Codes and Keys Lyrics

You don't simply put pen to pad

You gotta dip ya whole soul in ink. Then spill what you think

Be faster than ya enemies can think

Or be rendered obsolete like the latest fad

You can't make me quit. I can see your insecurity

"Joe Tea can't rap like me." That's what's on repeat

From the one in the looking glass? Ya non-coporial twin

He's sayin that you got the win

Such lies that ya tellin yaself

Ya punishment's banishment to the highest shelf

No rescue attempts to be made

Ya rhymes'll be confiscated till the end of time

The bottom line? The Branch'll never think to align

With any faction that ranks at such a low grade

I keep keys and codes to fool my foes

Watch where ya step. I put false forks in roads

I got codes and keys, keys and codes

Foolin ya softly. Build dead ends from roads

Nothin difficult, but still genius as hell

Turn asphalt into brick. Ya skull split so well

They said I couldn't rhyme. They wasn't exactly wrong

But I do it anyway, cause I never obey

Taking time to analyze my rhyme will never ease ya mind

So just sit back and unwind, cause ya outta time

There's a danger when ya underestimate me

Makes ya think you can spit any old rhyme

You can rush the production, Never take the time

To hand-craft a song originally

Too much emphasis on concepts that don't apply

It's like walkin around in a constant rage

You need to calm down at some point and act ya age

Cause ain't nobody really getting paid to die

Beefin' on wax don't really pay the cash

Like in the old days with Compton's N-W-As

That market got saturated in different ways

So when they fall, it tends to make a big splash

No stayin power, Catalog's a joke

Three albums they done, It happened to more than one

Too busy clubbin', ballin, and havin fun

To see how their career just went up in smoke

I got codes and keys, keys and codes

Foolin ya softly, Build dead ends from roads

Nothin difficult, but still genius as hell

Turn asphalt into brick, Ya skull split so well

They said I couldn't rhyme, They wasn't exactly wrong

But I do it anyway, cause I never obey

Taking time to analyze my rhyme will never ease ya mind

So just sit back and unwind, cause ya outta time