Illogic - Tale Of A Griot lyrics

Time is but a position on a circular piece of mechanic architecture, It's running out So grab your pen and pad so I can start to lecture. Have you read the chapters a**igned? Made for you to expand your mind, Refined a voice of fine wine, Collected from a bleeding vine. Overflowing with, All-knowing gifts, Designed to stretch imagination I have in me the ignition key, Gentlemen start your patience Guarding patrons of the sidewalk junkies Eradicate immediately, Those who haven't faced their fate expediently A demon in me, Tries to escape through written pages Rippin' stages to shreds bringin' base to heads, Unlockin cages with thread, Now that's a task with a difficulty rating of, Five, Expectin myself to survive has always been in the purpose of my rhyme. I've always wanted to be Considered one of the dopest in my field And it'll happen, If we're not rappin, I'll focus when I build. A lot of kids In the industry already fell off, They just don't know it yet So until they get the gall to face reality They wont know regret. I have no regrets, That on the track of life I kept steppin, Coverin up the pain From the lessons I could only learn from Gretchen. Thinkin green, Thinking up scenes of life to wallow in, Hopin' I'm dope enough My footsteps someone will want to follow in. I swallow in depth, Chewable artists That wanted to spark this match Stop heatin me, Before my eggs of thought start to hatch A heart attack is commin, Smarter raps are runnin rampant And you, catchin them Is like havin a table with no legs and tryin to stand it. Your defense was down, So just I walked in. Yet your still talk-ing, You need to live. For you I've given all that I can give. Take this rib and be merry, Be a woman if you wanna Cause your actin feminine Dissin' society that your blendin in. x2 To be perfectly honest would be impossible because I'm human, Only half-truths and partial realities can leap from my tongue. The saliva soaked chunk of flesh that I posses is the key to life rumors Divine state which activates the piercing poison of its venom Exists in all who breathe Those waitin' to exhale might suffocate, The un-life's in a bag Just take a bite And gag on your fate. That's why I wait for news to break So I grab the screwdrivers and vice-grips So you get the picture, I can plant 35 millimeters in each eye-lid, And every, blink is a snap shot. For secession I hide under that rock, Life's an investment, If you invest in bad stock Shouldn't be shocked when it drops. But it seems, Sense isn't common anymore, Only few hold it. Others don't think,They just gotta deliver next tech Before they load it, And spit blanks Thinking they spittin shells, I'm mendin' heaven and rippin' hell In life's scenes, I'm chasin' dreams While ya'll chase your tails. I'll tell a vision, With improvision, Improvisin', Intro time Accelerate, What you half baked, Go fishin in Thought's Lake I thought, Faith was in the Christian, But I see faith is in the man With no legs, Claimin' to stand steadfast and straight up on god's land. I saw the plans For your mansion in paradise You already got your cake Started to eat it too And cant even share a slice? I said it twice, and I'll, say it a third, I'm better with words Twist and bend fractions, Make brain curves, And blend actions With reality backdrops, With camouflage slap-shots, Stop props from actin, Like you know yourself. Shed the noteless flesh your borne, To disguise your imperfections, Replicate thoughts that hibernate To hatch in all perceptions. What you hear is what you percieve, Take it in stride and continue to be, As a sheet of loose leaf in a hurricane: Free. X2 Unfortunately life isn't equipped with white out and correctional tape, Instead it come with lies to hide truth, tryin' to correct fate. Let your mind inhale And intake lakes of thought project-tile And if you wanna talk ish, At least perfect bowl Movements and motions As I build with the pen, I'm tryin to stagnate destiny And simultaneously rush adrenaline. Since existence is ambiguous you may take what you can And leave what you will, In other words Take a stand and leave what you k**ed, And if its an old self then become new, Become you, Become truth Personify dicodemy and become two. Come on, play your part Cause time's a stage And life's the play Theres no need to lock the cage now Since the beast already escaped. So grab the tranquilizers Hunt it down and get it tame Then according to them, You need to find a style and get a name. That's the only way to success According to big brother and company To surpa** that I'm expectin' Alien entities to come for me. To relieve stress I reflect how my heart rests In the hands of an African angel Pain Strangled in five days in a week From misery Deliver me. Find purpose Cause a man with out purpose is worthless. Next time, Try to keep an open mind When common sense freely disperses Concentrate My voice inoculates You wait for the serum Purified venom spit, When you emit oxymoronic symptoms. You are what you've become When you blend with righteousness While writtin' this the crosshair is one your consciousness, It's up to you if I hit or miss. I use the canvas of time To paint lifelines And create masterpieces So while the brick layer rests I continue to build on my thesis They say perfection is only achieved in d**h And my words must not exist I exist and I am words So I must be verbally flawless. x2 Shed the noteless flesh your borne, To disguise your imperfections, Replicate thoughts that hibernate To hatch in all perceptions. What you hear is what you percieve, Take it in stride and continue to be, As a sheet of loose leaf in a hurricane Your defense was down, So just I walked in. Yet your still talk-ing, You need to live. For you I've given all that I can give. Take this rib and be merry, Be a woman if you wanna Cause your actin feminine Dissin' society that your blendin in