Ronin (And)

(The Ronin)

The Ronin

Damn

I keep it all to myself, 'cause growin' up, my privacy was how I hide my grief

But I pray my loved ones still around before my final sneak

The irony, I hope my father's soul finally findin' peace

Just wish you was alive to see his son' vinyl release

Wish I could rewind time like Shamir rewindin' this beat, run it

Tuh, That's long before his vital signs is bleak

Before Hova was signin' Bleek

Before I moved my fam to Atlanta and left behind them streets

Before they locked O for the firearm by the driver's seat

You a lion or a sheep?

Why I gotta assume y'all rappers be lyin' through your teeth?

But that's what happens when actions ain't quite alignin' with your speech

Never witnessed no eagle flyin' with geese, yes, I am he

My alliance complete, la famille, MTS, Book$, and Tillz

Day my pockets empty, my brothers gon' foot the bill

So many losses, we was comin' up shorter than Bushwick Bill

But we all gon' cook up the meal 'til we walkin' up Sugar Hill, that's on the—

Real, ****, that's on the real, I'm steppin' with the family

So I keep the circle small just for my silence, woah

Livin' by yo' truth, that shit be scary

I'm way more than an artist, it's way more than words and phonics, oh wait

I give a damn 'bout what y'all say 'cause all that new shit gettin' old

Know y'all do this shit for show

I live and die by the soul like the Ronin-nin-nin-nin

It gotta be more to claim, this rap game is y'all ball and chain

Just know the man who wear this mask never scared to walk for no fame

Shit, I promise, it won't be televised

Can't activate y'all powers unless it's bein' incentivized, you scared to put your pen aside

Sometimes my mind just don't click together symmetric-wise

Contradict myself, pardon, my mother was a Gemini

Genetic-wise we traded habits, tell her cut is a different grade of fabric

Never attempt to persuade or take advantage

Loyal, 'cause I'm sure my bro Craig'll paint me a graphic for free

But still I ask for his feat and I pay or match it (Facts)

Them comfort zones have you stagnant for your career, uh

Wrestlin', takin' risks while I'm grapplin' with my fans

Reminisce on words that Lupe Fiasco said to my ear

That tourney took me twenty years worth of craftin' to get prepared

When I won it, I stopped to mask off my mask and I said a prayer

Ironic how I shed blood, but right after, I shed a tear, I keep it

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (I keep it all to myself)

To myself (I keep it all to myself, to myself, I keep it)

Yeah, I keep it all (I keep it all to myself)

Myself (I keep it all to myself, I keep it all to myself)

Yeah, all to myself, yeah, yeah, oh (All to myself)

Yeah, all to myself, ayy (All to myself, to myself, I keep it)

Yeah, I keep this shit to myself, ayy, yeah (All to myself)

I keep this shit to myself (I keep it all to myself, to myself, I keep it)

(Ronin) The Ronin

Hear the whispers in the wind

(The Ronin) Tales of honor and courage from a life that's bowed in

(The Ronin) His katana speaks to the voices in the wind

(The Ronin) The Ronin, hmm-mm-mm

The Ronin

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