Pebble - Intellectual

One day i kicked a pebble in the road, just to see where it goes

I figure it'll lose its energy eventually and stop to roll

The decade was the 90's my house was playing Rock & Roll

But i caught DMX on TRL and listened to him flow

Now granted, i was too young to fully understand it

The black american struggle through institutionalized famine

The need for getting green up on the streets

Just to ensure you and your family has something warm to eat

I grew up with privileged skin, i coulda clicked on past it

With my remote control and ignored it, but i got inspired by the passion

I remember a young Michael dancing in the mirror

With a beanie and a bandanna

Bobbing his head, his mom would catch him

He got embarrassed

But its nothing to be embarrassed about now

I just had to learn to say the shit out loud

Call young Mike a wanksta, call em a loser, call em a wigger

I call him a youth in NYC inspired by the bigger picture

Sometimes it can be hard

Trying to keep your mind right, keep your head on tight

In this cold, conflicted world

Sometimes it can be hard

Trying to keep your mind right, keep your head on tight

In this cold, conflicted world

I see the same pebble in the road the year is 2004

The pebble is now a rock, i'm surprised it kept its roll

Playing at punk shows with my down for life bros

Except that one hoe who hits hoes

Moment of silence for unrecognized victims

In a world where the TV tells you that's just how shit gets done

I see through the cliches in this sitcom world replays

But id be lying if i said i wasn't still waiting to see me play

Up on that big screen

Now the years 2010 i'm underground near top of a big scene

But crunkcore was taking me nowhere

A dropout who gave up his life for music

And i'm pulling out my own hair

But low and behold a few years later i'm making paper

Producing for a bunch of minors and a couple majors

I'm thinking its looking up but bills, they ain't saying such

My rock turned into a boulder, my right shoulder is now crushed

Sometimes it can be hard

Trying to keep your mind right, keep your head on tight

In this cold, conflicted world

Sometimes it can be hard

Trying to keep your mind right, keep your head on tight

In this cold, conflicted world

One day i kicked a half of a pebble in the road, it was 1996

The year of the blizzard of 96', Joey, Ace, & Mikey was the clique

Never thought id kick-flip when i couldn't even Ollie

I still keep that in my mind when hard times try to haunt me

When hard times try to haunt me

I won't let my past mistakes cost me

Back when i was decked out in safety pins chillin with Adrienne

I never that i would potentially one day be Slick

I'm an Atheist, don't believe in shit nowadays but money

And we all know that moneys godless but still sip Satanic honey

In other words

These hard times still try to haunt me

But i just think of my kick-flips and what giving up my life would cost me

Sometimes it can be hard

Trying to keep your mind right, keep your head on tight

In this cold, conflicted world

Sometimes it can be hard

Trying to keep your mind right, keep your head on tight

In this cold, conflicted world