Nothing - Intellectual

[Hook]

Life's a bitch and then you die

It all disappears in the blink of an eye

Life is short and then you go

And the world's lost more than it'll ever know

I search the planet but I find no hope

I close my eyes and I tie my ropes

But the nothingness inside

Just won't leave me alone

[Verse 1]

Yo, I used to be an ordinary kid

Used to have all the dreams of fitting in

And all I wanted was some cool friends

To be the man all the ladies wanna' kick it with

But try as I might, I was just too shy

Resented the life that I was blessed with by God

My life dream was just a mirage

And my smile was just a facade

And all the kids who were in that clique

Grew up to be hoes, jerks, sluts and pricks

Man, am I glad that I didn't blend in

That would make me just a clone of them

And if you don't get the importance of being your own person

You better rewind the tape and listen closer to the sermon

Don't let uniqueness be a burden

The nothingness that you felt means that you ain't the generic version

[Verse 2]

Okay, we've been down the road before, set it 2nd gear, then we floor it

Rocking the rear-view and pushing daisies like I'm a florist

Running like I was Forrest, but I'm headed to no-man's-land

Side-stepping landmines like a line in the sand

I got a gun in my hand and my finger is on the trigger

My vision is getting blurry and my heartbeat is getting quicker

And I feel like I'm all up in her, I'm talking about Mother Earth

I've been fucking this planet ever since the day of my birth

And this verse is for the kids who were born with a blessing

You feel like it's a curse, but one day, you'll get the message

That your life don't mean nothing unless you be stacking hundreds

Ben Franklin can wait, dawg, but I can't stop running

Oh no, my head won't stop spinning, oh no, my mind's on vacation

I'm gon' keep making Progress until I get to my destination

So quit your talking and ranking when you can't walk without breaking

Progress Whitlock, sixteen years in the making

[Hook]

[Verse 3]

Yo, I used to be an ordinary kid

Never thought that in a year that I'd be spitting these lyrics

I've evolved with the times and shown it all through the rhymes

I've done it time after time and after all of it, not a dime

But that's okay in my mind, 'cause it's not about making change

It's about making some change, all-in-all, money ain't a thing

And I don't need a golden ring or a dollar sign on my neck

'Cause the gold in my heart is the reason I wanna' be respected

And the incense burning and the clock keeps turning

I wonder if I'm really learning or just getting the facts

It's true, they don't lie, but my life is flying by

Imma' leave and I'm never coming back

And it's true what they say when the sand slips away

You gotta' flip the jar and start over

You gotta' work for the skill and make your own luck

You gotta' pick you own four-leaf clovers

[Bridge]

Money, sex, drugs, love

Don't stop 'till you get enough

Fuck it man, I've had enough

[Verse 4]

Yeah, the Lord Almighty led the way

Abandoned, hopeless and left astray

Bearing the chains that I've forged myself

Walking this road that I've paved to Hell

The path is crowded with familiar faces

While an empty stairway leads to Heaven's graces

So Imma' get off this road, Imma' head for the gates

Phone up the Almighty, tell Him I'm on my way

This ordinary kid is through with ordinary shit

I'm sick of taking all my days away and wasting every bit of them

I'm walking through the valley of the shadow of death

And I won't stop trying to get out 'till my very last breath

'Til my death, I will fight in the name of those that I love

Coming out of extinction and now I'm ready to erupt

I'm sick of spending my whole life just trying to be something

'Cause it seems like I'm little more than nothing

[Hook]

"Nothing is Everything, and I am no exception..."