Braille - Remember Your Path lyrics

Remember hip hop? Do you really? How could I forget? Remember, one two Keep it simple, I try to do that But when I keep it simple it sounds like something's lacking So I go back and listen to the track and do a few subtractions Grab my pad and pen, write a new line, add it in, hmmmmm I can't say that again, I already rhymed this word with that word So this time I gotta find a new way to flip it Is it that serious? I don't know But I'm not trying to kick a bunch of freestyle flows I'm trying to grow as an artist Charisma and swagger, catch you off guard, I don't look like a rapper Take my picture, I'm not trying to look hard I never been behind bars or tagged train yards With a marker or spray can in hand I'm an emcee y'all, I am who I am To whom it may concern Remember back in the day ?? I'm doing way back This goes out to anybody Lets give back Microphone check, one two, what is this It's friends vs. business and friends come first I never thought this music would be lucrative I didn't know if I was stupid or intuitive Crazy, a little bit but maybe he's brilliant Drawing the blueprint to build this as a little kid When I was fifteen hip hop was a dream Nobody voted for me to be the prom king or cla** president I was a west coast resident Moved to the east, hip hop was more prevalent Living in New Jersey my junior year High school drop-out, my future's unclear Timberland boots yo, I couldn't play ball I was at the record store, never catch me at the mall Saving lunch money to buy fresh ca**ettes That's why I stayed hungry to make the next step No more nonsense, I'm taking rappers hostage Sit them in seminars, teach them how to prosper Throw away money on cars and j**elry Whips and chains, that's appropriate slang We become slaves to the idiosyncrasies Of rap songs that they play on the radio frequencies We all desire a higher position Selfish ambition, it's a critical condition You're not giving yourself a chance Like jumping out a plane wearing parachute pants It's all the right words with the wrong emphasis Ignorance attacks, we become our own nemesis I tell it how it is, remember how it was? When I started rapping I did it for the love No matter where you're from, wherever you're at And wherever you go, yo, remember your path