Matthew to the Mark

Luke to the John

Cross on my neck, the Holy Bible I swear on

What I spit is real to the day that I die

Blessed is what I feel, I swear I won't even lie

My knees keep getting blacker, always asking for forgiveness

Committing sinful deeds just to make it in this business

My intentions are pure, only God can be my witness

Try and work out all the wrongs that my pastor calls it fitness

But look, my life is only getting harder

I'ma need three albums to tell it all like the Carter

I been walking down this road but my goal keeps getting farther

Put my brain into my work but I'm not gettin' any smarter

Yeah, this is some next level venting shit

Falling from his grace was the only thing preventin' it

Stress from the hoes seem to make my nights longer

But really in the end it's only making me much stronger

Some are born lucky, I was lucky to be born

The death of the old me is the only thing I mourn

Cause the new me is rising and grinding towards success

But I keep getting distracted by these damsels in distress

Feels like these days I'm only rapper with the brain

Yet I'm looked down on daily like this ****'s gone insane

But I really can't complain, my mentality's not the same

No one said that with the sun there wasn't gonna be rain

Someone pass the champagne, it's my Obama campaign

Time to cut all of our losses and toast to our new gains

No longer am I switching lanes

Fed up with feeling the pain

The mind of a genius is far from easy to explain

20 sum years in with haters by the millions

If I live to 42, it'll probably reach a billion

With all the hate inside this world it's hard to think there's any good

But it hasn't disappeared, it's just mainly misunderstood

I'm a fan of my fans, I'm a son, I'm a leader

I'm a passionate man, I'm a king and achiever

But in the end, like I said, it really doesn't matter

Cause every step down this road will cause another heart to shatter

And these so-called friends sit and hope I don't prevail

They hate to see me succeed but always love it when I fail

And I failed one too many times, I can't even count the tries

But always get back up on top with motivation in my eyes

This should come as no surprise, the truth is what I supply

Without a doubt I'll be this way until the day that I die

But look, I don't see my end getting any nearer

Even with the rain gone, the message can't get any clearer

My role in this play we call life is right here

In this game we call rap, I'm the final frontier

So get ready for the premiere, the rise in my career

Looks like 2021 is gonna be my year

You do what you can to help black folks

And they make you wonder why you even bother

But they're our people, and we gotta love them regardless