Ways & Means

I can't stop rappin like todd shaw

thats what happens when the beats slappin

got the slick tongue strong jaw

got a outlaw mind and a south paw

got a west coast swing not a southern drawl

stay on my own thing not a copycat naw

I'm a veteran better than these rookies dog

I'm a letterman top 10 plays ya'll

F the president lets get political

F politics keep your thoughts original

they aint controllin my mind i'm individual

cuz my body and soul is indivisible

that means the spiritual just the same as the physical

that means my physicals treated like its a temple ya'll

ya'll be trippin Im telling you ish simple tho

life precious so love we keep it ample yo

I got the ways and means to make my way through

I got the ways and means to do what I gotta do

Can't be fooled, use more than my eyes to see

I'm gon' thrive, cuz that's how its supposed to be.

..you know we playing these instruments no samples so

you could feel the heart and soul up in the studio

you can feel it on the stage and the record too

its like the message that I say is direct to you

meant to connect with you, I respect your views

I wanna listen too, thats what humans do

reflecting all the best in whose next to you

..even only if select few get the truth

I'ma leave some proof when I'm in the booth

artifacts for ears in the future as they digging through

records from the past in the years when we had the groove

message in the music made your mind and your heart move

vested in this planet put my money where my mouth is

thats why we crackin seeds plant em in the mountains

and now I'm back to see really what counts its

the bounty that we harvest at the end no doubt

I got the ways and means to make my way through

I got the ways and means to do what I gotta do

Can't be fooled, use more than my eyes to see

I'm gon' thrive, cuz that's how its supposed to be.

I got the ways and means to make my way through

I got the ways and means to do what I gotta do

Can't be fooled, use more than my eyes to see

I'm gon' thrive, cuz that's how its supposed to be.

that's how its supposed to be

that's how its supposed to be

that's how its supposed to be

living good

eating' good

that's how its supposed to be