2013 Lyrics

Hard times New Roman equals new gains

My bones got bolder, put italics on my name

Give my all to these fights when I step in these rings

Blood, sweat, but no tears, not a drop on my frame

It could be deep pain, it could be bee stings

I'm a mortal with a name that's immortal as Cobain

I'm important to the game as Portland is to Dame

And it's a goddamn shame more don't come from where I came

My, my, my tragedy's my ink

No Picasso, but treat my tragedies like paint

You passive in the paint, I'm amassin' as you shrink

When I see you underwater, I pour acid as you sink

I was once a contender, now I'm passin' in the ranks

When I called it 'fore it happened, they was callin' for a shrink

When I was a pretender, they was laughin' like a prank had been pulled

But my inner self was certain I'd attain

All the dreams that I would dream, nightmares, they the same

From a peasant to a king, I ain't lookin' for a queen

Transitioned from a being to an angel with some wings

That went from being clean to the filthiest thing

Ah, man

We can keep it goin', just go all way through

I'ma take this one down, though

I'ma take this one down

Alright, look

I'ma take it down to the basement, back when it was based in

House parties, cookouts and the kerosene fragrance

Asthma attacks, good food and good graces

Cigarette smoke which kept my chest and throat caved in

Back when I would go to the corner store, the age of four

To get a pack of Newports for my momma, though, but she ain't know

Saw my first Glock at the age of four, held one at the age of five

But I didn't fire it 'cause I didn't feel too great inside

The tool was too great in size, and that was great 'cause by

The age of six, I didn't feel inspired to try it twice

Take it off my granddaddy's shelf and go and play outside

Where the odds would've been high for me to take a life

I was only seven, that shit crazy, right?

Sometimes I hear the tales I tell, wish I was sayin' lines

At the age of eight, granddaddy told me everybody dies

To this day I feel he knew exactly what was coming just five years later

I'd love to change the world

But I don't know what to do

So I'll leave it up to you

Population keeps on breeding

Nation bleeding, still more feeding, economy