Nothing Less (feat. Slug)

We are the music makers, and we are The dreamers of dreams, come along Nothing less, nothing less Well, I bet you that I get the last laugh, bet you that my funerals packed And the tune you all blast is my crew's shit New shit or old, it don't matter Bold I get swole in the zone where you gather I'm alone but together with the folks Not really knowin' where I'm goin' but my goal's to provoke thoughts Devote lots, show some fools the ropes to hop Scope the top from above it, love it, then leave it alone I believe that I'm grown showin' the way Owin' the bay for goin' astray, now blowin' away Like that bag in American Beauty, truly blessed And nothing less, nothing less I'm nothin' less than a criminal with minimal convictions Servin' up my customers, a hustler of the diction Crushin' my afflictions, I'm sick in the mind, depends on who you ask And I can do anything dependin' on the task I tend to be on blast more often than not Between a rock and a hard place, I soften my spot, talkin' a lot That's if my CD's gettin' played But if that's not the case then I had nothin' to say My crew been tight since we was up in the bay Been down for a while, now watch us as we take it, up and away Somethin' to play when you're laying on back Felt the love when I wrote this So I know y'all feelin' what I'm sayin' on tracks Nothing less, nothing less And nothing less, nothing less And nothing less, nothing less The first step was birth, now forever cursed to analyze his self-worth The second step was belief Had to make that move before he even grew teeth The third step, respect awareness He could trip over the next step if he's careless That next step, number four, was love Can't touch it without steppin' the other three above As he froze for a moment ignoring the remaining ones He was approachin', focus stolen Lookin' down at his hands to see what he was holdin' Nothin', empty, no choice but to keep goin' The fifth step felt like a misstep, it was a re-evaluation of the first four The anxiety, fear of what it hurts for Caught in somewhere between the earths core and the first floor When he finally made it to step six He could no longer see it for what it is All of his views and family and life were askew Number six had been twisted by the previous two The last step, the seventh, was the only thing left That kept him outside of Heaven One last breath and everything could be pleasant Life through death, man's final lesson Nothing less, nothing less Nothing less, god bless the days I rest in this mess called 'life' Trying to be the best for the best dressed Female, but she just brings hell In the wishing well, I drown pieces of my soul Born to rebel, I'm the black James Dean of the underground Yellin' at shows like rallys in Cali, I blow rhyme under the trees Wanabee's talk shit all day, but don't got a tape to play Nothing genuine to say so they bite the next man Like they gonna make him the best man In this crusade, the future looks black like taye diggs' forehead We can't go ahead and let the whack break our spirit Nothing less, nothing less, nothing less I know my expectations are high but I refuse to lay low No compromises, only improvises, from what I manifest in the mind Even though they say, "No", I follow through if it's true You know those type of serious questions That are asked in a playful manner So if assumptions are wrong, they can act like it's a joke? "What do you do for a living?", that's the words they spoke When they first heard that I wrote to stay alive While they're workin' nine to five I work just as hard as you but got a different focus And while you focus on me I'ma be all that I am All of Siam, while others run at the mouth with nothing to show I'ma use what I know, manipulating my flow From here to there, I origami the situation From what is considered unsuitable to something beautiful The outcome is legendary, and nothing less