Student of the Game Lyrics

I'mma always be a student of the game, but teaching the teacher's a regular

After writing raps in the hallway in high school, I completed my metaphors

And I said OK when she threw it up, she the goddess of asses, call her Epona

She too light-skin, what you do to my retinas, beauty so blinding, et cetera

I met her instead of the limelight, so when I get it I'mma be ahead of 'em

I was top 5 10 from 7 to 11 then I saw that no one's a veteran

Then I got even better again, now my rhymes tight and I got a plethora

I'm a lone wolf when I'm in the booth on the mic, spit the whole truth, then I sing a tune

Niggas want beef, what you gon' do, can you bring a beat you produced with your own two hands

And a flow they can't tell if it's old or new

I control the pans well, I could slow the loop

I could smoke a vamp, hell, I can mold a groove

I got songs the fans felt cuz I spoke it too

I could dumb this shit down for the critics

But I don't like the sound of the crickets

And I'm pounding the rhythms and blues

Drinking's painful, they be like "Lil Xay, oh shit, how does he flip it"

I don't wanna be out of the ridicules, but the interviews, I'm not down for too many

The camera ain't been around for a minute, I cant give them a frown for the vision

Cause I'mma always be a student of the game, was teaching the teachers initially

After writing raps in the hallway in high school, I completed my similes

And she wanna four-way with two of her lady friends, she said threesomes are history

So I said OK when she threw it back, these knickers too impacted by my energy

Up on Broadway mean they do the acting, it ain't cool to cap, just ask your enemies

And they all say that I do the best when I go through the whack shit in my memories

So In the Dark Hour, here it comes, I ain't usually lacking on my symmetry

So it's part of the group

First I dropped What Happened

When I drop this new tape, put it all in a loop

And we'll see if you're smart or confused

I got demons, not calling a truce, I had my heart in a noose

That's why it's hard to give part of it to any party and they say I'm sorry for you

But I just put that shit in my art, so it's cool

All these nights filled with dark in my room, felt the bite, Peter Parker my dude

I would die for this game like a martyr would do, see I'm partly a fool, but I also am smart, clever too

And I'm starting to value my heart more than all of the fools, when it's light I might conquer my mood

And I'll fight 'til I'm stronger, I'll write verses longer 'til I can spit all of the truth

Yeah

And the truth is that I'm in the top one percent of the game

Tell me how could you switch up when you got a lil sip of the fame

I'll drop this single and then when the album drops, it'll simmer the flames

It's the dark hour, let it out, you're human, just with a bit of the pain

I got it too, shit, but I use it to express and explain

I might have depression all day but music seems to lessen the sting

And my homies blessings to me

And the rest y'all can get out the way

Do not get up in my path or down in my space, I done got a couple of raps out of the day

You can not jumble my tracks how they in place

And I tried to love in the past, now I'm insane

I guess I've been that for longer than I would think

I'm stronger when I'm in pain, I conquer what's in my brain

I might make a song that ponders all of the shame

Tell me what you want, I'm kinda stuck in your wave

Yeah, I wanna go get it hot you not, I rock, they watch how I talk on the beat

Rhyming is sicker than Covid, a cough, so I often describe it as vomiting phrases

Timing is crazy, just look how I jot my thoughts on the line on the daily

I been walkin' away from the dark

Just wait 'til May end, the hours'll start to be changing