[Verse]

I had to step back and analyze all my thoughts

Understand the bigger picture and learn about the gestalt

Lady Luck created obstacles for me that I was meant to face

Now I kiss her, cavi on my tongue teach her expensive taste

If home is where the heart is, i'm renovatin my mental space

Archons are the architects, instigators of senseless hate

This system is deceptive quit telling me I should integrate

Pravda programs want to snuff the spirit you insulate

Vitality inside of me burning bright as the Luxor Beam

I need to transcend, move past having a lust for things

Stuck between, humble and thinking how could they touch the king?

Stick up boys after ya threads, I scream it's just Supreme!

Life's a race and sometimes I feel like we lost the relay

Wonder how we break the spell on those in urban decay

Each day, civil in a world that wants me savage

But I gotta stay afloat and never succumb to the madness

[Hook]

These are the Lifestylez uh... of Poor and Dangerous

They took the holy ghost out the hood and blamed the angel dust

This game is all about your position so get your angles up

Made room for huddled masses, I guess the rules ain't the same for us

These are the Lifestylez uh... of Poor and Dangerous

Caught in a cycle we exchangin our souls for fame and stuff

Good die young, don't be innocent when the chambers bust

And i'm just tryna spread a few embers before my flame is snuffed

[Verse]

Music's in my soul I can hear the awe

Most of the climb is simply learning not to fear the fall

Don't let em trick you into thinking that your will is small

It's probably best we huddle up, you know I feel for y'all

Ubuntu's how we fight back without the steel involved

I'm fielding calls, from anyone that will stand with me

Ready to face calamity, braced with my faith and family

Hustle's the foundation i'll patiently make the canopy

[Hook]

These are the Lifestylez uh... of Poor and Dangerous

They took the holy ghost out the hood and blamed the angel dust

This game is all about your position so get your angles up

Made room for huddled masses, I guess the rules ain't the same for us

These are the Lifestylez uh... of Poor and Dangerous

Caught in a cycle we exchangin our souls for fame and stuff

Good die young, don't be innocent when the chambers bust

And i'm just tryna spread a few embers before my flame is snuffed