[VERSE ONE- THE TOP CIVILIAN]
I wish I had no debts and lived with less stress
But that's not my reality, so this is your check
Less maladjustment, adjust the order of priorities
Personify my life pressing pens on tortured trees
Take four of these thoughts before you hit eject
See your problems causes before feelin' their effects
You talk about respect way more than you'll ever get it
For every rhyme and reason-- no need to get specific
This is for the misfits, those all out of place
Missin' without a trace. Wipe that look up off your face
Time's been wasted. Ideas: ain't got the faintest
Dealt a hand by God, and by God, I'm gonna play it
Wearing our clothes like the skin that we're made with
All I want is a piece of mind and a band that I can play with
‘Til then, same sh** but different day
So open the Gate, or get the hell out my Way
[VERSE TWO- MC BREW]
I look around at this mess
I'm profounded by the boundaries of stress
Can't take a second guess
Dwindling like shortness of breath
And I know there has to be more to this test
When a crude attitude shines, I just pause relishing
When I can be roaming through new times again
Few men can even comprehend, only misconcept
You missed more than a couple steps
I been often jotting down these songs before I lost my virgin way of living
Now I rock with logical lyricism to give ‘em
Still working, still living, giving it, splitting the page just like a dutch
With grooves to crush and if the mood just s**s
So I pawned my lust, end of dawn now it's dusk
New material is crucially a must so here we go
Up in the stereo, to open up the doors of your perception
Gateway always wrecking- letting you know- with a certain essence and, yes, it shows
[VERSE THREE- MC BREW]
Some are obsessed with d**h as much as I'm obsessed with life
I'm expressing why behind these lines that are refined
You'll find just where that lesson lies
Not some second guessing guys
An expression left without a slur in speech
You're just a herd of sheep - no Shepard - no direction stepping nervously
When you heard of we, notoriety, were applying the science
Witnessing that bullsh** you're buying
I've broken ties, look in these two open eyes
You're just choking on hopelessness when no one truly tries
Seeing right through these lies
When negative expectations turn into self-fulfilling prophecies
You oughta be clogging your artery
Heart you'll never take what's a part of me
I'm lost in chaos. It's not a gimmick when I'm living this
Architecting our destiny until the end of it
Until the age is a deficit, not a replicate and never delicate
Behind this message you know we're always repping this
[VERSE FOUR- THE TOP CIVILIAN]
If you can't live with it, don't you leave it alone
Leave it behind and out-of-sight before it follows you home
I don't make myself known for the purpose of your opinions
Instead I pen poems to underline my own division
Of body and soul. Pressing the pace to show an image
Uncertain of its place and perplexed by the limits of life
I know the finish is d**h; the start was s**
We're the connection of the dots plus some cause and effect
Making your lifetime distinctly not like mine
I write rhymes ‘cause I know they'll outlive my lifetime
Grip vices with vicegrips;
Sight sutures my eyelids
See no evil simply ‘cause speech and sound suffices
My love is priceless-
No trying to buy it
You gotta learn, love, fail and burn before you find it
Try to explore it like NASA astronauts and Tang
While I sit with senior citizens enjoying some shade...