Target practice

Verse 1

The bravest tongue in the game and they're all afraid

They want me on hush, they know I've got more to say

They've got me resenting all of my honest ways

7 steps ahead in bushes they were supposed to pave

Shift in energy's got me flickering their spark

I spring at coming at you like pollen allergies to a kid in the park

Remote niggas, we never clicked from the start

Gambling love with money...

And yet we've still got our best interests at heart

And, man. Who are these new-new niggas?

I swear, we're holding figures like some voodoo niggas

And yeah, we notice we've gathered the goals of your legends

We managed do everything better by two-move differences, man

They tell me the status quo isn't fair though

You're either chasing money or fame, my nigga, I fear both

We try to fight the striking resemblance between us and those that we're sharing the page with, I'm scraping until I see where it folds

I know you still don't believe me but I'm more than amazing

These niggas think we're competing but I'm Jordan on Game 6

I've been set from the jump, man

They hate that I dangled hope in their faces and at this moment, I take it

I said it, the throne is vacant, the city's playing musical chairs

Can't believe it took 10 years to remove the fear, nigga

Passive aggression got me looking soft

My adolescent self would never watch me lose the ball

I always felt my thinking preceded my actual age

And that my lyrical prowess could beat my accolades

But when you're Midas at everything then you might as well take a swing, for the fuck of it, at all the shit they never changed

I'm slowly seeing things from the lens of a witty man

And learning that brothers who claim that they love us ain't really fam

I need counselling to make sense of what the city plans

You never know, it's seeming they pounce at me any given chance

Whoever thought that winning, could leave a bad taste in their mouths?

Now they're beginning to pray for me heading South

Was raised different, the game isn't the same for me, you stayed on the same pivot and now we're to blame, is it?

My head's spinning and yet I keep propelling

I'm lip-reading and yet they keep on yelling, the noise never seems to lessen

They're so quick to forget and sling a weapon

But then mine is a tongue, I guess we're different

Maybe they're yet to listen

My competition's aware there's a distance

I'm convinced that niggas with more bars than me are tending to lyrics in Westville Prison

Ey, quit playing nigga, you lack the vision

I'm just saying there's a difference between reality and pessimism

Now you got me sounding all arrogant

We're rappers, that's where it stops nigga, there's no comparison

I'm fond of stealing sparks, I got problems with Edison

I cough to hide the chuckle but believe I'm the medicine

Y'all niggas making me write and now you niggas think you're making me? Right

Got a poker face and I'm faking these smiles

Niggas are lowkey praying I fumble

Got the smell of defeat in the air, niggas know me, I reek of trouble

I thought if I'm cordial, I'll find strength in relationships

They're smiling while shaking my hand but they forget to fake the grip

I see them looking away while they're lacking the effort

I see them sulking, I see them pressing they're teeth together

Not sure if they're looking for beef or leather

They whisper in my presence, I follow up actions and my speech is better

I preach when I need to, the kid's a reverend

When they take a shot at me, bullets are souvenirs yet they keep the pellets

The dreaming is free, hustle comes with the hidden costs

So you could have a vivid speech and be part of niggas who lost

The little league can get comfortable if you plan to fall

And now I see OGs tryna stop the flow like it's menopause

Savage. Tell 'em to all fall back, man

Your accolades are not part of my list

I envy your spot, that I gotta admit as I uphold my broke stance

And everybody caught these toe-tags, I know, fam

This the moment you let it sink in

Thought we're in the same league, nigga I'm fucking different

Yeah, I said I'm phucking different

You Mia Khalifa niggas, I'm fucking different