[Chorus: J Lyles] (x2)
We Knockin on that wood one time you know (x2)
That Im gonna be, im gonna be
[Verse 1: J Lyles]
A couple days ago, you see my mindset was different
At first i was worried but now im speakin things to existence
You see this music that im writin
Yea its settin the bar
But little do yall know i used to record in a car
No recording supplies
No cords for my rhymes
No plugs for epuipment
No mic for my verses
No headphones
No filter for P's and S's
Now i just rhymes with essence
This is an early christmas
Might've recorded in a car but still got yall to listen
Used to compare myself to people and was not aware
I had the waves and they got em so i grew my hair
And when i rapped on other tracks i called myself dissin people
But now im rappin how my faith works and it disciplines evil
Used to be feeble
Kinda deceitful
But now i hop onto the tracks and now i rhyme for cathedrals
Im witnessin' people
U listenin people?
The messages is peaceful
Used to be grounded , but now i fly like an eagle
[Chorus: J Lyles] (x2)
We Knockin on that wood one time you know (x2)
That Im gonna be, im gonna be
[Verse 2: J Lyles]
Im the youngest old man you ever seen
I had a vision in my past life of me saying something deep
This that time now
Look how dreams unfold
Or visions come sharper than a 2 edged sword
Im the boy that be here rappin alot
Im the boy that speaks truth
Im the boy that keeps the tags on his socks
Im the boy that looks up to his brotha
Im the boy that used to act up alot and talk back to his motha
Im the boy that got a dad in his life
Im the boy with two sisters .....
That helped me learn my left from my right
Im the boy that gets degraded alot
Thats a black on black crime , Uncle Ruckus is engraved in ya thoughts
Im the boy that goes to church every sunday
7 days of the week i serve God so i can keep the anointing
Im the boy that they would label a square
But meanwhile im the boy that they girlfriends rather have as a pair
Uh but i ain't neva changed on em tho
I ain't neva changed on em tho
Uh
Ion turn nothin down but my collar
Boy you gettin real bold
Uh
Im the realest of the real
I just thought that you should know
And im knockin on wood so the hate stays back while the mixtape blow
[Chorus: J Lyles] (x2)
We Knockin on that wood one time you know (x2)
That Im gonna be, im gonna be
I hate when people doubt my prowess
I used to beg my parents for an allowance
Can't afford that so i can't afford rappin
That could send teen like me thru straight madness
Mayday panic
Makeway canva**
Cuz ima about to write something thats real tragic
Or maybe something twisted that will keep ya boy from skippin
To a path
That i will regret
If i visit
But i stay neat, fresh and i stay dapper
But thats the same thing, racecar spelled backwards
I've always had a vision in this life that i can fly
But I gotta learn to walk before ya boy even try
There's more trees to climb
More things apply
To even think for once that ya boy could be tight
I feel i got potential right now to make cla**ics
And manage all the thing that i once called madness
[Chorus: J Lyles] (x2)
We Knockin on that wood one time you know (x2)
That Im gonna be, im gonna be