Ed O.G - This Is The Way lyrics

[Intro] [Verse 1: Edo G] Edo's a rap activist, not a pacifist Sick like a sadomasochist, y'all playing roles like actors and actresses On my game, put in work at them practices Putting rappers to sleep like numbers mattresses A symbol like an asterisk, you have to dis? Then I'mma smash your disk Play centerfield like Coco Crisp Better yet a hall of famer, behind the plate like Carlton Fisk Big targets always seem to miss Gangster rap is all fantasy, it bleeds to exist A finger's never stronger than a fist Took the other route, no longer on my list We can't co-exist My sho' flow knows the risk Spit it in the air it comes back down as mist I won't back down a twist Steve Nash on the pa**, here's the a**ist I connect the arm and hammer just like a wrist [Verse 2: Timid] I invoke images of instances of greatness Mixed with resemblances of figures of high placement So fly I define the why of divine design The reason behind it is because I'm a**igned To be, nothing less than Malcolm at the window Stir it up and mix in Martin in front of kinfolk The audacity of hope, the embodiment of dope I could ask if you could cope but the answer would be nope I know I have an ego, though, when this is how I work this You rethink if you should follow me or your god to worship I'm a squad of wordsmiths, jihad with the verbiage Your façade's imperfect that's why I make you nervous Swayed by what's portrayed but was really very worthless Betrayed like Bush did men in military service Is it all really worth it? Or do you even deserve it Let me re-word this, all you sheep need to be herded [Verse 3: Timid] No time for methods mentioned in madness and mayhem Inclined to lessen lessons of the savage and berate them I'm one of the greats and won't stop if you say when Rewind what I relate and intake all that I say then Lines define the kind of mind from where they stem I can apply to you what Geico said about cave men Too easy, I'm a marathon of tantric pleasure Too pleasing, you're two minutes of a failed endeavor I should be hailed forever for the clever and the s**y Even the good who claim, they're better still couldn't best me Legacy to be determined but listened to like sermons Sick of these rats like Indy Jones hates vermin So it's kinda urgent that me and Edo surface With a resurgence of something alluring with a purpose Deter those who pervert this, touring with their circus So don't be concerned with my spot because I earned it