MY WHOLE LIFE IVE FACED DEFIANCE
IM A ONE MAN ARMY WHO'S FACED GIANTS
I EMBRASSED MY PAIN, MADE IT A SCIENCE

THE LION IN MY RIB CAGE, CAGES IN ALL MY VIOLENCE

I4NI MY ONLY ALLIANCE

THE REST OF YOU MUSIC HOMIES ARE CLIENTS
AND IF YOU FIND THAT OFFENSIVE, DONT HOLD YOUR SILENCE
DONT HOLD IT PRIVATE, (NAWW) HOLD YOUR PRIVATES

I WAS SO CLOSE TO GIVEN IT UP, NOW IM SO FAR FROM GIVING A F*CK

I WILL RISE AFTER EVERY FALL

OUT THE ASHES ILL STAND TALL
THE WAY YALL TREATED ME IS HOW ILL TREAT YALL
CAUSE AS FAR AS I RECALL,

YALL LEFT ME TO DIE
WELL I HOPE YOU LIKE THE MONSTER IVE BECOME
YALL TRIED TO PLAY A GAME THAT CANT BE WON

NOW IM GONNA BURN THESE BRIDGES ONE BY ONE CAUSE
YALL LEFT ME TO DIE


IM SO EXHAUSTED IM NOT FAR FROM A CEMETERY
LOST IN DARKNESS, HARDSHIPS OF A DIGNITARY
MY LUNGS ARE CHARRED, THESE ARE SCARS OF A VISIONARY

CANT FIND MY PASSION OR MY HEART INSIDE NO DICTIONARY
OR THESAURUS, THESE AINT JUST WORDS
IM AN ARTIST, I TARGET WHAT HURTS, THEN PAINT THE VERSE

REGARDLESS IF ITS POPULAR, MUSICAL HYPOCHONDRIA
THE FEAR OF BEING A FAILURE CAUSES INSOMNIA
YALL RAPPERS DONT KNOW WHAT PASSION IS,

WHEN YALL SEE GREENER GRASS, YALL DASH AND GRASP THE FENCE
DONT BRAG ABOUT THE CASH YOU GET, FOR TRACKS YOU SPIT
CAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH !#$# YOUVE KISSED

THEY TELL ME THAT MY ATTIDUDES DISASTROUS
I SHOULD ME MIMICKING HIM, IF MY REAL INTINTIONS TO WIN
BUT I DONT LISTEN TO THEM, CAUSE THE WAY I SEE IT,

I RATHER BE EVICTED AGAIN

I WILL RISE AFTER EVERY FALL

OUT THE ASHES ILL STAND TALL
THE WAY YALL TREATED ME IS HOW ILL TREAT YALL
CAUSE AS FAR AS I RECALL,

YALL LEFT ME TO DIE
WELL I HOPE YOU LIKE THE MONSTER IVE BECOME
YALL TRIED TO PLAY A GAME THAT CANT BE WON

NOW IM GONNA BURN THESE BRIDGES ONE BY ONE CAUSE
YALL LEFT ME TO DIE


ITS BEEN 18 MONTHS SINCE I WENT CASPER
BY GHOST I MEAN DROPPED AN ALBUM THAT MATTERED
SO I HEARD ALL THE WHISPERS AND CHATTERS, PERSISTANT LAUGHTERS

FROM YOU HYPOCRITICAL BASTARDS
WHEN I SEE THEM IM SCORCHING THEM,
STICK A FORK IN THEM, POP A CORK IN THEM, !#$#URING THEM

THEYRE GONNA THINK A 650 FORD HIT THEM
OR I COULD TORTURE THEM
ILL LET THE BOARS GET THEM

LAUGH AS THEIR ENGORGING THEM,
DAMN SURE END EM
CAUSE YALL DO MUSIC TO BE STARS IN IT, I DO MUSIC CAUSE MY HEARTS IN IT

IVE STARVED IN IT, EVERYTHING IVE EVER OWNED BEEN ON A PAWN TICKET
IVE HIT ROCK BOTTOM SO MANY TIMES MY NAMES CARVED IN IT
I REPRESENT THE 1% OF US THATS AUTHENTIC

BACK WHEN STUDIOS WERE ALL RENTED
WHEN TRACKS WERE HARD TO FINISH, 10 RACKS TO MASTER AND MIX IT
SO ALBUMS WERE ALL SNIPPETS, WE'D HIT THE MALL AND PITCH IT

BACK THEN RECORDING WAS SO EXPENSIVE
NOW EVERYONE RECORDS CAUSE MUSIC IS CHEAP ATTENTION
GRATITUDES ALL I EVER WANTED

BUT ME GETTING RECOGNITION JUST KILLS YOU DONT IT
AND IF ONE DAY YOUR ROSE EMERGES FROM THE CONCRETE
YOU CAN BET YOUR !#$# IM STEPPING ON IT

HOW DARE I ASK FOR REDEMPTION,
WITH ALL THESE VINDICTIVE VISIONS AND PREMONITIONS