[Intro]
Hey yo yo none of that, none of that
Gimme that sh** right here
Lemme sign my name up on a b**h!
That's N-O-V-A...make that sh** look proper
[Verse 1: N0va]
Leave my marks on the history books
Slipping through years singing through eras – hitting the hooks
Storing elephants in Crannies and Nooks
Cuz I just pack it with substance – never judge a book by the cover and looks
I been big -treading and watching my step
But I been crushing all the mountains and the motions don't rest
I been doing more damage and its causing me stress
Keeps feeling like my hearts jumping out of my chest
All I want is the weed smoke
Keeps me away the heat tho
B-Students be making the C-Note
All lives matter but we don't
Forget it
The perspectives pathetic
We resort to ending lives rather than be sympathetic
[Hook]
Seconds upon Seconds
Pa** me by
Lessons upon Lessons
Can Stack my Mind
X2
[Verse 2: N0va]
I can bob and weave
But life keeps hitting me harder and harder
Got my guards up but the jabs stretching Farther and farther
I get knocked out and I keep hearing the words of my father
Son get yo a** up – you better be ready to fight fo yo honor
I got broken down only to find myself getting stronger
We're all on a conveyer belt on the way to the slaughter
I could try to escape but these days its like I can't be bothered
Can't be watered down – can't be conquered till my family's offered
Everything
[Hook]
Seconds upon Seconds
Pa** me by (Just pa**ing me by)
Lessons upon Lessons
Can Stack my Mind (Just stackin my mind)
X2
All the lessons I've learned all the time that I burned all the bridges I've turned around
Seconds upon Seconds
Pa** me by (Just pa**ing me by)
Lessons upon Lessons
Can Stack my Mind (Just stackin my mind)
[Verse 3: N0va]
Becoming real skeptical in my formative age
I found my home, but always think about going away
My loyalty freys
Like the hood brother who k**ed his homie for J's
Like Toronto cats who aren't supporting the Jays
I'm Always amazed
People play it loose with they commitments
Try to get too close but I keep playin it distant
I put my defenses up, I put up resistance
I vibe less with my day-1s than I do with my writtens
And it's a shame that it's a fact
Can't claim to get attached
All these lames sound the same upon on a track
I can't change but I adapt
Cuz I cut the chord from my ego
A stillborn personality I decided to veto
They say, like a knife
The mind is sharp
But like with life
The handles bend in parts
The same damage a blade do, a brain do – it stabs through hearts
Over time it all rusts, and busts apart
[Hook]
Seconds upon Seconds
Pa** me by (Just pa**ing me by)
Lessons upon Lessons
Can Stack my Mind (Just stackin my mind)
X2
All the lessons I've learned all the time that I burned all the bridges I've turned around
Seconds upon Seconds
Pa** me by (Just pa**ing me by)
Lessons upon Lessons
Can Stack my Mind (Just stackin my mind)