Take me serious, I know 'bout how you weren't prepared for this That little fuck from high school spittin' delirious I see the look on your face, to me hilarious Because he went and did this, no matter how scared he his I'm scared to live in the city cause that's a dare way to live Became domestically dependent now the cash don't exist I might say fuck it and bounce on 'em, trampolinist bitch And leave all of you motherfuckers just bleeding out and shit I'm screamin' out because I really doubt we'll ever eat the rich The land owners control us it defines how we exist If you were born in the 1990's I know you see this shit To all my brothers and sisters we've got to beat these fuckers quick We're just the workers considered worthless until we pay our rent To make the rich cunts richer and make sure that we stay in ditches All these bitches who told us that they could have it when we're grown ups Are the same ones now who won't give it 'cause they own it, huh Work hard No shit work hard I spent 12,000 hours busting ass and all I got was this little yard A couple scars and a debit card They got me working so much that I'm forgetting bars And when I write the pen slips out of my sweaty palms It's doing plenty harm (That's that shit man that's that shit, that's that shit, that's the fuckin' shit bro) I make this music alone, it gets lonely 'Specially cause I can't show it to the homies They left the city anyway Hit the trail south looking for better days I'm thinkin' I should follow cause wallowing ain't a better way If I could give you a second what would you get to say If you could hop on my record would you forget today Instead remember all the places that we stayed Games we played, names and faces of the chicks that you would dream to slay? That was us, all on our kid shit Dig this 10 Years Ago all we worried about was ficticious 10 Years Ago all we worried about was ficticious 10 Years to go till we make it out of this shit, bitches (And that's just how we feel I know there's a lot of people out there my age Who feel the same way as me that Feels like we're never gonna have anything We're just gonna be eternally crushed underfoot By those who came 20 years before us)

Yo, all I do is rhyme, homie all I do is grind, homie all I do is shine All I do is take my time, make the words so divine As I climb through my mind tryna find Pieces of it buried deeper but I couldn't so you know that that's a sign By design all I wanna do is make rappers resign Keep my eyes on the prize, triple audience in size All he did was hear Accordion and then feel so inspired Fought the tiredness away and really got down on his mic That's alright, I'm just tryna do it right Like I said before the beats repeat in my head while I'm sitting here at night I'll just write about my ice or maybe getting on a flight Only half is true you're not supposed to tell 'em yeah that's right All my life I wanted something more than Lookin' At The Sky If I told you I ain't feel that shit when cookin' that's a lie Truly blessed, when I show my face I don't need no disguise And I flow on bass and drum loops when I'm speaking to you guys I arise, through the mire, I won't leave my boys behind If you wanna hop up on the ship just ask me I'll reply Do it quick because the boat's about to leave you ain't got time But my DM's kinda quiet so if you wanna stay that's fine Offer's open till the day I catch my motherfuckin' shine If you try to give me love today I'll pour you up some wine If you try to give me love tomorrow get out of my sight I hope you know that it's a long day though, yo Yo, all I do is rhyme, homie all I do is grind, homie all I do is shine All I do is take my time, make the words so divine As I climb through my mind tryna find Pieces of it buried deeper but I couldn't so you know that that's a sign By design all I wanna do is make rappers resign Keep my eyes on the prize, triple audience in size All he did was hear Accordian and then feel so inspired Fought the tiredness away and really got down on his mic I wrote these verses years apart while I'm sittin' in the dark Different phases of my life are bringin' changes to the mic And I wanna say to play with me is dangerous despite The zero influence I'm making from my bedroom if I might say My DM's only blew up cause I went in there to shoot up Told my homies rap, fuck that other shit you think you're doing But I'm foolin' if they think they care about it much as me They ain't trying for an album out by 2023 I feel like Blu in '07 when he made Below The Heavens, I'm the same Tryna make history like other legends But it all depends, lately did I see enough shit Did I go through something crazy did I take the right risk Every day I do, you ain't got nothing on what I say I do So what I really do got you fucked up for a day or two So once I slay a booth and turn this story to my living proof I'll stay up on the roof to see the damage with a greater view It's past spitting homie I've made it to where I spray at you And no-one else can do like I do it homie let's lay the truth I prayed a few times, but I never got replies I'm not ruling out I ever will but shit it's been a long time While I'm waiting for it I'll just get back on my long grind Question me? I'm doing what I need to make the song rhyme Yo, all I do is rhyme, homie all I do is grind, homie all I do is shine All I do is take my time, make the words so divine As I climb through my mind tryna find Pieces of it buried deeper but I couldn't so you know that that's a sign By design all I wanna do is make rappers resign Keep my eyes on the prize, triple audience in size All he did was hear Accordion and then feel so inspired Fought the tiredness away and really got down on his mic Hey Bro, yo I've been with you since the day-o So when you make it to the top Make sure to bring with you (Hahaha) I'm just playin' but if I make it first Yo that's my plan, cause understand that your my man (Man, man, man) Enough of that cheesy, gushy nonsense Pause this, top of the boss list, hot is to our rhymes like dark is to gothic I'm often off this rocker, when I get started, Army-Crunc that's harder Heart in Auckland with my brother from another land Different accents, words, verbs That's a past-tense jam You heard first my slurred verse assured worse that's perverse Cursed at word church, immersed, disturbed nurse But skrrrt, don't want that ship gone with the tide So I'mma boutta hit you up, in those DMs, I'm boutta slide Those that don't know me might wanna ask me why Cause we the same motherfuckers starin' up at the same sky We the same motherfuckers starin' up the same sky Dreamin, dreamin, we the same motherfuckers starin' up the same sky Dreamin, dreamin, we the same motherfuckers starin' up the same sky Dreamin, wishin, wantin', crimin', grindin', shinin', people gonna know At the same sky

Last tape was all ambition but this one I got a vision Six AM In Gielinor was dope but nobody listened This position of indifference got me twisted, I ain't with it If you're gifted go and spit it, take your spirit go and lift it Yo I shifted, never capped, locked my city on the map Wrote a couple whack lyrics 'bout some gats I never had I ain't in the trap spittin' why the hell would I do that I'm just a suburb-born child who never made it off the mat Imagine that, but working on making it to the present 'cause my presence feels trapped in the days of '07 As I catch up I'm watching the people here get snatched up Throw 'em head-first to the present and that's a wrap-up That's what scares me cause time is so scary As my mind grows I find yo that, which I'm fearing Work on tearing down walls now I'm hearing those calls Come on Army, we're patiently waiting for you to fall Falling head-first through time, what about it Calling to me both directions, never doubt it This could be my course correction, if I shout it A moment of reflection of course, but now I'm out it Falling head-first through time, what about it Calling to me both directions, never doubt it This could be my course correction, if I shout it A moment of reflection of course, but now I'm out it Falling head-first through time, what about it Calling to me both directions, never doubt it This could be my course correction, if I shout it A moment of reflection of course, but now I'm out it I'm 'sposed to be writing my vows, fuck Instead I'm writing rhymes with the vowels and it sounds fucked My luck is at an all-time low and I got, nowhere to go But just know that when time runs out, you've gotta show something There's no stunting on this track I need you to please save that shit for the diss tracks You know that I risk rap, because of the wrist wraps That tied my hands behind my back and left me with no scraps, I'm back But the time loss looks bigger on my clocks I spent it diggin' for every diamond that I've got A blind shot's the only way to chance it Take your dream, advance it And practice 'till your aim is so good yo, you can't miss And I don't know what my stance is Am I only here to repair what you can't fix Or is it just the wealth and the glory from those I saw before me You trade time for either of 'em, fuck I hear my name's calling, uh Fame stalling really, you lames can all hear me My disassociative nature gives the game feeling 'cause when I zoom out, I look at myself Birds-eye, third-person view, either will help But I've been needing your help since I was bleeding from mouth, nose And now it's too late yo, the bleeding is out And I had fifteen years to shift and clean the gears that turn But I didn't so I guess I'll just disappear Falling head-first through time, what about it Calling to me both directions, never doubt it This could be my course correction, if I shout it A moment of reflection of course, but now I'm out it

Ladies and gentlemen, it's your boy Cruncle We got Army here with us too Hey yo, I got a main flaw, (Hear me out) Something I've been struggling with and I'm embarrassed about I can get the pen to paper, but ain't nothing coming out that I'm caring about, I mean I can scribble the words down (The words down) I can nibble on a verse and get some cursing out But the hurting in my person is the painter now And I'm standing here interrogating God with my hands out Don't just seize the day, baby claim it Banking on the day, like C'est La Vie was taking payments Hating on somebody else ain't nothing but procrastinating Swizzitch up that attitude and get to painting Your rosy picture, your nosey mister That calls you in the evening just to hang with ya, and maybe stitch up A problem or two, that y'all been through A naughty little nod or two, to set y'alls mood (Uh) A fool is a man who thinks that issues do dissolve With no work he thinks that all of the problems just melt away, and hell I'd say I'm optimistic to the point, I often miss them say (What they say?) Uh, they say just what I've been thinking Blah blah blah bullshit yo, your shit's stinking But no, I can't listen, I got the ink in the well I got the quill in my hand while the tide of words swell Hey yo, I got a main flaw, (Hear me out) Something I've been struggling with and I'm embarrassed about I can get the pen to paper, but ain't nothing coming out that I'm caring about, I mean I can scribble the words down (The words down) I can nibble on a verse and get some cursing out But the hurting in my person is the painter now And I'm standing here interrogating God with my hands out Yo, these standout bars that you need, indeed I'm here to feed your brain pain to watch it grow like a seed, I mean Who'd have thought that we would make it to a team Across the planet but our Waves connected like an Ultralight Beam, crazy I might have been, lately I'm tryna dream up the perfect schemes That can paint us in a positive light, in spite of things So maybe if I'm tryna do right, I might achieve (Do right, do right, do right, do right) (Do right, do right, do right, do right) Yo, we writing exciting lightning your wife says its striking But it only hits lately when me and life started fighting I'm tightening flows up, the hype makes 'em go nuts But only when I put the paper down do they show up Who knows us? Yo, Cruncle is the bro, yup Deadliest writer I ever met, that's for sure, bruh I hope you ain't hating or waiting for shit to blow up Just keep working to it get through it then they gon' show us The love that we were meant to receive These couple little years ain't shit to the other side of the dream So listen up fiend, if you want this bad as me (I know you do) If you never stop penning these schemes, then you'll be free (Yup) If nothing that you care about is coming out the pen Put it down for a day or two then pick it up again, yo I been thinkin' about Something I've been strugglin' with Too much care for these words I'm shuffling Hunkerin' down in stüd while I’m guzzlin' sin (I been) Tryna let it all hang out, I feel muzzled again (uh) With the pressure on my mind, I been lookin' within I've been lettin' people down so I guess it's what I'm doublin' Ayo, I made the game go (Never doubt) Something I've been struggling with, but I'm excited about I can get the pen to paper and there's something coming out That's worth caring about, I mean I just scribble the words down (The words down) I just dribble on the turf until the words bounce Cause the hurting in my person is the painter now And I'm standing here interrogating God with my damn mouth Hey yo, I got a main flaw, (Hear me out) Something I've been struggling with and I'm embarrassed about I can get the pen to paper, but ain't nothing coming out that I'm caring about, I mean I can scribble the words down (The words down) I can nibble on a verse and get some cursing out But the hurting in my person is the painter now And I'm standing here interrogating God with my hands out

People go from best friends to now I only read his tweets BLM's a hate group? Motherfucker that's interesting I really wish I could have changed your up-bringing So by 2020 Candace was not the song you'd be singing You're Owen an apology to me for that for starts Your wicked ass family who never let you hang with me And when they did that shit, I bet they did it grudgingly So looking back now it's a miracle we were buddies Conservative raised, the version has changed And when we met at four years old, I can't imagine this hurt and this pain You've made it to the point now where I'm throwing dirt on your name But if a homie that you know is racist close up the curtains again I smile when I think about the games we used to play Spillin' Lego on the floor and playing Star Wars on the Playstation It's wild that it's been so long and never be the same Now I know that vile shit about you man but anyway I wonder if you'll ever hear this yo I post my songs on Twitter but I don't think you go near 'em though So maybe when I blow up then some people just might show up in your DM's like, yo Ain't you hear about this homie who just go nuts on the mic? He saying your name, you is this right? I can't believe you thinking like supremacists who white So later alligator I'ma go spend all my paper Buying tickets to the Army show while you just stay a hater So then I call you out on stage the people scream it back I really am just fronting but brother imagine that I hope it catches up to you man, and it changes your plans 'cause while you're on the bullshit I'm really not stayin' a fan It really isn't rational to think you're voting national Those stupid motherfuckers can't keep it together what happened bro My path of Exile is Blu, I'm out here rappin' yo Your Path of Exile is blue, where's all the players bro (You got something to say? I got something to say) (You got something to say? I got something to say) My wife came from the island of Fiji She migrated in 2000 what you think, G She got the skin that, in America will get you dropped by police You think her life doesn't matter? I'm flattered Yo the staggering amount of victims of this crime you'll never feel Makes me think you're privileged and you ain't know what's really real From the comfort of your game dev desk, you repost all the squeals Lies, blatant racism and shit from David Seymour's heel, maggot I hope you ain't use the word Your faux-righteous path through life, it wasn't right We met at 4 but bet they fed you all that shit before me If I only I knew then what now perspective taught me Belief is one thing, but prejudice another Never said this shit but back in '04, you were my brother But now I got respect for you no more could bring it back But if you say any bullshit again, I might just snap Like I did here, it's been years, because I kept this bottled But now I got an outlet so foot, is on the throttle If I'm being honest with you man I turned off your likes 'cause the trite that you spilled to my whites was fuckin' my life So while you stay Kluxing I'll just stay out here fuckin' And the difference between me and you is, that I'm a husband And I'm not racist Shit, I sound like Joyner Lucas So let me cut this shit off before I sound stupid You're the only person that I've known for over twenty years But I ain't seen you in seven, I hope that you ain't go to heaven Maybe that's just being too harsh, but then again BLM is not a hate group bro, fuck was you thinkin' man?

Uh, the city is fucked up But I lucked up, I got out the bitch 'fore I'm cuffed up, playing duck-duck It's a goose chase tryna win here, and of that I'm so sincere Ain't no soul or goal to chase, we all hold in place from being bold and great When no-one is held down for there sins here, uh That's my word Auckland's just been kicked to the curb 2013 everything was mean, sun beam fields green while prospects gleam Damn, what a time to be 16 Back then we were told how much we achieve Would be seen and would actually mean something But they been frontin' cause I seen nothin' And I did the most but they moved the posts While the wealthy with no stress moan about their boats I bet they could float much better Face-down in the yacht dock, yeah I said it Because we lost everything to the virus But they already had it so they sat there in silence whilin' Why the hell we gotta wear gloves and masks? As they sat up in the tower above the glass floor Time is movin' fast, I spent 2 years watching sand fall right through the moving glass And our chances to move were gone, stuck here in the city full of moving cars They ain't movin' far Neither is mine Road cones, low-speed zones only thing you find From the mindless grindin' and commuting To inflation rates that really aren't computing, uh Now it gets worse, four horses like I said in my last verse You got War, Famine, Death, Pestilence I know they got friends so they bringin' in the rest of 'em 2022 said fuck you pay me It hasn't been this bad since 1980 Can't tell you why they decided to gatekeep But hard to deny that we're going through it lately, wait You wonder why the kids ram raid When they know that when they grow up that they won't get damn paid And they ain't stay in school when the place isn't full Covid-19 kept every one of them a fool Ain't no tools to be found in this shitter of a town Yeah I'm bitter 'cause we could have been from anywhere but now Bullets litter in the driveway and innocents and wow Can you tell that our leader doesn't give a shit about it? Nothing changes, nothing changes, only thing that does is the price of inflation 500 bucks to rent out of a basement That's just how it is says who it's advantageous for You can leave right now or stay for war But it won't pop, too many complacent, or Too busy being flocked to an adjacent cause I ain't saying this to mock but heed my statement y'all I fall back in time I was proud of this nation But I can't justify trips to the gas station I'm pacin' 'cause fuck 3 buck gas litres Anyone you meet these days have a stashed heater Buy-back went so well can't go 12 sleeps 'till we're woken by a clash So we scream for an Ether for a place that bleeds us I wish I could rep you fully but I ain't see shit changing So instead we should be taking names No-one else does it so I guess I'll take the stage If you ever think I fake the rage Then you've never been in pain and try to break the cage So it's safe to say we should be taking aim At the people up top who only break the game Time's runnin' out just like Flavor Flav But we can't do shit until we take their place So until that day we'll just fade away Army So what do you think of when you hear the title Leave The City? (Leave The City?) That's the title of the album (Uh, it makes me wanna drive) Yeah? (It makes me like, wanna like get in the car and go) Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City Leave The City

This for everybody dealin' with a seven to five that they don't fuck with Hop out of bed, and feel disgusted This for everybody dealin' with a seven to five that they don't fuck with Look at the clock, and try and punch it This for everybody dealin' with a seven to five that they don't fuck with Throwin' they wrist upon a cutlass This for everybody dealin' with a seven to five that they don't fuck with Screamin' fuck this Everything I built burned yesterday so what I learnt again today The best way to move on is just forget it, ay We all have things regretted like not looking where we're going where we're headed And jumping off the same cliff because our friends did When did we become so dependent on these twenties and fives Get up at twenty to five, go home at twenty to five And do it twenty five days a week And you'll get twenty five bucks for every hour that you slave on your feet But if the boss makes triple for every one of us cripples We're only ripples in the giant money circle We never chase our goals, no-one else is writing poems The best poets who ever existed never picked up the pencil so they ain't know it And I say fuck that, do it pursue it This is the truest And I only managed to make this song because I knew it And I never met nobody on site who was quite like me They might be but never considered because it's like the Planet is against creativity but I'm natively creative so you'll never take it from me This one goes out to everybody doing work from seven to five like a zombie So how we gonna make it out? You gon' see This for those young with ambition in a city where they shun recognition And having fun ain't tradition I never dreamt about or ever really wanted to be, an electrician I bet you never wanted your position But the culture said, fight for someone else's cause You ain't have your own one so who else you gonna fight for Alright, sure When you're on the chess board do you wanna be a white pawn Make the first move and get barreled out on C4? I'm like pause, fuck your attempting to coerce more Artists who ain't started yet to help fuel up your charter jet The generation talent gap apparent with the target set So when they tell you make your goals transparent take a harder left This for everybody dealin' with a seven to five that they don't fuck with Hop out of bed, and feel disgusted This for everybody dealin' with a seven to five that they don't fuck with Look at the clock, after they punch it This for everybody dealin' with a seven to five that they don't fuck with Throwin' they wrist upon a cutlass This for everybody dealin' with a seven to five that they don't fuck with Screamin' fuck this Fumble out of bed then I stumble to the kitchen hole Pour myself a cup from my pitcher full of vitriol I might try my best in the city full of stress But I'll never ever catch up on my rest Fumble out of bed then I stumble to the kitchen hole Pour myself a cup from my pitcher full of vitriol I might try my best in the city full of stress But I'll never ever catch up to the rest

You know, you know that life gets old And you know that love comes and love goes Try and fly higher when I flow Never, ever ever let go Never let go Never let go Never let go Try and fly higher when I flow Never, ever ever let go To Leave The City is to escape from what holds you down To form a crown and place it upon your work sweated brow Is to abolish expectations placed upon you by others And become free from the judgements and disapproving jeers that smother Remind peers that together we are blessed with what makes us fulfilled And chase thrills that you can never ever provide with but still (Fuck it, I'm giving it back to Andy he sounds better than me anyway) You know, you know that life gets old And you know that love comes and love goes Try and fly higher when I flow Never, ever ever let go Never let go Never let go Never let go Try and fly higher when I flow Never, ever ever let go I've gotta come up with something new 'Cause I ain't getting views doing what my idols used to As soon as the roots grew, I got off of YouTube And cued up the record so I can influence you too, but shit When I find myself driving past the places I once lived Thinking 'bout all the shit that's happened since I put it in the script so all the people wearing AirPods get a glimpse Of everything I did to make some people care about the kid, huh I picked up and slid, like on the playground that I hid on as a kid From all the people who I couldn't see eye to eye on how it is They tore it down and put a motorway instead for us to skid Our motorcade of polluting airways to keep up how we live So when I'm sheltering from things just know I'm belting out the city tryna leave I took a left and hit the tunnel where I used to hit the swings If you just followed me away we could be kings I'm only staying 'cause the queen I'm taking care of, see my rings? Expectation, complacence, hatred are some of many things I had to shake on the way to greatness and write down anything To all my 2010 people I haven't seen since we were teens Hope you do better as grown ups cause if you don't then shit I mean The way you treated me was like I don't know how you sleep at night What, you thought I forgot? Nah, that fucked me up for life I still got trust issues, scud missiles affecting me and mine I guess it's good for reflecting on when I step up to the mic You know, you know that life gets old And you know that love comes and love goes Try and fly higher when I flow Never, ever ever let go Never let go Never let go Never let go Try and fly higher when I flow Never, ever ever let go

And when I die at thirty four You can listen to me now through my lyrics for thirty more That's for sure, I hope by then my children have been born So they can carry on the name of my family thirty more But have you seen the cost of life in 2024 I can't imagine what it look like with some young'ns on the floor Will they listen to my strummings when they grow up or ignore 'em And my head be just a bust while my record collecting dust Another second that I doubt I won't tell 'em what I'm about And then the memory of me turns into a wisp among the clouds I wouldn't say these lyrics as a diss towards myself I'm just hoping that I get to be a Picture On A Shelf one day I know the street of life that we travel is one way And if we ever meet on our travels I'll just pray You got what you wanted to get in your one stay And if you haven't then you promise that you won't waste one day

It's always the same Going all away It's always the same Going all away This one for people that I hurt this one for people what it's worth This is where all the regrets of mine just seep into the verse This where I sleep and never wake and no-one notices today This where I finally acknowledge I know all this shit is fake You can write down all the sorrys that you want to in the universe But no it never matters if the people never listen first The beat could be a slap and every word rhyme in the rap The illest flow up on the track but still there's no-one playing back Even then I shout my sorry to the pit of the abyss It may be selfish doing that and being socially remiss And I leave people in the distance with no plan of reminisicing So I kick a rock in shame and watch it fall into the mist The cold wind whips against me as I'm standing by the cliff My echo carries on forever but at the same time never sticks If I fall into the pitch black and no-one sees me did that I wonder if I'm even gone or was I ever here, jack It's always the same Going all away The Stairs That I Burnt To Ashes come back in flashes Seven years is a long time for me to still be grappling I'm just sorry for my ways that I since buried in the grave Just know I'm doing better now and I just hope that you're the same, uh It's always the same Going all away It's always the same Going all away So if you made it out the city, I salute Just know the fruits of your labour are a blessing, no dispute An inspiration for the nameless showing us how to be shameless When we put ourselves upon the pedestal of being hated Never slated for a stage because I don't think that I'm brave enough An introverted fuck who had his privacy and gave it up I'm saying stuff I never could to rhythms in my cave, it sucks I guess but no-one knows me well enough to ever gave a fuck So thank you for the path of which I follow truly now After they hear this many people close to me will knew me now If I could get my tenses right I could be truly pound-for-pound With every writer that I look up to or even from my town People talented enough to make it here are rarely found And those who do are working twice as hard for you to hear their sound And if you're hearing mine my efforts weren't for nothing, now I'm bound To The Stairs That I Burnt To Ashes into the ground, uh It's always the same Going all away It's always the same Going all away

The sun is shining in my frames and yes it's blinding me again Reflecting light onto the fragments and the stains Of red that I have shed from being sane enough To do this thing and stay in touch With values that I cared for as a student in the days above And since I see the world now in sepia tone I'm writing backwards when I scribble notes I keep in my phone I see the world through music so it makes sense I use it Until the muses I abuse put on their shoes and dip, yo They ran until the view of them was gone, but I never lost the hope I'd fit their phantoms in this song They float above as ghosts taunting me until I scramble for the ropes Playing flutes to all the rhythms that I hope you hear me spoke So I brush stroke in panic while they're tugging at my canvas Only painted half the story 'fore they took me out this morning Now the glory that I hope to find is torn away and surely Having wealth can fill the void but it could never write this for me I'm a Ghost if you see it here's a rope you can be it I'm a Ghost if you see it here's a rope you can be it I'm a Ghost if you see it here's a rope you can be it I'm a Ghost if you see it here's a rope you can be it I'm a Ghost if you see it here's a rope you can be it I'm a Ghost if you see it here's a rope you can be it I'm a Ghost if you see it here's a rope you can be it I'm a Ghost if you see it here's a rope you can be it For every single hole I punched in the wall You'll find a couple who could never resolve They pissed away their history explicitly Like lyrics that they spit to me And bandaged up my knuckles from the damage it inflicted me I lifted up the lid on the gift, and sifted through to see The rows of DNA strands sitting there twisted beautifully I threw them in the blaze that was started for my eulogy And lingered by the edge of the grave looking for jewelry to Pawn But the Knight came racing on the lawn So I trace my steps backward to the safety of the dawn I can't help my inspiration I'm just waiting 'till it calls So I keep myself pacing to avoid the waiting thralls But I'm baited once again to giving up my artist status By complacence and the ghosts of other writers who once hated What they made and dissipated from the faces of the earth While the music stayed, playing our from basements in the dirt Got a house got a wife got a car got a life But I never felt differently than when I was slight You know the only time I felt complete was when I would write So if you're listening to this or not I'm doing alright 'cause I can settle for the pedestal of being my biggest fan As long as I'm a level head and being the bigger man The reason that I'm doing this is 'cause of the Jigga man But I just can't compete with rappers holding a trigger, damn I'm vigorous deliver us from blowing up quicker fam To anybody doubting us here's were you can stick it man Already got enough stuff attacking my spirit man But ever since I wrote quotes I felt like the richest man If I go too long without a mic I break out in itchy hands If I don't write every night I start getting twitchy, damn A true blue fiend for this scene, cause it's my dream Making sure the time I do it is not, when I'm asleep After 1200 weeks I'm strong enough to compete I counted every single one of them while walking the street

Yo, modern life is a hustle No time for reflection You've gotta make money so you can save for a section All people turn away at emotional detection As they don't have a sweet tooth and memories are confection Protection from the big world is all we need So when we leave school we've no clue for corporate greed But no matter, they'll thrust us in they will indeed To places so mind-numbing that our brains can't feed We're a fruit, they're a hand, and they crush until we bleed And everything we ever loved flows away in a stream I'm gonna die out here, just from running out of steam What happened to the human race being a team? Life's short so there isn't time for one dull day But I know people who live in them more than twice my age I'd give this all up for just one single chance on a stage To show the people that I'm different and embrace my ways I don't care for these cameras, doors, light switches Someone else do it please, my creative bone itches I've gotta scratch that before it goes away forever And I'm stuck here and am left to chase my dreams, huh? Never Don't think I'm clever, I'm just complaining in rhyme Cause I'm not man enough to do my fifty years of my time If others can, why can't I, society tells me to do it Get back in line, everybody else has had to go through it Not even friends care 'cause now they're just like them A little time passed and now I'll never see them again I'm only nineteen but my world is older Every damn day it's like I'm tryna curl a boulder No soldier I don't want your words get off my shoulder I'm flexible but refuse to use the cast that they mold you with I'm me and never them how many times have I told you, kid Couldn't give one crap if your trims were golder, bitch Good Mourning, good afternoon, goodnight Fuck your demands for my life Good Mourning, good afternoon, goodnight Fuck your demands for my life I'm in the mourning for the life that I once did live It was fun 'till the day I stopped being a kid And I'm in mourning for the people that to me are long gone If you knew me put your hands up when you hear this song I'm in mourning for the world and all it's selfish ways The only influence to live is how much it pays I'm in mourning for the people that are sleeping in cars I hope they find the inspiration from within these bars I'm in mourning for the fact that I'll never belong And I've accepted it but the pain will, never be gone I'm not like you, my cue comes from the pen Hope I inspire you, rile you just to live again 'cause life ain't shit, ain't this, listen to me man If you don't get it right now you'll never understand Since day 1 slaving's never been a part of the plan Who wants to grow up just to become a company man? I've never known what it's like to truly be dead broke So when I say fuck money most see it as a joke But this endless grind for loose ends is making me choke Dollar constrictor round my neck and that bone's almost broke The world says I need it So who am I to disagree No-one cares what you think you're just a newborn seed So I guess I'm in mourning that they just won't feed The addiction that they all have to thoughtless greed, nah So that rap you just heard I wrote five years ago in 2017 On this piece of paper right here It's one of the first verses I ever wrote And I came back to it today 'cause I was digging through all my papers and found it And I'm kinda blown away by it really I had no mic, I had no beats, I had nothing Just, passion

Yo, all I know is that I love her, then why do we suffer I never do enough, fuck it man I'll leave this uncovered It breaks my fucking heart when we go out and your happiness will show out 'cause at home I want the kind of love you're showing to your brothers I once again stumbled headfirst into the vice Grip so tight it blocked out every last ray of light I should be holding you like it's the last day of life But I was spiraling towards another fast way to die, fuck All for what, a shout-out from the plug? I never could be proud of that this shit is like a drug Another lucid moment of escape is only crushed and brushed aside To my surprise I got what I was hoping for and then you showed the door Told me walk back out 'cause I don't even know you anymore I stay and play again the vicious cycle we endure 'cause we know how much we love each other More than any other Thing or person but it worsens when I fall back into cursing And the love we have disperses though it's coming back for certain I'm not saying that you saying that I do has pulled the curtains I just wish that we had more time for November now we're working I'm really sick of blaming you for all of my mistakes I'm really sick of gaming but I fucking can't escape I finally see it clear when I write it on the page I'm sorry that I do this but this is the only way My vision is a fog, it ain't been clear since my job Now my lenses only pick up when you sob That isn't good enough because I know I'm 'sposed to read you like a blog Without a word said Or God knowing everything like this song you ain't heard yet This cracking skin is punishment I deserve I really cannot stomach knowing all the time you served Has culminated in you lusting justly for the greatest sin 'cause I never can provide it's over before it begins If I bring you flowers now will you see it as a gift Or will you see it as a sorry for another of my fits I hate all my addictions They used to bring me joy, that's the reason that I picked 'em But now instead of fixing me up just like a prescription Destroying what I love is far better a description So this is my prediction I'll try and do better but struggle While I reminisce on days that we would cuddle We were teens but it seems that back then we were some lovebirds I know how much this does hurt While looking at it now with perspective of a mustard seed That has grown into the beautifullest tree But we ain't pruned leaves ever since we spotted the disease So now I got the secateurs, please give me a second dear I'm pruning back the hatred and regret from in our second year I'm always tryna be the kid you fell in love with 'cause you're the greatest person so we know that we're above this I'm sorry

I've got to learn to handle you becoming a memory, remember me? You died we put you up on the Christmas tree Your embers blown away but yo you aren't gone officially Because there'll never be a day where you aren't part of my history I almost crashed the whip the day I found out Round about six or maybe later at the towns mouth I drowned out Everything around me and I felt a piece die Because I told you if I knew just what to do then that's a lie I never saw you enough, sure I saw you and stuff But that was years ago when I was barely tall as a shrub When I got older I got colder. so I got off your shoulders And left you back in time to only stay where the cold is I can't get you back now, you won't meet my kids Great grandad but only for a month and a bit I know our final conversation was lit, that's consolation 'cause a month later homie that's it, you hit the station, uh (And they'll never you know you, you'll just be a name to them) Your funeral procession, with nana in tears You should have been the one to hit way longer than eighty years And I was too scared to get up and said something Even though I want them to know that you meant something to me We found footage of you rescuing people in '63 Found footage of you resting with my sister and me Found pictures of you spending time with the family We all know that we'll be gone but we never plan to be You handed me an opportunity Although you never asked it I hope that I'm the one you wished to carry your casket You weren't heavy by the end but I gripped so tight I guess that cancer in the end was like your Kryptonite So now these stanzas are a way for me to sit those nights through And think about the ways that I could never be like you We had some standup people in our family Now it's only me attracted to my own gravity Damned to be reclused from the tree with no excuses to see And man we'll never speak again until our funerals will be I can't believe it takes that for us to stay together Back in '03 all we ever did was play together But I guess that's how it goes when you grow Time is moving slowly for days and then it goes I really wanna proceed but I already know I'm doing this again in 5 years, 10 at most Cherish your people while they're around 'cause one day they'll never be able to make a sound To tell you that they love you back or what they think about your raps But time I think I'm out of that so now I give the flowers back Ian had the power to keep the Tribbles together Even though the link is gone I vow we won't be severed Your name is carried on through my younger bro forever And everyone who knows you can say the know a legend So thank you for the show, reverend It's time to go, bless it Word up to everyone who came to see this progressin' I got one final thing to say to you, it might sound shitty But you're the only one who really got to Leave The City, uh