Dance With Demons

Look, uh, I can see the whole future from right where I'm sittin' The bars main stage, and the village still hidden The odds stain the game, but I'm still tryna sub in And my dreams excel to more than make a living Tight funds on my back, burning cash not my MO Light fun, when outrap on a four second demo That's a four second memo that they really can't fuck with me And I never sold my craft for the luxury The draft came through, and of course they overlookin' me Number one, give it time, and they gon' clap for me The hero unsung, so I sang my own melody Shit, sеt in stone, I'ma guarantee I still find pity when I see regrеts reach you That confidence, and my girl in lingerie, see through We two minutes in, she show it all, movie preview I been around the world, and it's all how you construe The concept of living a nine to five consumes And the con is my time gonna conclude Why would I convoy to help another dream out? I see the contrast, let the brights beam out 6 a.m., I write a verse with the sunrise As it falls, I replace with a blunt high All my peers are fake deep, shit it's knee high I know my life started when I didn't suicide Broadway exit, one turn away But I still chose O2 I breathe today Elastic ways, I bend, stretch still I stay On a path mo'fuckers wouldn't dare to take 'Cause I dance with demons and I shit talk with Satan Found my hope when I saw I'm forsaken Won't take abuse lying down, you mistaken Ain't there for the weigh in, then I'm quick for the way out 40 tons on my shoulder tryna get a payout Every second, layover, I'm thinkin bout the layout Readjust my trust, ideas, and the movement Near impossible to plan for the future in the moment Back and forth between a conscious state Am I destined for more than a promised fate Where my goals cascade and my dreams are fake Then I flip right back, I'm invincible With immortal taste, and I don't feel the haste I live for myself, and myself wanna live And it's all of me that I don't fucking give I never forgot, but I learned to forgive It's balance to breathing, I'm here for the season Said, "Shut the fuck up", that's not for no reason Ain't dealing with bullshit, ain't dealing with treason I seen too much, it's my heart that I'm sheathing Said that you hungry, I see it's just teething You ain't been about this, but me I been fiending Family behind me, it's time to get working My life boutta change, and that shit is for certain