[Verse 1]

Gritty intellectual, it’s time to raise your speaker

Stock and stack, as I acknowledge who’s beneath ‘em

If it’s games, I’m Simon, I say follow the leader

Dropping eggs for your mindset, yeah, we playing Easter

A wise man once said all things come in pennies

Equipped with what’s needed, my mind frame varies

Don’t make time to be blue, I keep away from berries

Ascend with every song, I give credit to the veggies

In the lab at night, like I work at cemeteries

Killing every song, I’m top ten mercenaries

For those who talk and never walk, call ‘em commentaries

This is just my beginning, call this preliminaries

Destitution coming, I could feel it in my pores

Black on Black crime, I hear distress throughout the roars

Crackheads in pain ask for change nearby the stores

We continue down this route, we ain’t winning wars

Sickening like Drippy said, damn, my voice is hoarse

Antidote for pain starts with yourself, you are the source

Can’t afford to lose, won’t let myself get knocked off course

Like Luigi I want mansions and my loved ones off the floors

[Pre-Chorus]

Heard I’m tall like trees

If it’s dirt, I sneeze

Heart cold like freeze

Spit chills like breeze

Think you up next? Please

Dispersing the pleas

On the road for the cheese

Honeys swarm like bees

Is what I’m doin’ all right, or all I have left?

Knowledge, wisdom, understanding, we fighting a bigger threat

E4K be the gang, you better get into that

Bars hit harder than bullets do, don’t get hit with that

[Chorus]

Apologies in advance, I’m starting to feel guilty

Back to the basics, it’s time for me to get gritty

P-Trill on the track, lyrically giving ‘em fifty

Killing is a sin, I R.I.P.’d this beat with witty

[Verse 2]

From a town where people my skin tone barely make it out

Where if easily threatened, weapons, we take ‘em out

Or where we, back out a scale, to break shit down

Truth be told, we all kings, you’ll never shake my crown

Demeanor apparent, seriousness in the brown

Excelsior life, I cannot make time to frown

Feel like Nas, I’ma monkey flip my haters with my nouns

If I get physical like they would, I’m a clown

But just because I said that don’t mean I avoid the battle

Sting ‘em like a bee, I move like Ali with the dazzle

He applaud the drama, then I’m bringing forth the hassle

I pack a punch with this glove, like that Sonic from Seattle

I said in old songs, that thunder’s what I pack

Saved my brother from the bell, got me feeling like Zack

Hating niggas ain’t compatible with any pepper jack

We in tune with what we count, and it ain’t a short stack

Ain’t talkin’ IHOP, that’s what your shawty tryna do

Keep it trill 25/8, why lie to you?

I’m in love with W’s, I can’t make time to lose

Snakes be praying for my fall, so I’ve tied my shoes

Like Wale, my circle small yet circumference official

That’s why I hold it down for ‘em all, no submission

And I’ma continue, no matter the condition

So even when deceased I won’t be knocked outta commission

Working hard ain’t a pastime, it’s more like a tradition

To get better everyday, I’m my own competition

Practice till you master it, call that repetition

Look for real nigga in dictionaries, I’m the definition

No replacements here either, motherfuck an addition

If they jack they better, welcome to this expedition

I been knew how to stand the rain, but I ain’t New Edition

Must be in LA, I spell with ease like magicians

“Boogie Down” Bronx, that’s the setting that I’m reppin’

Where the plugs are like my Nike Techs, checks how we’re connected

Grinding in the gym to rise and shine through the dejection

No limits, I let ‘em burn out, that was my confession