the ABYSS Lyrics

Always remember

Your focus determines your reality

Stay close to me

I don't like the way she lookin' at me like I'm easy prey

And I don't like way you talk about me when you think it's safe

I can see your faces, jealousy and hatred

Guess that's par for the course, no PGA

And ya know I can't smoke too many trees today

Or some of you narcs gon' report me to the EPA

So, I gotta be cool, I gotta lay low

Gotta start gettin' paid under the table

You know I gotta bend a few rules to build this label

And gotta keep persuadin' these fools I wear a halo

I finesse some extra money for the clout

Turn around, convince the public that it's not what we're about

Mix religion and tradition with ambition for fame

That's how we play ya for your cash

And why we call it the game

You, you've given me this platform that I've got

Envision me as somethin' that I'm not

You treat me like a messenger from God

Behind this mic, well who's to say I'm not

Let me explain

Here's the thing, I came up in the church

People don't know what they believe

But they're still makin' it work

They know without it, if they doubt it

They'd be aimless or worse

And anyhow, they fear the ground

Out of disdain for the dirt

All they say is rehearsed

Perfectly tailored to furnish

Their perfect places of worship

Where they abstain from the world

And pretend to pray to an otherworldly creator in turn

Knowing that everyone else, sadly is slated to burn

And so, that's where I'm from

And all that I ever knew

Until I turned 21 and graduated from school

With like zero net worth and a network full

Of only good little Christians like I was too

So my solution was a clever combination of that

And another convenient factor that I'm clever at rap

If my ability could get me all the things that I lack

Then Christian music may have been the only means that I had

Wack

You, you've given me this platform that I've got

Envision me as somethin' that I'm not

You treat me like a messenger from God

Behind this mic, well who's to say I'm not

Can't you see I'm just as lost as you

I still dream of lookin' for the truth

Should I hide the doubts inside my soul

To fit into the mold

You will be safe

And that was it, I thought

Pandora's box was shut for good

I had stared too long into the abyss

Until finally it was staring right back at me

And that's when I met her