9th Wonder - Slippin lyrics

[Verse 1:] Slippin, slippin Slippin into the darkness Spark this, everybody know that's how we start this Come home to fight night, UFC Tough with that Keratin, you best be I kept my eyes on my pockets like the USD's Ridin home from school on the USB's See my father didn't teach me how to stick up And where he left off all my best friends picked up It had my soul twist up Trapped in that Soulnado Used to be a angel but I lost my Halo Then I learned to stay low, cuz I had my wings ripped off I was movin' cars n***a, with the engines off I would try to rap, chokin' on my sins and cough My veins were frozen pumpin out that crimson frost It had me slippin' [Verse 2:] Runnin' with green devils, and I mean green devils I had never seen levels of a high so low I knew some mean fellas who was deep green jealous Locked me up in mental cellars they was threatened by the flow And I didn't even know, I accepted my fate Was a pupil and I waited for the rest to dilate Had my number dialed late, ain't nobody left to buzz Couldn't see the picture my screen's covered with with fuzz Spent a lot of life's years trekking light years to write here Faced a lot of foes, old ghosts and my fears Real men never hide the past and I'm proud of that Put me under pressure and I made a diamond out of that So we be signin out of that, see me climbin' out of that Ditch that I was in, n***a holla back So now I'm back and I'm... Spittin these Axioms Thought I'd impress ya, take the pressure to maximum Swing on a pendulum, problems: here's how handle em Change what I can and stay poised like Mannequin