[Intro: Sample]
"A lot of guys in the Bible was asking for pity. You know, and a lot of them was saying, 'I did a foolish act.'"
[Verse 1: Zae da Blacksmith]
Dude, you's a fool, say the truth, let me tell 'em
If dudes only knew how you moved, you'd lose merits, tell 'em
The whole story, The Mosaic, Average Joe
Wait, you gon' tell 'em? You can tell 'em, here we go
Back in the days when Zae was still a ninja in concealment
When the House of Tea and Lamp Mode was in the same building
I used to rent a room second floor next to Joe
We hit the basement studio to spin some records and record
Two brothers in a true collab, that's how we made the mixtape
It was 50-50 off the bat, was never out to get cake
The record started selling, I was supposed to handle business
Didn't manage money well, I started tapping into his split
I did it with the full intent to pay it back
But fell behind on rent and then I couldn't stay within the black
I needed to pay back what's due but every month I'm in the red
An actual natural fool eating up his brother's bread
[Hook: Zae da Blacksmith]
Have pity on me Lord, I'm a mess
I'm not deserving of Your goodness, Lord
I'm unworthy to be blessed
I'm a grace abuser, a straight-up loser
For Your sake I can't explain why I'm a saint You're choosing
Have pity on me Lord, I'm a mess
I'm not deserving of Your goodness, Lord
I'm unworthy to be blessed
I'm a grace abuser, a straight-up loser
For Your sake I can't explain why I'm a saint You're choosing
[Verse 2: Zae da Blacksmith]
I'm a plum fool, dude, listen all as I do share
How I'm so prone to drop the ball like a new year
At this point I'm dribbling but never lost a rock
But it's my Rock that never loses me, I'm moving with His flock
Swimming with grace, but no thanks to Zae
God takes me places my character won't let me stay
Like when I was working with the legendary DJ Essence
He proposed that we should both connect so we could make a record
So what happened with the album then? Well that's a good question
I flopped on the commitment and only did a couple sessions
My label says by now I should have been released more albums
They say I sleep on my gift, I say my foolery's astounding
The only way they ever found to get songs out of me
Was to get them out without me around, Alchemy
To give you dope music, I must say, takes practice
Good luck with that, I'm taking a break -- Zae the Slacksmith
[Hook: Zae da Blacksmith]
Have pity on me Lord, I'm a mess
I'm not deserving of Your goodness, Lord
I'm unworthy to be blessed
I'm a grace abuser, a straight-up loser
For Your sake I can't explain why I'm a saint You're choosing
Have pity on me Lord, I'm a mess
I'm not deserving of Your goodness, Lord
I'm unworthy to be blessed
I'm a grace abuser, a straight-up loser
For Your sake I can't explain why I'm a saint You're choosing
[Verse 3: Zae da Blacksmith]
Okay, let's do this, Brutus
Here we go, your dude is foolish
I must be slow to load like old Commodore computers
I'm not sure if you knew this
This ain't news but it's the truest
Not an expose but 'bout to expose Zae like a nudist
I'm the antithesis to an Ivy League scholar
How'd I ruin a collab with the likes of Tee-Wyla?
This is just another story of the many that ain't known
I wrote a song about it, wanna hear it? Here we go
We can set the scene around 2016
I hit the brother Tee-Wyla on some we should make a team
He accepted, we connected and proceed to make this record
Fast-forward 2018, just as you suspected
Now at this point, I'm working with the crew at Wrath & Grace
But there's only so much of my foolery that one can take
Now granted, they ain't understand where my head was at
How could we have a man-to-man when your man fell off the map?
Sometimes a man can't understand the stuff he's dealing with inside of him
I was wrestling with things specific to a fireman
So I retired off and slow strolled into the sunset
The waxman strikes again, the album wasn't done yet
[Hook: Zae da Blacksmith]
Have pity on me Lord, I'm a mess
I'm not deserving of Your goodness, Lord
I'm unworthy to be blessed
I'm a grace abuser, a straight-up loser
For Your sake I can't explain why I'm a saint You're choosing
Have pity on me Lord, I'm a mess
I'm not deserving of Your goodness, Lord
I'm unworthy to be blessed
I'm a grace abuser, a straight-up loser
For Your sake I can't explain why I'm a saint You're choosing
[Outro: Sample]
"'Cause I didn't start this pity stuff. It was in the Bible. You know, you find 'pity' so many times in the Bible and find 'fool' so many times. So I put 'em together."