The Edge - Intellectual

I’m standing on the edge

[Verse]

Pondering, pondering

Look into the sky, I’m wandering

Look me in the eyes when you talk to me

If we’re conversing, it’s consciously

Don’t bother me with nonsense things

Let the context breathe while processing

Let the truth out before you drown

Remember a cool down has a lot less steam

Make sure the flow is right

No kinks in your lines on your motorbike

If the lake’s frozen over, do you boat or bike?

The equation’s almost over who the voters like

They’re one and the same like a coded pike

Always covering each other like an overbite

See the prototype is overripe

Holding on too long, you’ve been notified

Now let go (let go)

Let go (let go)

Not coming back, no echo

Nod to the track, keep your head low

Only seen on one side of the [?]

’til your head grows and your stem froze

Place a dead rose on your bedpost

Will you wake the next day for your French roast?

Fill the tray on your incense boat?

Watch the sun from the East to the West Coast

Let it all pour out like an egg poached

Why do I rap? I’m the best toast

And I say that ‘cause I spread those messages of truth with a fresh coat

You’re not listening, you should play techno

Life is a choice of yes/no

You ask and answer, does that make the test easier?

Depends on the chaos

When you can’t and can say God

You ever relaxed at Cape Cod?

Levels of living, take some pain off

But if you’re in the heat all day long

You might end up singing the same song

Where is my escape pod?

I’m out of here right before they bomb

My hand’s on the button

We’re falling for anything, not standing for nothing

Only me, but you can’t do it alone

Community is what moves you to a home

We’re so separated, spreading hatred, segregated, forget the neighbors

Unless we’re getting faded

Together we would step and face it

Doesn’t have to get to this basis

Preventative maintenance

What I’m saying is receive the love

Fear is a lie or believe in trust

It’s clear we desire peace for us

Receive things differently than a bee would want

Still rest in peace after it stings someone

Defense increased when we think we’re done

Survival tactics active since we seen the sun

Deep puddle dynamics blasting

Agree or disagree, neither one

Metaphoric and poetic

It’s rhetoric and authentic

Believe what you want, the story will see edit

Revert it, reread it

We spoke it, they said it

Control it then spread it

Manipulation of the mind

A global pandemic

And we use these words without knowing the truth of a future earth

Purpose is irrelevant

No point like a circus to an elephant

Throw coins in service to your fellow men

No noise, learning to be eloquent

Grow voice or you’re burning back in hell again

Own choice, I am yearning for development, growth points

You either win or learn

Can be cold inside, still get a winter burn

This is inner work, put your vision first

To be human, you gotta feel with discern

The solutions move in return

Then you can prove it is worth everything that you think you oughta have

Some people place value on an autograph

Some people can’t afford a laundromat

What’s a solemn act?

You can change a name, it’s still Stalingrad

You don’t empty your pockets, then knowledge is washed in an almanac

Either falling back or charging forward

The carbon’s black, enlarging your words

Don’t park your crash, recharge the tortured

All burns to ash like a farmer’s orchard

In the lifespan of a ripe fruit, time can incite a bruise and proscribe a root

Take you off the straight and narrow like the stripes on a suit

If you fight like a brute, you just might headline in the news

The deadline’s due

How many have you said goodbye to… or a long hello?

When last did you say, “yes, it’s all to know”

Don’t stall the show, we all walk alone

Best friends can’t end as a stronger foe

Y’all should know, let the water flow

Upstream fires burn since long ago

It’s a broader goal to play a larger role

Taking care of this place we call a home

I’m standing on the edge