[Verse 1: iD the Poet] My time is limited So listen-in close Conscience flowing over Best that I confess it in prose Dopes don't understand the dosage they're takin Is making em slow Hands are shaking Mistaken static for their status quo and i quote He's an addict with a habit And he's at it again Emphatically fiending To rock the microphone or the pad & the pen Diagnosed as an artist dependent on writing these hymns Sufficient amounts of hip hop & Cali' crops are my medicines The difference is doctor iD writes his own prescriptions My disorder is causing disorder And problems for them It's substance abuse With every single stroke of my pen Music Ritalin holding attention of primitive kids I see all the lies in their rhymes like Community forgotten in the limelight Kings' money ain't a divine rig ht To rock mics Lions know that there's no Throne in the wild We are all staring at the sun Suffering while we wait for the next second coming
[VERSE 2: iD the Poet] It's a cold world when it's winter And the heat don't work Red ink even though i spend the whole week at work After buying a buss pa**, nice pants and a shirt And something healthy to eat I can barely afford to be at work I gotta stop and take stock of the toxins I'm taking in Before the shadows I'm boxing Start clocking wins Darkness overcomes when the light won't shine enough It's blowing in the wind black smoke and the vapor dust When all you're seeking is these walls and their secrets It's a heavy haul and burden And it makes for long weekends So play dumb as they advise us to stay numb There's another mountain beyond the one that you're falling from I see all the lies in their rhymes like Community forgotten in the limelight Kings use money as divine right Even the lions know there's no throne in the wild We're all staring at the Sun suffering While we wait for the next second coming