Wild Rice

Many time Show loved to those who didnt loved me back Bad investments for the cause u don't get ya money back Yo charge to the game and hope Karma make it boomerang Was gossiping about me stayed focus while the rumors ran Gave u the truth of man with all my flaws included Beyond the music laid it out for all of y'all to view it Amongst the movers and shakers sharks and money makers Who show us love but I remember funny looks they gave us The industry be trying to shape us but we won't have it I won't let you make my excellence be so average Unloaded all my baggage then I took flight All these played out formulas don't even look right I moved to Brooklyn and connected with my next to kin Can't dwell on pessimism I gave you the best of it This my testament that thru perseverance You can really break through any wall or interference Was never in adherence with the stereotype They talk a good game but many be too scary to fight Had to divorce it altogether, once was married to the hype Was momentary tired of chasing that high every night It's demeaning people could be cold and mean You an be trying to help and they be sending jokes and memes It's easy not to face reality and run away from it Started following my gut, I don't got the same stomach Felt the pain from it kept a smile on my face And it took a few years to get em on my page Pre-covid I was finally hitting stages Seeing wire payments coming thru from different agents Different demographics, ages and different races Fruits of my labor tasted better with some patience So lucky and blessed for every breath I'm a honor it I leave you with a message to decode like a ponaglyph Took losses but in time Overshadowed by accomplishments But really seen my victory Once I put my heart in it Put my All of it friendships fell off Was my apprenticeship now I let my pen tell all This dynamic is a paradigm new to ignorant minds Invert the pyramid it's time to let derelicts shine Weakness being hid behind arrogant rhymes Dna made in god form inherited mine I don't even have to write no more I swept floors Cleaned bathroom lift boxes through the storeroom floor Exhausted with my body sore fighting demonic thoughts and Alcoholic walks probably inches from a fall But like I can't go out like that, too much riding on me I don't care if I'm dolo I can fight an army Left a legacy you can't write off or murder I tell em I made it this far so why not further Radiant Queen Looking like a thousand victories Oscar Wilde wit it possessing a thousand mysteries Sufi kinda poet Rubaiyat in my hand Philosophizing equations not known to man This a stepping stone not even half the journey There's levels to this ya'll run in circles in a hurry Any lifetime good or evil you couldn't turn me Ask yourself why a villain becomes a villain it's discerning My mother struggled all my life she paid the full price They stole her recipe and wouldn't even give her a slice Took us out like the Wild West ate our wild rice How the world turns watching murder on a device So I write every word meant to ignite You never truly won a battle if you never lost a fight Ain't that right We deliberate spoken into existence how we livin it Passing you positive energy that's now I give my gifts You couldn't tell me otherwise I'm the prize And on the mic I'm nicer than most of these other rapper guys Freestyling used to be off the dome and improvised You weren't legit if you came through spitting written rhymes Went from dimes to quarters to flippin bigga size Bigga pies Bow and arrow focus shoot a motherfucka in the eyes Don't be surprised take it further than you would think 17, 000 years passed in a blink Nefertiti flow make ya face look like something stink I'm so filthy Pint sized pharaoh god and I'm illy What the dealy Early risers get the bread they despise us I ain't even go to sleep yet And I ain't even tired You couldn't comprehend the way I'm wired My people greet me with respect I'm loved and admired All attire do it flyer independent designers No corporate Come to their senses then they forfeit What you gonna do with your power at the pulpit Talking bout ya hot songs but you on some dull shit When I do it go hard emptying the full clip I got reserves on me equipped with a full ship Homies sweating my girl she sexy and fly If you could get her attention I salute you aight I'm too fine myself to worry bout that Most of yah dogs really cats Drunk in my face at a show do step back Take a shower Cleanliness is godliness My power Is enough to set the world on fire and make you cower Drop it on ya head that's the best shit Wayne said Fighting for my life a couple times back from the dead Worked in prison kitchens sewing rooms jail detail Didn't think I'd make it out alive still I prevailed Still I Rose Nothing short of mesmerizing Emphasizing The real in every word I speak no silver linings