[Verse: Niemem Khalil]
I was on a mission
To get in this industry
Back when I represented Fortune
Then became a young new breed representer
Income misfortune
Couldn't count my percentage
Forget it
It's not important
For real
All I wished to do was go get it
If it's music, then I'm wit' it
Ethical decision making
Sell my soul only to sprint rigid bumps in the road
Or climb these potholes and
Make a canyon out of a grand piano
With temper tantrums
And a couple fee-fat-fo's
Show me the mysteries in life
But you can't say nothing to me 'bout these rhymes, bro
You could sell your soul or your mind
But I feel it's fine for me to keep mind though
Your flow is artificial, it's official
Atlantis got record deals and they're signing Scuba-Steve
Put the same mask on everyday cause you and I both know
It ain't helpin' you to breathe
Money will not help you to achieve love for yourself
Yet in this society, cursed governmental IOU's are what we need
Just to live, I gotta plan ahead
Expand the bread, plant a hedge
Pyro on any reggie (sike naw), have you telling stories
Preaching any dead
Overdose on the volume, loud booms, loud fumes
Thy food for thought
Smoke detectors can't keep from ragin'
College chicks can't keep from ravin'
Aspiring artists can't keep their patience
Half of the battle is to just keep waiting
And that's real?
[Breakdown: Niemem Khalil]
I've been a young speed racer, in the driver seat
Next to my christian brother and E&J as the chaser
Get up out of my way bruh, I'm just trying to
Get to the top, so hot, I'll make the sauna raise up
Bet money, I'll blaze up
Now say what
Your maturity needs to raise up
Cause following your dreams can mean taking pay cuts
You really need to wake up
Corporate does anything just to stay up
Send you checks and watch you do the nae-nah (Nae-Nae)
Have you acting like the same ni##a that you came from
And that's just literal