Authentic - Intellectual

Used to be the guy who'd always smile wide

Always saw the light inside these fireflies

Now I’m just a guy without the light inside

Sparkin' up the night with this old light of mine

I'm just gonna let it shine

There’s a couple perks of being cold

Seeing through the bullshit of doing what your told

There's a couple perks of being feared

People start to listen when you have something to hear

Everyone has got the best advice thеy wanna push

And if you see from their perspectivе, that's how it'll look

But all these people have a shoe that doesn't fit your foot

So don't beat up yourself that's only beating 'round the bush

Nobody has any empathy

Sorry to tell you but that’s how it goes in the 21st century

Most of the people I meet are my enemies

It’s unsettling

How many people will ride to the end with me

And how many people are faking a friendly identity

I'm authentic

I’m authentic

What you see is what you get

That's authentic

I'm authentic

What you see is what you get

That’s authentic

I been finished with the bullshit

I ain't gonna sugarcoat it

If you ain't the type to take advice, why you looking for it?

I don't fire shots

I just keep the chamber fully loaded

See the bait, retaliate, if they shoot, return the bullet, agh

Never been the one to disrespect, nah

You should stay away anytime my head's off

Use my music as a tool to keep the stress gone

Maybe it can do the same to help y'all

I just keep it honest, that's the policy

Nobody can bother me if I'm just thinkin' logically

Take my time before I speak, that's why nobody's clockin' me

You can buy my time shared, sure, but I ain't property

I'm authentic

What you see is what you get

That's authentic

I'm authentic

What you see is what you get

That's authentic

I'm authentic

What you see is what you get

That's authentic

I'm authentic

What you see is what you get

That's authentic

Never ashamed

Of the dirt that's been put on my name

Grab me a spade

I'm diggin out of it no matter how much it weighs

That's why they say I look grave, huh?

Maybe cause nobody saved us

I look above and think of the suffering wondering where are the angels?

Back on track like a train on a railroad

Waiting for a shot, gotta work for the arrows

Other rappers only need a brain, just scarecrows

'Cause they only care for the names on the payroll

We know they know they gon' say no once these rates go way low

It's gon' be no bueno, days go by - they drop like J. Lo

They don't make no peso's now they handle bricks like LEGO

Think their fatal, but they're made so soft, you'd think they're made of playdough

Wow

How do I do it, then?

Rapping has always been something I'm fluent in

Any influences?

Nah, I just knew I'd be good at it

I'm so intuitive, ow

Oh my god

Let me on your friends list

No? Why not?

Maybe cause you're desperate

Go try not

Getting so defensive

Bro I thought

What we had was a friendship?

Let's just go til my head explodes

Every show is an episode

Try tell a visionary how to end his flow

Might just end in a 10 foot hole

Ending note I'll mention so

I know you get the message

Don't go thinkin' for a second that my visions ain't authentic, Konan