[Intro: Layne Jazzey] 4X
You start from the bottom
Then you make it to the top
[Verse 1: Layne Jazzey]
I'm a young kid
I got dreams to live
I got places to be
I got verses to spit
It's either you believe
Or you just let me breathe
I lost myself in your opinions
I lost my ID
Only gets dark in the day when
You close your iris
They wanna shut me down and lock
My body in a cage
Unlock the sh** again and get my
Body for display
I'm a dead legend
Made in the 80's
Born in the 90's
And i just died today
Deaf to the haters, i don't hear
What they say
A million ways to die, i just
Took an easy way
You live in my past, i live in
Your future days
The third eye on my forehead
Let em rappers know i got conscience
Put me in a room full of vultures
I will show them
An end to a means, a means to an end
I deserved to be the greatest
[Chorus: Layne Jazzey]
Everybody starts from the bottom
Then they make it to the top floor
I'm starting from the basement
I wanna make it to the rooftop
When the sky gets darker
Know the moon gets lighter
When the sky gets darker
Know the moon gets lighter
[Verse 2: Layne Jazzey]
I got a lot to prove cause you
Don't know i'm the best writer
Sprite competition got me spat
A wack cipher
And my pride was hurt cause GingerTrill
Was talking trash
Left the stage sat for hours on the same
Chair
Thinking deep in my mind i was the day jest
I should have done better
I should have done best
How can i eat off rap when they don't
Dance when i rap?
That's what i ask myself
Still i don't know the answer
But let's move along, to the next
Chapter
I'm slowly dying inside though i breathe
Faster
You don't comprehend it? well, i got rap
Masters
The rest are all my sons
And i'm the Big Poppa
Without a Big Momma
All i want is SAMAs
MTV AMAs
While these other rappers focus on being
c*nt punters
I'm just doing my thing, so you can call me
King, The Lyricist
[Chorus: Layne Jazzey]
Everybody starts from the bottom
Then they make it to the top floor
I'm starting from the basement
I wanna make it to the rooftop
When the sky gets darker
Know the moon gets lighter
When the sky gets darker
Know the moon gets lighter
[Verse 3: Layne Jazzey]
They build us up to break us down
All the time
But they know it's fire when i spit
A line
From the age of sixteen i been on my
Grind
Well, forget about the Metros, I just wanna
Shine
If they cheat AKA they can cheat me too
In SA you need venecular to make it through
Even though i'm not famous to have a point
Of view
The fact still remains: you gon' know me
Soon
I'm the savior of this continent
Let my music manifest
I'm shooting for the moon let me pledge my
Allegiance
The game needs tender care
But they gave it negligence
All they make is radio hits, tryna keep
The game alive
One thing to realize, that's how you make it
Die
They take shortcuts to success with their
Bubble gum
They say they Top Five but i'm Top One
In Defense of My Art like Tumi does
[Chorus: Layne Jazzey]
Everybody starts from the bottom
Then they make it to the top floor
I'm starting from the basement
I wanna make it to the rooftop
When the sky gets darker
Know the moon gets lighter
When the sky gets darker
Know the moon gets lighter
THE END!!!