[Verse 1] Sleeping all your life dreaming of trying things I just took my first nap as the lion king I just looked what hurt back when I was dying felt Like I could never be a star now I'm O'rien's belt Mid 90's bred the kids that were left for dead First one to see the fall is he that met the ledge Given life to the street with no help from greg Radio was my way out but I was prepped instead To go through it I spat like I was special ed Magnificent my sentences are intricate not best compared To nitwits in these businesses my premise is over your head Like umbrellas and dumb fellas who met the lead Duck, ducking the goose, you loose and hope for bread You flying south for the winter cold weather dark nights and potent red Born in the slums raised by the red light Woke till the morning sirens and headlights Connoisseur of problems cuz swallowing pain constantly On A tour of my own mind tryna build a bond with me My mama want me to work for them I want their monopolies My ex want to move on I'm not the one who's stopping me My friends no longer fond of me, telling I'm hollywood Deaf when they talking jams like I'm signed to good 18 felt like I seen the world at best and worst Should I take over or wait till it get better first You hear A verse and almost think that I never curse You're blown away I wonder why my words are deeper more to say Work like I never seen a dime when I'm currently Converting foreign currencies tell amounts in perjuries Never let em know your worth, or they'll buy you out Never let em see you sweat or they'll try you out In the smoke holding breath so when I'm announced I can hit the stage and prove that I am higher now Higher mind, perusing through this light of mine Cyanide my contusions help me find the sign Sayonara my intrusion is personified As a egotistical hoodlum or a dying god Haha was that the gospel of him An awful attempt to aloft to Olymp-us of America hostel events Trust another Eric be across from Rakim
This time it's Eric C. call that ish progression I'ma step above the best and just a step away from excellence I'm a step before twelfth and just addicted to my presence I'ma wreck before wealth hope this wealth will make me reckless Gold on my necklace good wood on my pendant, Chao Pack we best this That independent living Welcome to the premise where we don't waste no love on women Everyday I wake up as a cynic with a plan to take over the business If I don't make I'll be driven, uncomplacent to this prison Never been aching for minute, better off faking had no feelings Rappers take the truth and bend it, then I take truth to clinics When the truth dies then I become it and you succumb to the realness Absent body present spirit, my great father is Mufasa I'm the long awaited master and this is return of simba Forget it I'm a Crosby my grandfather was Alonzo My real father's name was Eric and Chaos was all that I know I was grown up in the silence, conversation mi no hablo I was raised behind the violence super Grover super Gonzo Bullets flying and I liked it parents fighting till their psycho In a cycle never slept or saw my eyelids I could try tho Let the sirens be my guidance, in this darkening alliance With my heart and my defiance, and my pursuit of a tyrant Awaken the sleeping giant, k** em without even trying Silver for your second place this mixtape better go diamond [Hook] Baby from the middle 90, what you mean illuminati Living grimey still will find me, realest ever feel my body I'm the man of the year. Yeah Trick I'm on it if you find me, 25/8 365 and I am sitting where it's shining this my spotlight because I been The man of the year . . Yeah [Outro] Stick up, eyes on me I'm the lustering enigma Cyclone he take a spin and quickly pickup Rise only to become the new aristo- crat Bygones see and rely on me to hold the torch and keep the flame I abide all three, Chaos play ya'll stay on riot Mayday Takeoff Chao Tyrants