We never made the same song twice

Blunts saved my life

GDP is like a renaissance man

If I don't say so myself

Just cause I bought a 12 pack

Doesn't mean I got to drink all 12

But somehow I always do (wasted again)

A product to the habits we assume

Developed in between states of sleep and awake

But never can pinpoint where it is we change

Meanwhile aging this persona I create

Versus the person I am on and off stage

We portray the lifestyle the music calls for

Forming allies that benefit our own internal wars

And own songs, and own albums

Excessive demands and unrealistic outcomes

We convince ourselves who we really are

Based on a fantasy created within bars

But it transforms our actual perceptions

Hip hop is a mentality or death sentence I can't call it

But still try to put words to thoughts

I get lost in between angst and flossin'

It's like the music makes me make the music

Striving for semi permanent solutions

We're living life like tomorrow is a month away

By now I been drunk in every fucking state I care to visit

With very loose women

Spitting what I don't realize until it's written

We never made the same song twice

I heard them make songs a hundred fucking times

They get too comfortable or preoccupied

Or better yet, rep what doesn't even relate to you

Thought pimping their Myspace pages was paying dues

Mimicking their favorite groups

Finicking around the cusp but never breaking through

(When we played our charade, we were like children posing)

We never made the same song twice

There's room for error, but GDP is like

A jack of all trades

With an Ace up the sleeve

In a Queen Dungaree vest

Screaming on em like Kid Capri

It seem like an easy notion, be dopest

But pop hops more heavily promoted

So they do what they must to gain exposure

But when the track's rolling, they look so much like children posing

Play the role and not a word is spoken

That chain is a leash and they'll yank it until your house broken

I started freestyling back in the day

And internalized everything from Dre to Positive K

To Rae the Chef, to Rick and Doug E Fresh

And never once second guessed the music's effect

On my self development, for better or for worse

Spray paint and burns, windmills and herb

Meant more to me than any classroom or church

So think twice before you think

And that's my word