D.Ford - Survival Tactics Verse lyrics

Am I a free man or a freemason? Looking for a haven can't say my location Unless we adjacent I'm running out of patience I let my mind free I'll get lost in imagination This is my salvation born up as a renegade, center stage Living off an escapade it always just escalates Me and Raetrix decimate always go and celebrate My feelings just resonate till the point that we see heavens gates Uhh This is crucial, truthful our way of living is a little bit unusual It got unnoticed until you mean your tombstone 6 feet deep ain't no body at you're funeral so Before I see light at the end of the tunnel I keep that hustle making double just to stay out of trouble Even Biggie had his everyday struggle Rollin' up from the rubble of the old school, but this a whole new jungle I stay like a daimyo I shoguns so go run go ape sh*t like Gohan To see my potential has finally awoken And it's evident, feels like I'm battling veterans Like I'm a mouse and I took out an elephant We are the regimite and if you want to battle then you'll need a prerequisite k**ing all these rappers got me feeling like the reaper He came for me once so you know I gotta cheat him Givin' many obstacles I guess I learned to free run So I keep on fighting until I see my freedom I count my blessings born to die a legend Never second guessed it cuz these flows leaving impressions To be respected or die on the spot, run from the cops Cuz a man just got shot They're saying hip hop is dead, it bled it's red, but instead I'm seeing it's revival and it's vital The next era picking up the torch ready to go to war And that's the life cycle Martin had a dream, I've been having nightmares Can you see me making it down to Timesquare At the crossroads where people don't seem to fight fair So I'mma k** em' all and beat the odds I swear