FROM THIS DAY ON I SEE THE SUN THRU ALL THE DARK & GREY
FROM THIS DAY ON I SEE MYSELF JUST DRIFTING ALL THE WAY
FROM THIS DAY ON

I SEE THE WORLD HAS ALWAYS JUST BEEN MINE TO TAKE
MINE TODAY / MINE TOMORROW
AND YESTERDAY IS YOURS TO FOLLOW FOLLOW ME


it's dedicated to that brother on a different plane
dedicated to that lady chasing street dreams

very necessary, you don't have an inkling
a free man freeze frame our society
it ain't for dolo or pro bono or propriety

take a good look 'cause you ain't even seeing me
can a hippopotamus be anonymous
in the dirty swamp among the weeds and the cannabis

I think not / it's bigger than hip-hop
bigger than the figures of the one percent gen pop
I flea the market / love for sale

I lay low like bungalows in Beverly Hills
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critically acclaimed / rapper in the game
like Zukerburg's doppelganger no one knows my name
I pull a Houdini on these chains & things

my train of thought leads me to all the gain from pain
I'm just a king who's the son of a commoner
moving thru life too fast / check my speedometer

I slow it down check my pulse and the time it took
like people on their treadmills gazing at their monitor
I'm not offended / I'm quick to end it

I'm on that dirty dubby rap'n'roll / you call it genre bending
I call it condescending
you don't know the half 'til you tamper with my ending

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rapper is what rapper does

rewrite the scripture / rap with thugs
intelligent rap / pack facts in blood
a scribble pad/ little red writings from the hood

back when rap was that music for the rebel
I got your connotation remixed and disheveled
a story too classic and passion filled

like Halifax blacks back in Africville
don't you confuse this with just rap music
I might blow a fuse and choose to go stupid

my life is mine my life is mine
I'm looking for that meaning / a feeling divine