Lyrics

Chorus:

My prescription for living is earned not given
Quality over quantity, facts over feelings
Honesty exposes the wannabes
You wanna see meritocracy or mediocrity?
Miss me with that woke shit!
Miss me with that broke shit!
Miss me with that ho shit! It’s bogus and you know it!
Avoid the mirrors where the smoke is
And don’t laugh unless you know what the joke is

1st Verse:
Straight up the waits up, get your weight up
Push jerking the serpent power clean like detergent
Here to lead the way give you what you need today
Either way, raised off LL, Rakim and BDKane
All it takes is a glance, you know it’s him
Back then we were back spinning on linoleum
Opium at the podium with this symposium
Too cold for roasting and too hot to be the frozen one
Poetry in locomotion with no luggage
Performance so enhanced, they wanna send me for a drug test
Since a youngin been a man child
No hand outs are passed out
No matter where I’m standing, I stand out
So(ul) for real my soul’s not for sale
Every little thing I do, choose to rather show than tell
Nose on the grindstone, toes on the milestones Committed to goals I set t eyes and my mind on

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2nd Verse:
You hear me coming its lightwork no struggling
Crystal with the clarity no autotune no mumbling
Cap & gown no backing down no frontin
Minimize mistakes one takes with no punch ins
How you gonna lead if you can't follow Instructions?
Promoting destruction doesn't align with production
Deescalation is a skill no stunting
Because no one’s for discussion once them guns get to bussin'
You can choose your sins, not the consequences
Not everybody wins, time to come to your senses
Ambitious but stay grounded in my purpose
Reject the pretentious and keep the clowns in the circus
If you don't show no respect you can't demand none
Play me foul, I still finish! AND 1!
Fuck what you sayin, I'm watching what you're doing
To determine if your actions and words are congruent

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