Henry Taylor - Ideology lyrics

(Intro) This is my ideology A mixture of history and technology Hip hop story's they have hardly seen Painting imagery like a masterpiece Not a journey but a odyssey To the prodigy I'm supposed to be Or I want to be, a possibility Will I get there, guess we will see But I want I more than anything Let out this thing I have within I life where I get to rap and sing I'm just waiting for it to begin Cause I know I've got it in me Just need someone to believe in me Take seriously the art that I'm making There's a place for me here, and it's mine for the taking Trying to gain respect, For this subject Cause after this project,I'll have nothing left Just a chance to reflect and my student debt I'll use my intellect as my architect Using my dialect To direct The effect I expect But if I'm rejected Well then I'll be dead and buried Ready to be resurrected (Verse 1) Lets lay out my ideology The reason i follow this philosophy Why consider this the most high artistry Because above all else its about honesty That brutal honesty, alway a part of me Confined with rhyme and a decent vocabulary Each word is weapon to stock my armoury Toppling the dark parts of society These words have meaning Your just not hearing Laugh at my craft, act like thats not demeaning I use this for healing by revealing my feelings The pen is my sword with which I'm slaying these demons They're are part of me They're what i want to be They're everything that i see There my history They're my story And eventually Then they will be my legacy I don't believe in god but if they're is a soul Then it must lay in these words that we're told Help us grow, until we grow old And live on when our bodys turn cold Used to spread lies, and oppress the week Used to start fires, protests in the street Used to show love, our real heart beat And if knowledge is power then words must be the key Yet this art is rejected Seen as a gimmick When its the most connected And has no limits Has no boundaries Transcends every media They forget about it like they suffer from amnesia This is my pa**ion And its more that just rapping Painting pictures with words that established art can't imagine The most realest, honest, purest form expression Or the way it could be with its original intentions (Chorus) This isn't just ideology This is me giving you everything Everything thats dear and close to me The person that I'm trying to be This is more that ideology This isn't just writing poetry This is more than what you get to see This is my identity (Verse 2) Let's lay out my ideology This time I'll try and do it differently Im just gonna put it simply Instead of crafted skilfully like a Symphony I want people to respect this music Hip hop music Before we lose it I know a lot of you think that it's useless As an art form it's probably the truest He most realist, the most relatable I don't even think it's debatable I've got my reasons, I want to state them all But in one song I don't think I'm capable Cause I'm not the greatest, might not even be great I just want to raise the point before its too late I'm just trying to open up a debate Cause I believe what I'm saying, I'm so pa**ionate About this art form, about this medium After a change not expecting it immediate Rap is my life so I'm willing to wait I will fight for this cause, as I know its my fate (Chorus) This isn't just ideology This is me giving you everything Everything thats dear and close to me The person that I'm trying to be This is more than ideology This is more than writing poetry This is more than what you get to see This is my identity