I seen love lost, I seen love found There’s a lot of shit i feel walk above ground Ear to the concrete hearin’ only one sound The heart beat beat beat of the street after the sundown But the sun gon’ rise I gotta speak this truth because this son don't lie One more time I seek to keep this humble pride But ain't nothing gonna stop my shine Every single feeling you got in your life will pass Euphoria depression don’t none of it ever last You can live for the future or just wallow in the past So today’s the day that I’ma make a splash Friends are the ones that I’ma ride for die for lie for They be the ones giving me my life force They be the ones that be taking me off my high horse They how I know I found the right course America done taught us that money just equals power I say fuck it buck the system and turn up the speakers louder There’s a power to the people if you contemplate an hour I’m tired of all the people acting sour And if you tired I'm hear to give you a lift, consider it a gift My attempt to close the rift Too many forces tryna rip us apart The only thing to bring us back is big hearts See at times I like the lime light But I'm an introvert who also like the dark of the night That's where I've trained to speak a beat on the track And now there's no way I'm ever going back They say it’s a dog eat dog world, so it must be Nah dawg, we can coexist just trust me We can plant whole field of flowers from just one seed If we all could learn to relax and just breathe Just breathe Just breathe Just breathe Yeah Just breathe

Probably this oughta be part of my autobiography This hero’s story need a heroine like I need poppy seeds Currently I concentrate on fulfilling the prophecy Hoping Penelope waiting for me post odyssey I've studied all the texts I still search for philosophy, a Bit of a novelty the way I flow with oddity Other rappers sounding so blah blah blahbity Gotta be me to give the game a lobotomy It's only right that I'm holding the mic I ignite the cypher session whether morning or night From the warmest days to coldest nights you know I'm hitting open mics I got to speak on beat or I'll be angry like a poltergeist Ain't nobody drop a soliloquy half as ill as me I still bring humility to my delivery I got the will in me to be killin' these metaphors and similes Anybody standing in my way is now my enemy Poetic devices and evident niceness My prophetic advice is this is a definite crisis Sympathetic indictments of the pathetic and lifeless Forget that shit and leave the men to their vices If you sew what you reap, you go and you creep on sheep Little bow and you peep show you hoin' ya cheap They gonna expose lonely deceit That's why I stay focused on flowin' unique These wack rappers dancing in the candle light And pantomiming blowing a dandelion They try to hype the crowd but sadly they just can't excite em I'm tantalizing leave the sample riding I damage items, acidic and hard as Fuck like Anodizing, can't stand the channel fivin Scare tactics every man alive and their demises Fantasized and canonized for every pair of eyes Their careless lies seem to leave the game paralyzed I'm better medicine than Excedrin leveling Weathered veterans I jettison dead weight pots and kettles and Peddling menaces apprentices who ain't measuring up Impediments block stop they settling and never enough I bubble I'm leavened I puzzle I question The trouble with heaven is which God I struggle impressing The public obsession with insignificant differences And missives of dissident participants lent causes of omnipotence Ignorance passed from father to son Tales improperly spun with objects of prophecies hung If you ask me morality comes from within Fallacies tragically lending gravity to men Who wield it in the name of maintaining the status quo Mainline straight to your vein then hang low I might seem insane deranged and may be so But I came to stake my claim and break your chains you assholes So can I do it you bet it I did it better I syncopate the rhythm we need it more than ever In these days where we lost in a maze we can't see through the haze And every single human seeking some praise But I don't mean to leave you in a state of malaise I'm making a name, clearly seek to be changing the game Precipitous cynics and mimics think the vision is attained But they strain with the weight of what I'm saying god damn I am risen I got the vision the benediction I stop a schism with proper wisdom it's an addiction I lock the prison lots of evidence a premonition Demolition in ten editions sent to sentimentally Christen and eventually mentally written sentence me emptily Didn't he bitterly Mimic me digitally Did it or not, we vividly diminish the sinister plot We polyglots mollywhop these lollipops that Seem to wanna body rock block to block hot shots mock Thoughts of those who woke and spoke hope wrote with a pen and a pad We bring the energy back Channel they jealousy to melody rap Identity tentatively tempted my memories embassies Sent to me tempering tempestuous tendencies But when the storm show through I’ll warn you I make jason bourne’s moves look like the norm dudes Flip henchmen mixed martial like a ninja turtle fight I’m ripped shredded sick need medic and yes I murder mics But I’m just playing my part, state of the art verbal Arsonist sparking this marvelous straight from the heart I intend to last like the wisest of sages This music is ageless, it's proven every time I display it This Is TypeRight signing off leaving you to disseminate The separatist messages that I’ve left and set to detonate

I’m a broken clock til the end of time Right twice a day but never worth a dime I’m a broken clock til the end of time Right twice a day but never worth a dime Yo Fact of the matter is we livin’ in a sinner’s prison My criticism is how were looked upon with cynicism Never fit right, not the perfect part to fix the system Hard from the start but still I turn my heart to lyricism Spittin out my mouth to try to exercise the demons Things change but in a circle like the seasons Knowledge spreading on my path, truthfully I seek a reason That we go on everyday tryna be a human being I’ve always felt a hunger within To be the best in any test of mice and men So I find it a little bit enlightening when I fall off and can't find excitement But that’s just part of living life on god’s green earth If I could give a little advice it's hardly worth The time spent slumbering instead of making something in Whatever fashion your mind is finding unencumbering Stumblin’ through life is easy not hard That's why I try to ride between the lines of these bars That's why I turned my mind to the light of the stars Bigger than one man we all a part of the cause I’m a broken clock, the seconds keep ticking The minute hand laughs and stays in the same position I’m a broken clock, the seconds keep ticking The minute hand laughs and stays in the same position Sometimes I feel my tires spinning in place Look in the mirror every morning just to see the same face Except a little older maybe a little wiser? Fuck that I'm not becoming my own sympathizer But do you know the feeling? You're staring at the ceiling Nothing you gotta do seems remotely appealing Cause no matter how hard you work you're not healing No matter how hard you pray you're still kneeling Why should today be different from the last Think fast or your ass might shatter like glass Are you a spaz? Progress is at an impasse They would laugh at bastard tattered and in rags But is that really you, or me, or a reflection Of the fact that every day we strive for perfection A Sisyphean task that is truly perplexing Self flagellation like you in need of confession Just let it all go you need to stop stressin’ Its OK to go through moments where you’re mired in depression That's part of what makes us human you can't stop what you were doing Cause you gotta keep it moving now you live in a delusion AHHH! Pause, take a second and remain calm To a different tune you and everyone sing the same song No matter what you do it's the future you stake your claim on Tomorrow gon’ bring a better one once today's gone I'll be a broken clock cause now I'm moving too fast Spending every single minute tryna escape the past I'll be a broken clock cause now I'm moving too fast Spending every single minute tryna escape the past Why do we run from these sudden abundances Thoughts bubbling up, and buzzing like bumble bees Late nights, the removal of dungarees Things you prefer to keep locked up in a dungeon see We've all awoken to the feeling of dread The second you're conscious thoughts run through your head What did I do last night, and is the crew alright? Realization dawns and then you feel fright Maybe it's something that happened years ago Every time you think about it the tears will flow Ignoring what's inside allows the fear to grow So conquer that shit and get imperial We all have regrets we have shame But ignorance is not the name of the game Push on through the struggle and the night full of pain And know that all the others feeling the same At the end of the day we're all broke but not broken So let the hope sink in and keep jokin’ Compassion and laughter could be your token To move at the pace that time is I motion In sync you'll blink feel the cracks start to mend From your toes to your dome feel whole once again For a moment your soul shimmer like gold in the wind Then your time has run out it's frozen, you end

Dark streets are where I’ve always felt most at home Alone drum beats pumpin through a mobile phone Footsteps echoin and making you wonder If there’s someone rround the corner ready to put you under So I sleep but never slumber, retreat into the speakers and they thunder To me the streets are healing, refreshing like a breeze in the summer Space for the mind to breathe and clear clutter Steps keep echoing street lights flickering Sounds abound while the air keeps thickening Lit like sin City so my heart rate quickening Something in the corner just skittering Stop lights are mirrored but Bent up in the puddles Reflecting the fact that in feeling mentally muddled I just need some clarity fuck a bit of prosperity Concentrate like molarity flexing verbal dexterity These dark streets they are my therapy I turn to them when I fear ill collapse like singularities It's not fair to be comparing me to these embarrassing derelicts So fuck sparing my feet i walking One night I went for a walk in the park, followed later by a spark in the dark The events of the day weighing heavy on heart It's my 28th year but I'm feeling seventy ought I'm not just passing time resting and relaxing Nah it's in my nature to be stressing and attacking The walls they built between me and my success Whats next? I tend to obsess, wouldn't pass a drug test This is my mindstate as I amble cross the yard Beat kicking bring the sample in hard My feet just seem to bleed like I was trampling shards But i'll find the peace to press my stamp on these bars Later on I came across a stray roaming alone Broke him off a piece of sandwich thought I'd throw him a bone More than once I've come to feel I'm broke and alone Giving some of yours to others helps to open the dome The pup matched me step for step like my companion 2 souls at once both together and abandoned I didn't know if I was followin or leading But I felt we had some commonality in what were seekin We sneakin down the street in the dark of the night Til the moon rose high and dark turned light He shot me a knowing glance then turned right Disappeared but made his mark on my night and I kept walking There's something bout the emptiness that makes me feel alive When the alleys are deserted and the people off my mind I can finally unravel all the threads that been entwined I got time, this is how I sit back and unwind Monuments built for thousands and I'm one Threads spun like the smoke off the tip of my blunt Once upon a time I was a dunce with the rhyme Then I took to dark streets they say you seek and you'll find You can find me wandering, ponderin, scribing Lines of both common sense, others inspiring Why does power turn a quiet mouse to a tyrant And can I make enough to have a house to retire in? But I digress, I got one real question That gnaws at the walls of my cage echo reflecting As I blend with these streets what am I expecting? Have I become the very premise I been rejecting? So I wonder, is this my destiny? That these dark streets are gonna get the best of me? Or are they just testing me Checking if I might become they next accessory When I got dope emcees who blessed my beats And a fly woman lying right next to me I can relax and attest I'm free, but till then I can't rest in peace I keep walking

Mama said she didn't raise no fool From a young age i didn’t always obey the rules Made moves with my homies but I always stayed true To the mission of the day, just listen and stay tuned Take two we was filming a little bit of rollerblading As we got older really the passion was never fading Taking walks in the arboretum JP Take me back to those days I’m feeling lately A little reminiscent, a little inefficient A little bit deficient compared to the days where all you had to do was wish it And you had your composition this the throwback edition And there ain't no competition to the Old days when there was no hurries There was snow days, when there was snow flurries Grilling burgers propane smelling sweet as potpourri Everything was okay mama saying don't worry Mama said she didn’t raise no burnout She wasn’t quite sure about the way I’d turn out She said I had an authority problem She and pop raised two kids and this wasn’t how they taught em Just a kid experimenting, and lots of things are temptin I’m not bad kid just because i get detention I got a bigger vision, execute it to precision Gotta win you over so you ‘re not my strongest opposition Let me make my own decisions, my GPA has risen I smoke a bit of weed but no I won't end up in prison Just give a bit of trust, between us that’s a must And I will summit the hill, while chillin up at tufts Cause I got a dream, I’m not ready to give it up Driven to succeed what I need is just to stay tough Work hard and slay bars sure i’ll need a little luck For these golden years, you’re damn right I’m gon’ live it up  Mama said that she my biggest fan, I had the biggest plans And I done followed through so now I am the biggest man Looking back I owe them a lot Couldn’t stand in this spot without what I was taught By now I know I've found a passion in rapping Hit it on a rhythm nothing is written on accident Imagining what I’ll be doing 10 years from now? Fuck if I know but I know I'll figure it out For now I stay traveling letting the tape unraveling Day to day battling the status quo and managing To make those who love me proud through these lovely sounds Even those who passed looking from above me down But no my work isn't done Really it's just begun Won't rest long as the next day has a rising sun I'm in it to win it I’m spending every single minute Pursuing the dream to look back and say damn son we did it!

I’m payin’ homage to the dopest of poets To the oldest and brokest To those who wrote and spoke of the oceans From the Greeks to the Romans To the Yanks and the red coats and All of those who time has kept frozen Homer took me on an Odyssey Plato brought me philosophy Aesop taught me how to behave properly Geography was invented by Eratosthenes My wariness of hubris derived from Sophocles One mid summer night I dreamt of a time In a quiet Hamlet where they only spoke in a rhyme Playing Othello against Macbeth he kept bluffing And when he won he made much ado about nothing Like Sam Taylor Coleridge smoking opium I rhyme like an ancient Mariner stepping up to the podium Drop lyrical ballads, and what are my words worth? First verse the prelude to the Earth's thirst For the dark, sick twisted and cravin So dark it's got edgar Allen Poe ravin For a tiger burning bright in the night, I might take The fruit from the poison tree of Bill Blake I met William’s butler yeats, and he met his fate Guarding those he didn't love and fighting those he didn't hate So I will arise and go now, for the day is done Take the Longfellow bridge back to where it all begun Boston - I Thoreau and skip rocks on the pond Cold frozen frost force you to abscond Via the road less traveled, lined with Hawthorns And the thread gets raveled so maybe just hop on I’m payin’ homage to the dopest of poets To the oldest and brokest To those who wrote and spoke of the oceans From the Greeks to the Romans To the Yanks and the red coats and All of those who time has kept frozen Took a trip around the states checkin all of greats Started at home where Guru and a crew Kreates Learned Terminology from Big Shug and Gangstarr Akrobatiks got me Mr Lifted cause I Slaine bars Can't forget the illest of Canadian hip hop Got Swollen Members from all of the work in the Sweatshop The k-os of Moka Only telling me it's raw baloney Classified walking in the Shad-ows I’m the one and only Took a stop in Minnesota, gave me an Eyedea Blueprint to an Illmind and Atmosphere My Brother Ali told me of these Unknown Prophets Were POS’s and they were liable to start shit On to Seattle browsing the Common Market Went to Blue School, Chicharones in the apartment Sol good though it's Dark Time Sunshine Sadistik Dymes Def dropping with one line South to the bay interpret Hieroglyphics Lyrics born on Planet Asia from Souls of Mischief Mackin with Dre as we ride on by My oh my it seems I've opened Zion’s eye Skip over AZ back to NYC Seat Awon I like Talib Kwelity Roll big Ls and tell Big Puns Pop Chaundon most def i think I'm done I’m payin’ homage to the dopest of poets To the oldest and brokest To those who wrote and spoke of the oceans From the Greeks to the Romans To the Yanks and the red coats and All of those who time has kept frozen I take time to put together clever reverence For poetic presidents who came before Who took the glass ceiling and made it the floor The first in a long line making rich from poor They worked so hard to pave this road The streets now paved with gold As we grow old, and time takes its toll We can learn from them and one day maybe play they role

If there's one thing you know about TypeRight… know this Check it when I get up on the record I'ma wreck it Every single second every single second second second When I get up on the microphone, this shit just isn’t fair Cause the way I like to flex on beats, is really beyond compare When I get up on the record man, i’ma wreck it man, never second hand Better check your plan to test this man, cause when I get up on it I’ma wreck it man The way that I done murdered the beat Is called disturbing the peace The way I drink my bourbon is neat, I smoke the purplest weed You just another birdie who peep While you searchin vermin to eat Are you worthy of the words that I speak? Are you earning your keep? You just another who be turning a cheek, you be making such an urgent retreat While I murmur discreet sweet nothings to your girl to the beat Kid I be shining like a pearl in the sea I keep it true never verbal deceit Your word seem like a burden to keep But to me it's even worse that its cheap Late night you seem to lurk and you creep Keep praying you in church with the priests I keep saying I search weeks For the perfectest of verses for the beat I work to plant a permanent seed watch it turn to a tree I'll learn to be the man I'm working to be Come on! When I get up on the microphone, this shit just isn’t fair Cause the way I like to flex on beats, is really beyond compare When I get up on the record man, i’ma wreck it man, never second hand Better check your plan to test this man, cause when I get up on it I’ma wreck it man Excuse me for a minute while I break it down to get it right Hip hopocrites are acting like they seen the heaven’s light But all I see in they eyes is insecurity They know the slipping verbally making they money dirtily So here I am, a man who be playing foil Ain’t nobody pay me for shit I still toil If you ever help me you know I'll stay loyal Cause these bonds runnin deeper than the roots in the soil I’ve arisen from the crucible of beantown Through the fire and the pressure and I see now Cali is a dope ass place to lay a beat down But the industry seeming to be asleep now We gotta keep it real the cash, it seem to corrupt This is how I feel I seek to keep it cheap as fuck Keep the hunger in my eye keep the monkey on my back Keep it TypeRight so I can keep the people coming back! When I get up on the microphone, this shit just isn’t fair Cause the way I like to flex on beats, is really beyond compare When I get up on the record man, i’ma wreck it man, never second hand Better check your plan to test this man, cause when I get up on it I’ma wreck it man Late nights got me sleeping in late Seems these days im barely even keeping the date Easy to say Im keeping company with the greats I beat the beat up and I'm keeping an ace Hiding up in the sleeve, adding up no repreive Relentless with the sentences with evident ease Truth be told I'm innocent as Adam and Eve Do you really wanna battle with me nah I can kick it I got rhythm Ain't got job from nepotism My name is my own name and no I won't ever go to prison I hit every single beat while rappers cower in defeat My power lies discretely hide in houses on these rowdy streets I don't even need to breathe My lung conditioned I don't wheeze I conquered all the asthma that once sadly took me to my knees Now you should just give up it's over I could beat you drunk or sober Why don't you just fetch play Rover Shine like I'm a supernova!

Why did we evolve only to expand Stopping only when we got all of another's lands Why do we consume everything we see Stopping only when we feel so sick we can't eat Why do we keep populating the earth When we know we can't grow enough food in this dirt Why do we waste so much of what we make When the landfill full we’ll just dump it in the lake Why did we all fall into the trap Of the unarbited targeted marketing crap Start with the facts: corporations are people, or so the courts say Privacy a thing of the past, or you could move to Norway The AG reviving archaic mandatory minimals Daily the truth erodes in a process that's subliminal We treat children like they criminals ripping them apart From their families, honestly I don't know where to start Why do those who privileged have to prey on the week The sadists indeed are painted as the saviors But they slavers and cheats who bear the blame for the chains on our feet The bankers tainted money made from games of deceit So the middle class shrinks and shrivels Little by little the rich leaving the rest to try to solve the riddle As the days fade time erodes and years go by But I still see a glimmer of hope I don't know why Why do I find myself gazing at the sky Tryna find the moment time passed me by Why does it hurt so much to look upon our regrets and Reject the effects built upon false precepts Why does power absolutely corrupt Why is too much of anything never enough Why do we leave veterans neglect and ever leave him begging with cups Why should I have pride? I know it's cause I'll never give up Why do we protect cold blooded murderers Of unarmed men then pretend we never heard of em DOJ reports find this pervasive and prevalent Killing a man cause of his melanin Why did men lose the right to cry Why do women have to fight for every right not to be denied Why is it every time I feel we turning the tide I catch a glimmer of a cross just burning in eyes Why is it ok if it's a white lie Why is it such a pain being a nice guy I look to the night sky and see a shooting star But I don't make a wish I just wonder who we are Why was I looking at the moment of the flash Ash pass as the death of a meteor enter the past Turned to dust that one day gon’ fall to the earth And I'm left to wonder what's it all worth I don't see why Why does the 28th year seem to capture souls Deaths pile up and now we mourn with the caskets closed Why are the greatest artists haunted by these demons Driven to a substance that could make stop breathin It’s Amy winehouse it’s Curt Cobain It’s Jimi Hendrix lost and now it's all in vain We feel they pain but we only doubling down Why did it take so long to see why in trouble in town Why did we allow doctors to start hustling pills OCs take these cause your sufferings real Oh gee, it may seem they've enough of the bills But this is America, they don't give a fuck if your healed But they hope that you're hooked so now we open the book and Ask why so many die so broken and shook Overdosing and choking on this dope from the crooks Potent potions sold to numb both the cold and the cooked Leaving us teetering on the precipice above the abyss Teaching us each of us know death has the loveliest kiss Why did it come to this for us to wake from the dream Why can't a politician say what he mean I make it my mission to understand and never deny Experience of another man I stare in the eye I'm hoping that one day I'll get a reply And I can respond when someone wanna ask me why

Cause I’m out here drivin on that lonely road And I roll quick no I’m never rolling slow What am I running from I don't know But every morning when the sun hits my eye I rev the engine kick the car into drive Just got just go just go just go-ho Sometimes I feel that I awake up in a haze Where am I at, and where will I be by the end of the day? And does the answer to the question even matter The pitter patter of rain on roof seems to be my master Counting out the meter every single moment I take the beat and hold it, it's a beautiful thing to be beholding When it's just me and my thoughts a pen and a pad A couple zig zags and a bag of the bad grass Grab the back pack and I'm off in the hills climbing Head phones on the dome so I keep vibin So dope with the poem on the beat ridin’ Words spoke to myself road keep windin’ I'm breathing easy in the clean air Damage from smoke and the brew is getting repaired It's a renewal of energy, the truest amenity The truest of remedies, it’s soothing my memories As the waterfall plunge with power I approach and the sound grow louder and louder Mist disperse and bend light to a rainbow And I jump right in just can't say no I see the cyclical nature, I'm up down around My mood move from minor to major Ashes to dust and then return to the earth After every death there comes a rebirth But As the rain beats down on the cold hard roof I feel a bit cooped in the booth, in the spirit of truth I'll say I thought about chucking the deuce But I never been a quitter since the days of my youth So I stay on the grind in the spirit of love Got nothing but a mirror to judge Got nothing but a beer in my mug I Got nothing but I'm needing a hug I Keep going I'm getting nearer because Cause I’m out here drivin on that lonely road And I roll quick no I’m never rolling slow What am I running from I don't know But every morning when the sun hits my eye I rev the engine kick the car into drive Just got just go just go just go-ho I sit nestled deep in a valley between mountains Only noise the call of a loon and echo sounding The beauty of this country and Earth truly astounding Getting back in touch with these roots provides grounding Low dull hiss of the wind through bare branches Crickets and cicadas chirp in unison, dancing To an ancient rhythm that needs no enhancement Flowing to the beat of the nature's entrancing So why did I decide, to live this isolated life? To leave it all behind and ride the dotted yellow line? To focus on my rhyme, to heal my broken mind To make my eyes open to the potency of time There’s a freedom to this life that I’m leading I’m sittin making beats and eating teaching myself what I’m needing Every day progression but to where I don't know It don't matter, forwards the only way time go Don’t get me wrong, I still set goals, I still got drive I Still seek roles that fill my time I will reach those that still reach blind Into the deep dark depths inside trying to still they mind And I'll look back proudly from this new vantage But I know my ghosts and demons they won't vanish I ain't running from nothing I'm just tryna find peace Until then I bare my soul on these beats But sometimes the lonely road earns its name When my legs tired and my muscles burn with pain I tell myself that I don't do this search in vain I'm stubborn but I gotta learn to change So while the birds sang the sweetest song I move my feet along, and pull the beat along I find the peace to find positive vibes I'm feeding on It seems that the clouds are clearing, and there's a crowd appearing, These my people, they belt it loud I'm hearing Cause I’m out here drivin on that lonely road And I roll quick no I’m never rolling slow What am I running from I don't know But every morning when the sun hits my eye I rev the engine kick the car into drive Just got just go just go just go-ho Cause I’m out here drivin on that lonely road And I roll quick no I’m never rolling slow What am I running from I don't know But every morning when the sun hits my eye I rev the engine kick the car into drive Just got just go just go just go-ho

Do you remember your first love? The person who you found then knew you were in search of I sure remember mine etched forever in my mind Two lovers intertwined we would stand the test of time But that was just a pipe dream when I was young Tryna figure what life means at 21 When it fell apart I had nothing to catch me Pieces of my shattered ego staring back at me Years and days erased you move backward Echoes of her laughter reflecting from the rafters You feel like a disaster Stressed built so brittle you might crack like plaster Can't erase the pain even if you move past it Feel it as you close eyes and mind fade to blackness But it's these moments when I feel the most alive I can focus on me push the noise to the side I can't sink any lower, damn straight I’m gon’ rise You can see the burning fire in the whites of my eyes So all that time it takes Feels like a bit of waste San Francisco probably always gonna leave a bitter taste But bitters bittersweet Without it life is incomplete I spark a light at night to quell the darkness make it obsolete So now I learned to take the bad with the good Relationships test patience like a labyrinth would Now I'ma spend my days traveling and canoe paddling and Fondly looking back where we stood girl I miss you Have you ever moved away from friends and your community? Cross country or state, everything feeling new to me Void of comfort but flush with opportunity Leaving things behind can feel like pure lunacy You think to yourself how do I say bye tonight To this phase of my life, yo it don’t feel right Apprehension, tension, not to mention The weight of feeling like the center of attention At a going away party, show me the way hardly Half of these people will ever remember my face probably Nah that ain't true, y'all a dope ass crew It’ll always be the same when I open a brew with you Remember the scent of the summer breeze muddled with mint The glint in your eyes knowing your words are never minced Amongst your true friends accomplices and associates Inside jokes revealing you as the dopiest Leaving that behind you risk a bit of loneliness But don't look back, no regrets of hopelessness We a tapestry, complex like a bit of lace Seeing y’all in photos gonna always leave a bitter taste But bitters bittersweet Without it life is incomplete I pour one out without an ounce doubt that y’all still with me What I won't forget is that we share a bond Be it spoken or the name of a song So ima keep blunt smokin’ with my arms wide open Telling stories so the memories strong fam I miss you

This track got me thinking on the days of old Before the real world could take its toll Not a care in the air we were living so free A child with a smile and a positivity Reminding me of summer days, when the sun never set The shadows grow long and I ain't tired yet My mind in the moment ain't concerned with the next For real man those days were the best All the kids in the neighborhood, we causing mischief Cause school's out and fuck no we don't miss it! I love pancakes made with the bisquick I hope I don't get stuck with the dishes When the party would start, we’re playing Mario Kart Racing with the homies way past dark When we make believing we was playing our part Every word uttered straight from the heart I can see now those were the truest of times Me and my friends used to recite the stupidest lines Part of the formation of my musical mind I could never leave that part of me behind Every once in a while I seem to capture the vibe Return to the days of old and show why Those golden years when we showed no fear Were the seed for these moments that I hold so dear And I just wanna be a kid, forever And I don’t wanna grow old, no never And I just wanna be a kid, forever And I don’t wanna feel like I’ve surrendered I do think it's true that ignorance is bliss Except in the matter of my first kiss haha Yeah it coulda been better But it doesn't really matter ‘cause I'll never forget her I remember the first time I asked a girl on a date It was the seventh grade and it was getting late My friends seemed to disappear and we were alone When she said yes I felt a king on his throne I was so damn busy playing soccer and hockey I was way too competitive I dare you to stop me Camaraderie taught me how to trust in another Me and my teams, we getting close like we brothers In the Summers my family went north to vermont Chilling on the lake fire burning til dawn Take a swim but the water so cold I'll dip a foot you jump if you're so bold! This is how we used to grow and stretch limits How we got out of our comfort zone with no gimmicks Sure we didn't study the prose or know physics But if we wanted something you know we’d go get it I like looking back for a second to think You blink and a year pass and the memories shrink There aren’t good vibes every day of the year So when the sun shines I seek to keep these images clear And I just wanna be a kid, forever And I don’t wanna grow old, no never And I just wanna be a kid, forever And I don’t wanna feel like I’ve surrendered I don’t wanna grow old, no never surrender And I feel the world’s pressure All these eyes on me thinking I have to be somebody I don’t wanna grow old, no never, ooh ooh You know man, every year we get older, we wanna look back to the past And remember how good it felt to be young And yeah I get that But I figure we could flip that on it’s head And realize that today is gonna be one of the best days You’ll have for the rest of your life And if we take that, and live in the moment, we could stay young forever

You a wack party pooper, a scrooge like Ebenezer a geezer Who too old to even know how to use a beeper A shitty sleeper you snorin and borin’ with sleep apnea I'm coming after ya like this the Boston massacre I shatter and splatter your crew Cut you in two like a samurai You’re the too hammered guy at the party Your candy ass like a roll of smarties Hardly half as hard and large as McFly Marty My chick is a fox like Vivica A Your chick straight shook Like Michael J I got a mean left hook like Dallas keuchel play You might say I’m the GOAT it’s like mike I play Tight Js I be rolling For you the bell is tollin’ I keep it over 100 like Nolan Ryan throwin’ You’re growth is heavily stunted like Gary Coleman growin’ While I’m blowin up shows you got stage fright frozen In the limelight you fade I glow I’m not paid I know, but I still done slain the show I make the most of every bit of shade they throw So wait a minute watch me lace this flow i just go and go and go I’m flyer than Will Smith in MIB People wanna put my lines on an MP3 Your actions formulaic like an NPC Culturally irrelevant like MTV Your persona as vibrant as Williams Montel I rip panties off on runways call me Hansel You attend conventions for my little pony My chick exercise demons riding me to pony You can’t keep up it’s like Steven Hawking Talking to Kid Rock about his brain’s concoctions It’s shocking the way I strike quick light lightning My wit’s quite frightening yup I might bring Rap to another level or frenzy I’m friendly You nervous pop benzos green with envy You bitch and moan for the old days, smoke old haze Burger kings the only place you have it your way I’m slick and known better than OJ I role play My life is better with a chick who go both ways OK, I am legend big willy or Soze Your ass is crying gettin’ high listening to Coldplay You nothing but a cock block No jokes but knock knocks Short like odd job cannot talk your jaws locked I'm top shelf in a lock box Bye bye tata I'm about to blow like Coke and pop rocks More wicked than the wickedest of witches Your life a series of unfortunate events lemony snicket Your nose Pinocchio lying coward biting Toto No brain like a scarecrow, as extinct as a dodo I’m the one and only, you a lonely phoney Perjurious testimony telling us more baloney I spit the written diction quick and I never mumble You enunciate like you’re drunker than barney Gumble You tumble like a weed, stumble on your feet My footwork hakeem the dream, maybe kareem In the paint im a saint you a sinner, huffin paint thinner I stick to my principles like I’m skinner I’m surrounded I ride with the crew and the fam You overpriced like Portland marionberry jam You’re softer than squeezing some marshmallow fluff in my hand I leave you a discarded desiccated husk of a man

For many years I’ve lead a persistent resistance Built from those who remember or wanna listen They forced us deep under the streets and now we preach Over thunderous beats while I try to teach I can't even explain the loss of innocence Any man would prefer to bask in his previous ignorance Of what we've lost and we can't find again The ability to write or even sign with a pen So I’ve turned to the oral tradition Arisen from the lack of ability to remember the vision Of past days the last days before society fell And turned to an ashtray on the hot side of hell But I don’t dwell on the past I look ahead instead Wont hesitate for the task to put some lead in heads We need a revolutionary riot And I’m not the type of guy to lie or try to deny it So we use the rhyme to try to incite the masses to move But we always being watched bastards coming after us with a noose The truth is this is probably useless but The way they try to suppress us is proof Of the key we hold we must be bold And trust these old texts and trusty tomes And dope projects Hope for progress although stress Threatens to make the land seem roadless I stay focused And make shit happen we Now rap happily rap on beats and masterfully do deeds seen as dastardly Tattered Tapestries are hung amongst the burnt out factories The fact of the matter is life is just a travesty You're ominous, probably gonna topple this metropolis Apocalypse upon us any way that you polish it Abolish it, you gotta swallow it and just acknowledge it We living in the end of days, there ain't no stoppin it You're ominous, probably gonna topple this metropolis Apocalypse upon us any way that you polish it Abolish it, you gotta swallow it and just acknowledge it We living in the end of days, there ain't no stoppin it They say that history repeats itself, although I can't confirm I can unite the present with the past while this candle burns I feel I’m every man in every age, I wish that man could learn Not to crave more and give less until the land has turned From what is to what once was Shrivel into ash and then fall like a blunt does Power always corrupts but gods the one judge In our heart of hearts we all just want for one love But reality can be seen by the masses They brainwashed off they asses to madness No access to the classics they livin in a labyrinth Trapped no exit except crossing the chasm And landing in a foreign land that they can’t understand Join me in this place and fight the battle under manned Cry when you see that this used to be a wonderland Train hone your skill to hit the beat like the thunder can It’s this that you’re afraid of, seeing what you're made of Its this that gives us power over those who enslave us I won't lie to you and say its not dangerous Atrocities committed for name of the most heinous But don’t be scared we just need to prepare For the fight in the night spread the light like a flair Scatter those lurking and hiding in the shadows That's the only way we avoid hanging at the gallows And one day they gonna come for me We must be prepared not to lose it all, this abundancy Of knowledge, that one day could lead to freedom Cause that’s all we seeking if we ever aim to beat ‘em You're ominous, probably gonna topple this metropolis Apocalypse upon us any way that you polish it Abolish it, you gotta swallow it and just acknowledge it We living in the end of days, there ain't no stoppin it You're ominous, probably gonna topple this metropolis Apocalypse upon us any way that you polish it Abolish it, you gotta swallow it and just acknowledge it We living in the end of days, there ain't no stoppin it I heard a knock knock knock at the door once more They are coming after us tryna settle the score I gotta chop chop chop my tracks and just record This is the very reason that I’ve been so diligent for So we walked into the back heard the door go crack Before shutting ourselves in I saw them brandishing straps Pap pap but my tact too swift for them cats Picked up the mic no time to unwind I just rap The record started spinning i started from the beginning Made a martyr when they locked me in a prison But no prison can hold me though they boldly try to mold me I escaped with my mind intact running from police Now I try to spend the message that the people got the power If we speak a little louder from the steeple to the tower To bring all the tyrants to they knees on the 7 seas With the mic conjure images of these obscenities This not for religion not for politickin I just wanna cop a spot in proper opposition Of those who took our innocence and our history In a sense regaining inner sense was our remedy I ask you to hear this tape and get woke Open eyes to the real push the lies to the flo’ If I survive this ordeal we can ride against foes But if not carry on knowing I died for this prose

Night visions - my mind unhinging Let loose from prison to ride Door’s open, my mind unfolding Set forth these demons to ride I’m in an old west ghost town tumble weeds roll round Not a soul in the watering hole how I got here I never really knew But the details are immaterial Cause I’m here and I feel the heat, the burnt dust The smell of the rotten wood and straight rust As the wind pick up walk out to the gate Stride right through and out onto the plains There’s a storm approaching got the damndest notion I abandon motion I’ma stand in the spot with a rare devotion Storm gather power it could span the ocean Feeling daring frozen First drop soak these plains that sucked dry Tough times but I find myself starting in the eye Of the storm there's a light I've been warned not to fight But I'm sure I got it right when the lightning strike Night visions - my mind unhinging Let loose from prison to ride Door’s open, my mind unfolding Set forth these demons to ride A citadel stands tall in the clouds Ramparts rise while the bodies rain down I thought I had an army but where are they now? I’m riding on a Pegasus nemesis en route We playing king of the hill, a castle in the sky I know this shit is real, I know I might have to die I'm dug in conviction exude from each orifice Never realized I would go for the glory, shit But here I am just a man on a mission I land and dismount to take up my position Next minute it seem that I'm in front of a man No he's a demon, but he seem to have the sun in his hand His laugh starts rumbling consuming the air Fingers squeezed real tight round the orb while I stare All light extinguished now I'm back to the start Im awakened in a world that seems pure dark Night visions - my mind unhinging Let loose from prison to ride Door’s open, my mind unfolding Set forth these demons to ride I come to in a dank dark wood Each plant growing bigger than I ever thought it could Looking around it clear that there's a way Trodden by the others who came but didn't stay Now I'm running I'm running I’m running from something Hear thumping I'm stumbling thoughts jumbling Gotta keep it moving ‘cause I can't slow down Stopping the equivalent of throwing in the towl With each step my legs get heavier yet I haven't paid my debt or made amends The day will end with a blank page stained in red I maintain this pace instead I shake and hope I'll wake and know it's all in my head It’s all in my bed, it’s all in my mind My fate this day’s to break bones take home the the notion Each time I die I’ll rise Night visions - my mind unhinging Let loose from prison to ride Door’s open, my mind unfolding Set forth these demons to ride Night visions - my mind unhinging Let loose from prison to ride Door’s open, my mind unfolding Set forth these demons to ride