Large Professor - Journey lyrics

[Verse 1] Life is a journey, before I went the rap route I served n***as off the bench like Stackhouse Going in with no intention to back down My c**aine flow solidified, I spit crack now You get consignment from my mental stash house, I'm back Drought's over, fiend's mouth foaming There's residue in the screen, my mic smoking Time to show these n***as it's doe or die, my eyes ain't closing Ever since I started rhyming, the crime rate's lower And I froze my watch cause time waits for no one Can't f** with NY, when you think it's over We stay coming back like the Yanks with homers I ain't living on the strength of no one Controls my fate, I hold my weight and know my place When I show my face, it's all love If not, I say "f** it," I don't mind hate [Verse 2] How the mighty have fallen The city never sleep, look how tired New York is Where I was born and raised is a part of my aura I'm too young to die, to old to try the corners Truth be told, I'd move weight before starving Life has highs and lows like a song from Marvin Police take lives and go free of all charges Justice f**s us and conceives martyrs So I open my eyes to the vision of Malcolm I live for today, yet I wish tomorrow Is better than yesterday don't exist no longer I don't maintain, I elevate and just go harder With verses you sweat like a lyrical sauna The message I'm sending with a pen in my palm is The hiatus is over, I have risen and conquered Laugh now, cry later, this is the karma Hip-hop never died, it's just sick of the drama [Verse 3] Apparently I realized my destiny's To write about life in the street and its complexities In the city that never sleep, many dreams are never reached I ain't afraid to fail if later it will help succeed I'm the same n***a but money change everything From location to patience, it's motivation for every scheme Poetically I'm making a strong case concurrently With the flow presently redefining my legacy Life is purpose and goals, d**h is not doing Anything can be achieved if you believe, eventually.....