J Dilla - My Soles lyrics

[Verse 1: A.C.E.] Step into my soles, feel the gravel below Feel the pain as I travel on this abandoned road I strive to obtain it, you're satisfied with almost I'm attempting to attain it, perfection is my goal Ascension of the soul to the uppermost parts Of the heavens and descending with food for the heart Kinda like manna except this manner of music Manifests its influence forever in these students But back to the topic, the whole concept Of this project was to redesign your optics So you can see the object, the truth amongst the nonsense The voice despite the noise, after that continuous cycle You finally find your joy and you get that peace of mind I'll give you a piece of mine cause you reap what you sow And you'll see that I'll shine, so I'll wait for my time Please step into my soles, see life through my eyes Cause no one really tries to see what I see And I see that the sea is bigger than me But I still say that I'm deep, and I know that I know that I know That I'll peak to my true potential so please just let me breathe Uhhh... I said please just let me breathe I got visions I got to speak like Joseph, why can't you see I got to be thrown into the pit before they bow to me This is my moment of honesty I'm in need of that honour Peace God, now my purpose is explained I'm taking the globe on a trip straight through memory lane Peace God, now my purpose is explained I'm taking the globe on a trip straight through memory lane Step into my soles tell me if you feel the hate Step into my soles tell me if you see my fate I'm living my life well you living a lie just to be safe And with that being said, I rather die than be fake You said you were the king well the next step you make Will be your last move, you lose, check mate [Verse 2: A.C.E.] I push past personas and pa** you the truth I'm not a conscious rapper, don't tighten my noose By labelling the kid you try to limit his use Don't define me, just understand what I'm trying to do I'm trying to prove that I can do what I said I can And despite your mockery I prevail with my plan The same people that slapped me try to shake my hand Said I could never do it but now they say I'm the man Damn, I still can't live my life like this I'm such an ignorant, belligerent, misfit of a kid Who resisted resentment though he received contempt Never learned from his past though they were filled with regrets A fool to the world, but what's the world to a fool? Just a dream- I seen the scenes from my memory pool Regret beyond regret seeing myself with innocence Ever since I was a kid I've been cursed with this gift Rehearsing the verses that purged through my skin I found meaning to my life, let the story begin My mind stressing, I'm paying too much attention To the lusts from within, such a beautiful sin Searching for that happiness in all the wrong places My timing wasn't right and my condition became embracive Priorities started to shift, From plateau to cliff My mind was on the music, my grades began to slip Time will chisel me to the core, I'm not who I was any more You're more you now than you were before, that's for sure Now there's a different light shed on you, same you same skin All throughout my high school years, I was impatient There was more beneath the surface, my façade was really working Some scratched at it but they could never pull back the curtains But eventually the time, place and condition aligned I understood it all, but it was too late to rewind But never late for divine intervention, so I knelt Placed my palms over my face and asked God for help Asked God for wisdom and told him how I felt Like why I lost my sense of judgement and how did I lose myself I didn't hear any voice, but I knew that He was hearing me Rose up from my bed and then read verses that brought fear in me Try to change my ways as I studied the man in the mirror The end is getting nearer the nearer I get to it, the more clearer My vision of myself and this world is, step into my soles Feel how controlling they all is, now you gain momentum from the moment Do what you regret and later you hope God accept your atonement Betraying actions and genuine motives, habits and contradictions You missing the message my mission is more or less receptive Step into my soles, through this poem see my perspective Reminiscing the polaroid photos of the past in the present An adolescent transforming into an adult, lessons learned Mistakes made, from the cradle to the grave, that's life yo And this cycle, got me shifting pace, my soles are burning On this fiery path that I take, silently praying that my façade breaks And someone anyone really can see past my mistakes It's Time Place Condition, I'm just praying that you can relate From being labelled before being able to change my ways To becoming aware that I'm a King no matter what they say Step into my soles, stay still and start to embrace These dreams inseparable by time or space it's A.C.E …..A.C.E. African Crowned Eagle