Bars after Bars

By Lumenate

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You must listen to the Elephant, he stand in the room

No avoidin' the lesson, lesser you talk, I will prove

Everything I ever dreamed of will be soon comin' true

I feel enormous, ego big you cannot walk in my shoes

Let's get it, oh lord

Runnin' out the back door

Hop into a black car

Pullin' out the backyard

The backyardigans are damagin' the hooligans

You mediocres really should go back to school again

To touch up on the subjects when you never paid attention

Like: you listen to my oldies just in case I'm ever mentioned

In a conversation, save it, always patiently statin'

The facts - this dedication and a heart in the making, in fact

Remember bein' little like "I hope I will make it"

Then at 21 years I was one of the greatest

And if that - don't get you on your fuckin' toes

I got plenty mo' flows that'll have you wipe your nose

I'm the cold man, frozen, arctic sand and I'm

Holdin', moldin', closin' in, but I

Know that I might go right in

If they give me a beat I can "fin"

Like fatality, your majesty, the casualties done

I done swept the floor with everyone and mopped with their tongues

This is not a new rendition of what I might become

I got 99 methods, bein' rich ain't one

I can see why you would wallow all the way to gallows

When you constantly in competition with your own shadow

I ain't comin' up short, I report, not a snob, but I snort at retorts

That be sayin' I'm supportive of the violence in the city, might as well just pull the chord

Cause the plug kept us alive but won't hold us up in court

Ain't nobody fuckin' with me, I don't even need a stencil

Just to draw up some more imagery that I write with a pencil

This ain't history, this mystery, enigma in the making

Better turn a blind eye soon as everybody faking

Taking everything they can

Cause when they think ahead they don't see a vital plan

Or even understand

I was rollin' down the street pretendin' I was in a rented

Tinted windows, dented on the fender when I fully vented

My emotions to the atmosphere and slowly looked around

I was in a void yelling as if there was just a crowd

And nobody comin' near

Cause everything I'm saying got'em trembling in fear, ugh

Pedal to the metal when I go in top gear

By the time I reach my limit you 'gon see me switchin' tiers

With no peers

Not even your top 5 could battle my top lines

I get the motive "competition", fuck it, it's all mines

And I ain't sharin' any of my cake 'less you rollin' with the squad

Sittin' at the dinner table sending prayers to the Gods

Cause after this move, we'll be goin' for their ranks

Funny, water gives us life and I'm the fish outside the tank

Or the salty piece of food in the belly of the beast

Tell me, will you sing about me or just tell me rest in peace?

Everything I ever wanted can't be too far off from now

And eventually, man, you gon' see me buyin' Momma's house

On the beach in Dominican Republic with a peach in her right hand

Drink in the left, and her skin so pretty in the light, I confess

That her son in the game tryna' lift the sundress, like bitch

Milkin' the mothafuckin' cash cow

Workin' so hard and I feel I'm 'bout to pass out

Many free tickets to my upcoming shows

Just so everyone can show up and think "Man he really blows."

This from AM to PM to the end, please

I got old friends and new friends that love my frees

I got business connections that you won't believe

I got music and lyrics and melodic beats

I got fans and the talent and all these things

But I ain't shit 'til I put to use what I have received

I found a little piece of heaven in the art of my craft

I found a little piece of hell that always stuck on my path

I drank the holy water, whole, then I swallowed the glass

And I ain't preachin' for nothin', better give me what I ask

This is how I-

Paint a pretty picture from the pineal

Everyone around me lookin' at me like I'm not real

People think that I be only making shit up

For the buzz or the love or the film reel

But, then still-

They comin' to me daily just get some more vibes

Cause everything that I be saying resonates with their lives

I know I got a lot of time to make it out of this city

But I ain't tryna wait no more, I need to do it more quickly

So I picked up on the writing, swiftly

Nobody gets me

I'm feelin' empty

And all my research seems so iffy

If I go present out into the public, I'm a hippy

If I keep it to myself then ain't nobody growin with me

Aye, Remember when you listen to support who I am

Local hip-hop in a jam and we need some more fans

I'll give you what you need but do not take what you can

I don't tolerate greed, please retract your hands

Strong performance, I'm searchng for endorsements

Man, I could spit forever, but some things are more important

And I could write a letter to my future self to tell me look back

On the past when I used to be a c-class act

And then smile-

Cause look how far I done came

I went from scramblin' sampled eggs to scramblin' brains

And trust, no part of my wisdom was related to grades

I wasn't trying to pass, I was just turning the page