J.E.M. - Pieces of Me lyrics

[Verse 1: Jem] Cash and trees, cash and trees That's all they ever talk about be quiet please Why can't I ever get some peace and quiet for free? All these dudes are fronting, want a piece of me Whenever I step to the mic the flow's supreme I can tell you still hating by the feel But I'm still being me cos' I'm being real 'Love rules everything', that's how I'm tryna see But these shades called reality are blocking my vision Everything's a filter - man listen to my precision This is textbook but pages are missing Rip another one out and write down your intuition I only see far as my souls ambition Stumble even further - my eyes are listening From hooks and books we're constantly learning I put prosperity on my heart but it's not for yearning Everything I succeed at I breathe and ransack Don't even try and jock my soul cos' you couldn't handle my flow They say 'birds with the same feathers ain't gonna fly together' Well I'm an eagle and you're a feather Forever waiting, for some acceptance Why do all your questions have to follow up with a f**ing sentence? Why do all your questions? They got false intentions We don't wanna' be a slave but we're still in that position Why would I quit my dreams cos' of some prohibitions? I'm in automatic transmissions, driven by competition In theory, I think this planets in a coalition Ruled by ammunition so this is my premonition Ready to get brutally murderous in this position On a rap expedition searching for higher wisdom But that's a mystery in history - I wan't answers A.D.H.D, my zone's like Kendrick's, and rest in pieces Yeah, aim for the highest title Higher than a priest, more godly than a King Something like Big L but I put a spin on it I'm just as ill whenever I'm being myself Uh, I'm just as ill whenever I'm being my, self [Verse 2: Jem] It's funny how we enjoy the ups in life more But only when we're down we can tell what's up Before I was used to feeling my luck As of now I'm feeling like I'm really stuck Not out of luck just struck by a pattern That reflects only with worse matters Something like symmetry, almost probably And I know I'm probably gonna' get out of this cycle But I ain't up for touring Just one stop to the finish line By the time I'm at the line I'll be done rhyming Recycle the worst things and see the silver lining Always a deeper matter, maybe darker but whatever Through 'thick and thin' you should always finish better Not ready, unsteady, feeling too queasy? Just take it slow Didn't you get told this ain't supposed to be easy? You gotta, find your inner essence That makes your adolescence more fluorescent Now let that mindset drive until you reach omnipresent Sever each section, study your own reflection Through the gla**; pain feels like forever That's why we puff lie and we cover it whenever I guess that's why you're always so afraid to endeavour This blood orange could 'un-peel' itself forever Uh [Breakdown & Outro]