Nico Robin

The world devalues you So you can prostitute yourself to feel valued Mind eyes kept sleep like pills of Valium We seek asylum in drugs, cheap thrills with an outcome Often deadly, stressed from work we live without fun Hating on ya neighbor no love We live without some Thinking we can avoid our fears we fail to outrun The fate and the destiny that's written for us Out of tune and harmony Singing a different chorus All around the world same shit different forest Consuming till our brain fried like shrimp tempura Already tried the straight and boring route it wasn't working My name was arrogant As if ambition was a person I left the day job, then I started writing more Jumped in it without caring what it might involve Breaking the fourth wall, taking y'all behind the curtain So you can see the inner workings of the game in person Slowly made a name day by day by slaying verses Some people saw the greatness early and made me nervous The music industry is set up like a Ponzi scheme Many people cynical dead inside like a zombie scene Never accepted, many meetings weren't followed up Swallowed my pride spit on wax what I bottled up "Steal this mixtape" I told y'all to get it free I illustrated what I would sound like on better beats Bryan Winston introduced me to Madlib and Dilla That's when I stepped into beast mode like a mad gorilla Several managers I went through but it wasn't clicking I had to chalk it up to the game, I wasn't tripping Secret competitions, rappers chasing clout Acting hollywood in other words that ain't my route Realize my love for this was real deep in fact Few years later, found myself knee deep in rap Dabbled in French maximizing my strenghts Random messages from strangers idolizing my pen Made my own trends Pressed it on the vinyl myself Took ownership my own narrative, defining myself While I was seeking my goals was really finding myself It got way realer When I would no longer, lie to myself Proud of myself, meditate and bow to myself Validation starts from within Shout out to myself I know great I'm just reminding myself You should do it too It feels better I'm surrounded by the truest crew And everything they said I'd never do I'll do it twice This catalogue of mine a living documentary I gave you insights on my life complementary Giving space and energy only for the things that's meant for me And if you praying I appreciate vibes you send to me