright, put anxiety away

Went from being introverted to inspired when I play

My first show at Top Cats, staring at the crowd

The music we developed, now they're sharing in the sound

Getting big in the city, growing out of bounds

Evansville, Columbus, I'm going out of town

Didn't know to get around, find a better way

Getting tips from other artists so I'm learning every day

Blueprint and Dibbs really helped me find a balance

Impressed by the best, Midwest full of talent

In fact, still deposit in the track

If I thought it's up for grabs then I wouldn't give it back

Got a hold on the feeling, take control of the healing

Filling holes in my soul while I grow through the ceiling

First class, hoping that I pass

Priority delivery, settling the stats

Returning it true cause you know it's overdue

Still looking back at the path going through

This is, first class, knowing that I'll pass

Priority delivery, settling the stats

Returning it to true cause I know it's overdue

Knew it through and through

Back to me now, so the flow make it abstract

Memories shine in the glow of a flashback

Went from making something that I thought would get us laughed at

To outshining every other Cincinnati rap act

Still proving, not afraid of losing

Stored in my core feel the war still brooding

Underneath the hood, though, my brain's probably fuming

Only show it on the stage so I'm so unassuming

Plus human, and if I'm being fair

When we're counting up mistakes

Then I know I've made my share

Cause life's no guide, and it's no smooth ride

Swallow jealousy, envy, arrogance and pride

Put the pride in my work, the other ones aside

Cause life's too short and I'm running out of time

Proud of having fun while I rock it for the crowd

The music made it back, back to me now

First class, hoping that I pass

Priority delivery, settling the stats

Returning it true cause you know it's overdue

Still looking back at the path going through

This is, first class, knowing that I'll pass

Priority delivery, settling the stats

Returning it to true cause I know it's overdue

Knew it through and through

We take it forward then back, forward then back

The internet claps while they torrent this track

Forward then back, forward then back

Beyond all my dreams doing more in this rap

Take it forward then back, forward then back

The internet claps while they torrent this track

Forward, back, forward, back, forward, back

Sure to make a splash, first class