[Interlude 1]
"People who love themselves don't hurt other people
The more we hate ourselves
The more we want others to suffer"
[Verse 1]
I burnt the bridges of mine in order to earn discipline
I deserve a simpler life, than having a miserable time
With school when the vice principle lies
So it was decided I would get rich
Or would die when I attempt to get signed
Get signed with Strange Music
Tech N9ne and their crew is blessed high with great tunes
And that's why I pray you would accept my name to it
Then I'd be praised fluent when lines create music
Designed to stay boosted, present whenever
And never impediment, letting up is plain stupid
Tell when another kids record is eminent
Best I can explain you this, as long as he gets paid soon
Then the rest of his tenth grade's useless
Selling his record is ready
Instead he's been getting his web page rooted
And I've been tryna get this sh** done since July
When I decided I would write to get an income
Maybe it's time that I should try to get some ritalin
To disguise the hidden side effects and visions
From my vitamin deficiency
sh** I must be a legend or something, second to nothing
Cuz I constantly catch crazy c*nts conversations
Telling a bunch of well-detailed bluffings
To people who don't even know me
So when they see me their first impression is "f** him"
Even several listen blindly and think I'm a basket case
Until we're there in a cla** one day together
And then they get so shy, don't got the internet to hide em
Cuz they gotta put their mask away
Most likely hoping I pa** away
But legends never die, so if that's the case
[Hook]
It's better left unsaid, all the things
All the rumors that were mentioned, spread
And they tried to put me down like a threatening pet
But you'll never see a legend dead
[Interlude 2]
"The brick walls are there for a reason
They're not there to keep us out
The brick walls are there to give us a chance
To show how badly we want something
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people
Who don't want it badly enough
They're there to stop the other people"
[Verse 2]
So all that happened was back then when I started rapping
I did not imagine these problems happening to me
Cuz I thought the fame'd be automatic
Automatically a lot of cash and G's
And to this day that thought has got me laughing
These two years of talking about the studio and who's there
You would know, not me, using all hot beats
And it's awfully sad because to true Aire
The truth is cold and frosting
Take a look at what these few errors have cost me
My counselor called my "hopeless" in her own words
And I don't think anybody else has noticed, go figure
I'm about to draw the curtains, on my focus about showbiz
End up homeless, and go drink some malt liquor
At least everybody else does think I'll malfunction
And end up in the darkness alone if I don't go back
To the math dungeon, and mold a crap-ton
Then end up with an alcohol-ier tone
Like I wanna withhold the philosopher stone
That's somewhere inside of my dome, staggering private info
And bad judgement, crowding it all, sometimes I wonder
If God even knows where I'm at wondering
[Interlude 3]
"It was only high school after all
Definitely one of the most bizarre periods in a persons life
How anyone could come through that time well-adjusted
On any level is an absolute miracle"
[Hook]
It's better left unsaid, all the things
All the rumors that were mentioned, spread
And they tried to put me down like a threatening pet
But you'll never see a legend dead