Renaissance Man Lyrics

Renaissance Man - Jay Electronica

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Ladies and gentlemen

You are now tuned into the sounds of Jay Electronica, yeah

Please remove all coins, chains, keys, and foreign objects from your pockets

We're gonna have a good time tonight, yeah, yeah, here we go

Everybody told me to be patient

But who was sleepin' from couch to couch

And basement to basement but Jay Man?

Satan trying to block my shine like Ray-Bans

Haters never wanna see you bubble

They'd rather to see you struggle

That's life, my nigga

A lot of fakers in the place

Were invited to taste

And told me right to my face, "Yeah that's tight my nigga

You reppin' that dirty south dog? Alright, my nigga!"

But they wouldn't lift a finger

To light the incent or let the smoke linger

I ain't a Hot Boy but the flows jalapeno

I'm never yappin' bout how the calico'll end ya

Magnolia crack soldier creepin' on the come up

My grandmother won't leave the fuckin' projects, I gotta raise the slum up

These nerds at record labels played me Dumb and Dumber

So I showed the industry my ass crack like a plumber

Now ASCAP bangin' on my door like a drummer

The Fall's 'bout to put a period on the Summer

But back to the point, They wanna see me fucked up

Kicks scuffed up Laying back with a joint

They said, "Good things come to those who wait..."

Well I don't know about that

And if you can't feel this rhyme then sorry, Jack

You don't know about rap

And if you don't know struggle you don't know about black

And I don't give a fuck what Bill Cosby said

Cause the problem gon' exist when Bill Cosby's dead

And I don't think the revelation from the supreme beings

Residing or hiding out in Bill Cosby's head

This is the thoughts of a soldier

And if you don't like it play dead and roll over

The game is so over

The reign is so over