Somebody told me I'm ahead of my time I said no,
I'm just ahead of decline
I keep my hands on my
whole nine yards
Playing cards with fate, calling destiny
Too tired to date, I'm known to seek,
search and analyse
I know lies like the back of my hand I squeeze,
watch for the fun of it
Wait to see what will come of it
Pass, feeling rougher
than leather and pubics
Cooler than ice cubes, aerobic
The bitterness in life, I exude it
Quarantine but not secluded
Cough it up, spread it out, all over music
I tom cruise it if the
mission's impossible
Simplify it like I'm ripping a cloth
I'm a chip off the old block
Bloodshot and weary eyed
Looking out at where I reside
Momentarily stunned by
guns I don't ring
They knock first,
tryna blow a hole in my verse
I got my mind made up,
come on
You can read it, get involved
but don't seize it
I got my mind made up, come on
You can read it, read
Per mission to shine, I don't need it I got my mind made up,
come on, you can read
it
Read it, involved, but don't seize it
I got my mind made up,
come on, you can read it
Permission to shine, we don't need it
We shake and bake in
the kitchen of a
Monday,
Tuesday
Running from a
Wednesday,
Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday
Love, stuck in the back of a club
In the weekend,
searching for that sleek and snub
Trapezium, like perfume,
hanging around
DJs on a pedestal,
banging that sound
Nonchalance is the issue
R &B programming me to miss you
Back slapping me to kiss
you where the sun don't shine
We used to sing
Never too much,
now there's too much time
This is an
SOS message in a bottle ignored
Tried to seize it but we've all got flaws
The choice is yours for the taking
Occasionally bending a code
Rapping classics like I'm a
Fender
Rhodes
Friend or foe, I'm a thriller of a novel
Spiller of the sludge,
many be grudge this double
But my vibe won't budge you
I got my vibe made up, come on
You can read it, get involved
But don't cease it,
oh I got my mind made up, come on
You can read it,
permission to shine I don't need it, need it
I got my mind made up, come on
You can read it, read it
Get involved but don't cease it,
oh I got my mind made up, come on
You can read it, permission to shine
We don't need it
Living in supreme squalor
Rakim said follow my lead
I said maybe tomorrow,
maybe never, agreed
But life's too bitter to swallow
Like trying to swallow weed
Look what underestimation did for
Apollo
Creed
My wounds bleed as I watch what my
children will soon see
Blood relatives in
immigration room free
Can't afford to slip like that
won't economy
So I break down doors so
the others can follow me
And we can
MC
Way beyond the line of duty
Stand the test of time like
Bob
Marley and
Fela
Kuti
What?
You can't recruit me I helped make
the movie that you're living
in now
The funkiest since
Funk
Doobie
Put the rhythm in power
ER, I can't afford it
This situation's grim and I
prefer a candle lit
Handle it just like a phone bill
Taking my time
Strangle it like any pedophile
Touching my child
Just a thought makes me furious
Way beyond five, amplified
Now I'm curious, watching you vibe
Your people gassed you out
Made you think you was live
Mistook the ward for a oyster
Guess who's watching you dive
I got my mind made up, come on
You can read it, get involved
But don't seize it, oh
I got my mind made up, come on
You can read it, permission to shine
I don't need it, I got my mind made up
Come on, you can read it, get involved
But don't seize it, oh
I got my mind made up, come on
You can read it, permission to shine
We don't need it
I'll
You