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Damn, and I was looking for the shine
And didn't even realize I got lost in the grind
And yo why I'm struggling for I think is teaching y'all
And why I'm juggling more when I just reach and fall
Nine times standing up and then fell a tenth
Back to that first lesson--thought you was exempt
Stop adjusting to temp and be the thermostat
Type to run up on they block and then circle back
Fake killers love to claim the way they murder raps
I respect the audience and y'all deserve the facts
What's more fucked up than seven million deaths
When you tryna run the game like a seven's on your chest
And your people betray you, then you become Atreyu
A Neverending Story of the people tryna play you
Better be able to switch your stance south paw
Unless of course your dogs can fly like Falkor
Draggin luck into discussions it's the preparation
Linkin up with opportunity when nothin's waiting
I'm bustimating but I bet yourself is underrating
What you could do and how you move like there's thunder waitin
My brainstorm is a monsoon
Yeah, sink they whole boat when I float like a pontoon

We gotta get on soon, that's the rapper ethos
Stand behind my lines, follow thru like free throws
Ayo we go hard, y'all never seen the shit
Ain't you realize bein you is showing leadership
The world's a brain wash and I on't really need the shit
My main source to profess is the beat I flip
I'm mixin up what's in my chest with the weed and shit
And if you muthafuckin racist you can eat a dick
Yo how's a big shot like you got such a small mind
Y'all couldn't roll downhill with a double fall line
All grind like the pool got coping
Yo I left school and now I leave mics smoking
I don't mind joking and I don't mind jests
But I might leave broken what resides in your chest
Yo we alive, it's the best, we arrive at the steps
1-2-1 now climb with your next
What's a test but a skill display, let's build a way
To find a future that could feel way more real today
Aye what's some pay that's not a living wage
That's a living cage, damn ain't they ain't never give a raise
The ways of the world got the ladies and girls
Got the boys and the men all caught up in the whirlwind
Like it's half pretend--waiting for a wake up
The earth been moving, man y'all ain't feel the shake up
Unsteady ground gon lead to wobbly walks
And don't you think all your inaction probly talks

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from Must Be The D​.​R​.​U​.​G​.​S., released May 13, 2022

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