Josh M. & Ben S. - Track 7 lyrics

[Verse 1] I live young, wild, and free Been living this way since the age of 13 I was the age of 13 when I had first seen the raw deal we was cut in this culture Nothing but vultures s**ing all the blood from our culture That's why I never criticized a blood Did a crip decide to thug? Did a fish decide to swim? Nah, but, given gills, it likely swum, right? So why are we expected to go down with no fight? Survival instincts keep telling me I'm the fittest and to try As you might know They tell this fairy tale talking about some "high road" Even a matador wouldn't try to kick that bull Every OG knows 'less you ballin', spittin', or slingin', you full Of ambition with not nan ticket inside the winner's circle And watching the players ball on the big screen You start to want to get and eat your cake piece Shinin' and glistenin' in HD So middle finger to you but you could pay me Started writing these rhymes Cruisin' to the top in this Odyssey And you could miss me with the crap, it ain't easy Thinking of the right words to spit and you got the rent due later? But they say Mary Jane is an inspiration Step 1: Get your mind cut loose and Step 2: Put the pen to paper So I did, to take away the pain like 2Pac say And got a li'l flossy and tossed a few shots, ay Soon all these lyrical wizards that's in it for the music Just ain't have tricks up they sleeve, the battle, they had to lose it Success That's all I wanna be full of They were full of it School's just a good way to owe them a mil' dubs, man Get a little cheddar in your pocket, see how hard you be cheesin' Money can't buy happiness? Well lackin' won't either Get yourself a couple honeys, that'll get the vibe right Who you gon' trust? Me or some loser who lost the limelight Man, I'm telling you, do not stop 'til you get your check I'm on top, don't you get it? The Odyssey don't wreck No matter how much I crash, I'm on one next to these fools I got diamonds all in my chain and my whips all be icy, too There's a caution sign on my Rollie Throw your salt, that thing won't melt They were selling you dreams I sell you what could be yours if you choose If you snooze you lose And they sleep on anything that don't make moves Be smart, don't be like them Be like me and just cut it loose It's prime-- --Wait, crap! The money's overdue! Chill, man, I promise you I'mma-- [Chorus] Fly as high As high as you like But the lightning Will still strike Don't matter What risk you take Because the earth Will still quake [Verse 2] As the smoke rolls in Even the eyes of an eagle are blinded, strike lightning Tempestuous thunder hear the cry, there's no use fighting it Mother Earth must throw the temper tantrum we incited She isn't pleased, and it's ironic Smoked while trying to buy chronic Getting closer to nature got him sent to Heaven My God, and especially rest in peace 'Cause he sought peace and got hit with the piece by the same man Any sane man could see even through the mist how we've messed up A person with no purpose is bound to become dejected A lotus with no roots is bound to float off with the current And close off to the future even if it carried a present In these end times of trend rhymes and them mimes A check finds more precedence than writing with pa**ion Cash and greed rule everything around us But you can't just be all about stacks The planet will fight back and win I won't get into it much yet, but the reason I'm here with y'all now is love Love of the game, the love in my brain He came for success, much less noble, his heart left in pain Twisted, jagged Josh turned into Jash as thorns rose and became So let the skies crash with the percussive, cursed, recursive cussing Captured by the clanging, banging anger of an angel But who am I to lecture you like we were fam? You still don't even know who I am [Chorus]