Pencil prowess (Uh), can’t doubt it

'Long as I can get you talkin' about it (Yeah)

Head clouded, I get around it

Just like digital underground did

When I’m down, I get back up

Keep my head down, go until I feel that rush (Uh)

Break my bones for the shit I love

No matter the toll, I will not budge

Huh, you know I’ll go down for mine

I keep my friends close that way no doubts in mind (Yuh)

I’d rather be on my own with a crowd alike

Then be caught in the middle of a thousand liars

'Cause I been there before, can’t count the times (Huh?)

Been surrounded by frownin' eyes

Lookin' at me with the callous kind

That waits 'til you fall 'fore they reach out and try

To give you some help (Bitch), knowin' damn well

They could’ve given that shit beforehand

Well, oh, well, it’s all well if all ends well

Well, I’m better than I ever was if y’all can’t tell (Yeah)

I been stuck in a daze but I broke that spell (Huh?)

Gone are the days where I hope I will

No more callin' in late for my own show

Now that I’m holdin' the game in a chokehold (Ckk)

This ain’t no up, down, left, right type (What?)

Video game you try and find

All the cheat codes on a site, life

Don’t work that way 'til you climb high enough

You don’t get a choice 'til you work for one

I’ve learned that’s one thing I’m certain of, and I’m (What?)

Sure I’m on my way, and if I ever make it

You’ll know I deserve it 'cause

Mmm

I don’t know what they expect from me

Put my all into some shit you prolly never see

A lot of bullshit goin' on behind every scene

So I stay true to myself through it all but

I don’t ever want to be hero

Rely on me to give you the cheat code

Sometimes I wonder and think, "What am I here for?"

And other times I don’t give a fuck, I switch

I go my own way (Huh)

Like a fuckin' Toyota Ad on my soul train

Oh, what a feelin' I feel, I feel so great

While you’re stuck behind my blockade (Huh)

It’s a different me with the same old past

Wanna thank old me for the way I am

Oh, they don’t know but they can

Mistakes I’ve carried, got a broke back now (Uh)

I wanna get some shit off my chest (Uh)

Enemies passed, I give 'em my best (Uh)

Even the ones in the present I guess

Same story with a similar narrative

And I invite you to read it (Yuh)

Too deep for me to try and speak it

As I fight through these demons

Why you thinkin' you can try and perceive 'em? (Huh)

I don’t know you (Nah), you don’t know me

Let’s keep it that way, homie

My trust is a homebody and no

I don’t need consoling

I don’t fuck with these phonies

So there’s nothin' you can show me (Nah)

You’re struck with a foreboding

Emotion before I start runnin' this whole thing (Yeah)

Keep me an entourage of these memories

Walkin' with me after dark

And they keep with me 'cause I fathered them

So basically, I’m apart of them

I take a look at what I've become

The me now, well, I’m fine with him

The mirror looks back with a cautious grin

And I do too, like "You started this!"

Mmm

I don’t know what they expect from me

Put my all into some shit you prolly never see

A lot of bullshit goin' on behind every scene

So I stay true to myself through it all but

I don’t ever want to be hero

Rely on me to give you the cheat code

Sometimes I wonder and think, "What am I here for?"

And other times I don’t give a fuck, I switch