[Verse 1]
For every five steps forward I take ten steps back
I love the music but can't see where it's at?

Strictly fast food runnings
How we supposed to adapt
How we supposed to raise kids to that

And I ain't blaming no one it starts with me
Before heart failure there's blocked arteries
We were usually on point no archery

Creative to a fault
Like an art degree but something happened it's kinda like a takeover
The sampling law changed

The looping of the breaks over
Tho corporate there's nothing pretty about this makeover
Pay for play and now you influence what we say

We even let you walk off with the deejay
It's hard to hear a single scratch on records these days besides the clichés
Somebody got to keep up traditions

It's a new day but still something is missing I mean

[Chorus]

That's what I'm telling everybody (I'm like you never)
That's what I'm telling everybody (I'm like you never)


[Verse 2]
And now the new school is no school
Cos everybody and their mama knows Pro Tools

Writing raps and recording bad vocals
Being a star is more than being anti-social
I'm more than boastful

I'm hopeful of brighter tomorrow
Used to weaving words together other writers can follow
I hear anger in music but the message is hollow

Upon further inspection you can see what's been borrowed
Foreign ideals of real bluffing to do with nothing now we reinvent the wheel
Caps get peeled as we slip on banana skins

Stuttering stammering should have been Fannie Lou Hamer-ring
Instead we are glimmity glammering
This struggle is a headache plus Anadin

Mic check even breathing is challenging
The music is a powerful thing especially when it's used to boost the power Within but you don't hear me ha!


[Chorus]
That's what I'm telling everybody (I'm like you never)
That's what I'm telling everybody (I'm like you never)


[Verse 3]
I had my palm read

She told me not to leave this alone
So I miss real artist like Nina Simone
Full of integrity never too keen to be cloned

That's why the need to be different
Buried deep in my bones
Cos swagger never paid bills just skills

I guess I took the long road mountain plus hills
Turntables and mic cables love from the crowd is more important than the right label
And I don't want the 90's sound back

But you can't deny the Linn Drum really sounds wack
Just living thru the movie but not feeling the soundtrack
Not trying to be bougie but not trying to be round that

I grew up in a brown black facade so I'm not trying to act like I'm that large
But I'm trying to rap like I'm that guard when it comes to culture I'm pulling raps card Like a placard


[Chorus]
That's what I'm telling everybody (I'm like you never)
That's what I'm telling everybody (I'm like you never)