Greydon Square - As a Legend lyrics

[Intro] Wow What a journey Four albums Global following Still barely known locally [Verse 1] It really boils down to who loves the craft If it's cold in the real world then pa**ion is my jacket I want to conjure silly mind breaking rhymes That you can't express without the error notation sign That's what Greydon Square stands for Something you sacrifice not appealing to the dance floor They told me that I can't soar Yea, like a lion can't roar Trying to cope with the legendary status I planned for Chasing legends so I rap crazy Spitting crap that you would never expect of a mac baby Another 80's crack baby claiming rap saved him The whole package. Half Genius. Half crazy Rap or hip hop what's the difference? They represent the craft with coonery and we're sick of it So we're delivering More cerebral rhymes For modern medieval times Where justice is redefined And governments feed us lies Is he your enemy? Tell me when see his eyes I'm on the case I'll let you know when I reveal the guise Hip hop's a building about to blow and I'm still inside I'm the lump in your throat when you feel it rise That why your voice belongs to them if it isn't yours There's more money in the treatments than there is in cures I only have a short time in this silly world That's why I invest in my rhymes instead of silly girls f** a groupie She could never understand me This my movie that's my name up on the damn screen I put my heart, mind, body and soul in every project This isn't Greydon it's the group home kid Eddie Collins About to a make promise And 'bout to state it honest Til the end, to my fans: I'ma pay you homage And I'll never exploit my music to make a profit That's like Andrew Jackson hanging out with Davy Crockett That's like tea baggers and progressives socializing It rarely happens Like getting boards over Rodman In the end, I want to be a hall of famer Who flew under the radar hardcore like Danny Granger After my lyrics they'll rewrite laws of physics While accumulated haters claim it's all a gimmick In 99 I received an email from myself Saying you can't do this alone you gonna need some help But music comes first second everybody else Do it for the pa**ion never do it for the wealth And it was signed by a dude named Greydon Square I was still Apocalypse consumed by anger and fear So I didn't care I just kept gang bangin' Doing the same thing nothing in life changing Compa**ion on the shelf Blaming everyone else Knock you out at the drop of a hat I needed help I think I was in a search for self but in denial The military the same sh** a different pile That's a missionary relationship you on the bottom While the k**er instinct that they turn on they don't turn off You really want a ticking time bomb working your office? The socially awkward battle tested poetry author? What's funny as a legend I don't even want the title I bet as chattel slaves we didn't even want the bible The best part of my career was performing with my idol At a live show, no moment could ever be it's rival Peruse my lyrics then speak them into the universe Before a black man remember that I was human first A newer verse For you to do with to sooth your nerves While it's the perfect companion music While you use the herb Here's the part we credit Carl Sagan While master mathematicians listen to my music while they solve equations ...back at first they said I lacked the purpose Now they call me a legend, I feel like I haven't earned it (no) …this is the power, the recognition that this is ours Give me an hour, I'm changing the way you think about it Can't be paranoid if everyone's out to get me If I got to be a legend I'm taking you guys with me This is the next installment in my Cosmos series ...symphony of science I got Boswell with me (John) You can find me hanging out where ever truth is lurking In a universe made up of many universes ...Lucifer? Ignorance is the truer serpent You just fell for a newer version [Hook] But when you started rapping you didn't want to be great You wanted cats walkin' across town for cheesecake Me I'd rather rock for Pete's sake The spot for DJs A live crowd or the freeway This is hip hop. The art that oversees change This is what we came to regain True ascension for some they thought never could Probably cause they'll gave it all up to chase legendhood When you started rapping you didn't want to be great You wanted cats walkin' across town for cheesecake Me I'd rather rock for Pete's sake The spot for DJs A live crowd or the freeway This is hip hop. The art that oversees change This is what we came to regain True ascension for some they thought never could Probably cause they'll gave it all up to chase legendhood