Poetic d**h - MERCY lyrics

[INTRODUCTION] Don't let these mothaf**in Devils come inbetween yall. They'll start trying to separate sh**, or make this sh** their sh**, or something that it's not. Yall already got the mothaf**ing plan. Build the mothaf**ing plan, keep the team straight, and keep that sh** G. Don't let these mothaf**as come inbetween yall. Yall got the power, keep the mothaf**in power in your hands. f** these n***as man, go get it. Feel me... [VERSE 1] Now what it be like/ I was fifteen/ And scheming on big dreams/ And a father not around/ Was nothing new to my community/ I was brought up in a private school/ But I grew up in the ghettos/ Where that metal gets to squirting/ Cause my mom was always working/ A problem/ And a victim to the public education/ When I lost my understanding/ To a Christian regulation/ In the real world/ It wasn't just the weed that they were selling/ We had alcoholic mixtures/ For the low if you was banging/ Then November 22nd/ In the year of twenty 04/ The only father figure I knew/ Was just a corpse/ And I was left up in the office/ Of my mental broken hearted/ Had my brother by my side/ But at the time we wasn't talking/ To my mom I was a burden/ And my brother he observed it/ I was breaking into houses/ With the homies like I owned it sh**/ You n***as never heard about me/ That same year was introduced/ To that Wu-Tang Cream/ By sixteen I dropped The Atma Within/ My first album/ With the first set of rappers/ That the Movement would be housing/ Then egos got to bumping/ Cause most of them was fronting/ And seemed to have an issue/ With the youngest member running it/ But f** em/ Cause life went on/ And I was focused/ By the time I turned eighteen/ Had five albums thumping/ But I couldn't even celebrate/ Two days before I graduate/ A tragic accident would take the lives/ Of four establishments/ The curse of Perris High School/ For all of our sins/ Rest in peace my n***a Paul/ For all the sh** that we did/ Rest in peace my n***a Cash/ You're carried on through our friends/ The homie Casper named his child/ After your memory kid/ [We say a prayer for Jav and Silky/ The agony fades/ As we walk the earth oblivious/ To the end of our days/] [2x] [VERSE 2] We're living in an era/ Where the underground's a gimmick/ And where a bigger fan base/ Gets more respect than your lyrics/ And where the efforts of an individual/ Will go unnoticed/ As they ridicule your name/ Because your skin ain't the same/ But back to the story/ I left behind them highschool days/ Before I took my a** to college/ With the hopes to make a change/ That's a 90 grand investment/ Just know that I'm in debt/ When you see me doing favors/ For this camp that I rep/ I had a homie from my childhood/ Who bounced because of jealousy/ And I use to have a best friend/ But he chose to join the military/ Low and behold/ Was left alone on my own/ The year was two thousand eleven/ I came close to going back home/ I got a nine to five/ Working at a warehouse/ Where a nine to five is burnt out/ And overtime's expected/ I figured that was it so/ I left the mic to hang up/ And I met my first true love/ So I figured I was stuck/ But then an altercation/ My job had found replacements/ And my girl was cheating on me/ Towards the end of our relationship/ I bought a camera/ And I started shooting videos/ On the same day they fired me/ I'm driving up the coast/ Then I met my sister Vida/ I use to build with Mega/ Then I met my n***a Papa J./ And brought it all together/ I've been knowing Gav for six years/ She finally joined the movement/ When no one gave a f** about her name/ Or knew her music/ Shot the vid for "What I Do"/ And everything began to change/ That's when the snakes come out/ They'll rob you for fame/ This was before The Cypher Effect/ My sister hit a million/ Before a broken complex/ Was ever in the picture/ Poe was that n***a/ So how the f** you gonna hate on me/ You fabricate the truth/ I'm here to give you the reality/ When Rev lost to Johnson/ Her rep was in the gutter/ So we shot for "Give It Time"/ And I even met her grandmother/ Then we shot for "Tragic Kingdom"/ That's when the streets was buzzing/ I brought her back to life/ Without a price/ With two videos/ That's word to Vel The Wonder/ Who to me was like a dove/ But how you gonna try to knock me/ When I shot for "Lizzy Love"/ And I put you on the map/ I introduced you through The Movement/ This ain't a diss my n***a/ I'm just speaking on the truth/ And JDS was flexing/ So I called him on his bluff/ That's when Self Provoked jumped in/ And started to front/ This was November twenty twelve/ I'm six years in the game/ And by the end of February/ He was dissing my name/ So I responded with the facts/ But his fans called it wack/ That's when I understood/ What Nas meant/ When speaking on wax/ My n***a mothaf** the underground/ The pain of the people/ When the beat is reaching deeper/ Then the lyrics that you bleed through/ I'm conflicted at the crossroads/ What happened to the music/ Have mercy on the souls/ For the sinners living foolish/ [VERSE 3] Now what it be like/ I finally made the choice to be a General/ Recruited individuals/ Who focused on the spiritual/ We heard some n***as talking/ But we knew it wasn't literal/ I spoke about Atonement/ I ain't never done subliminals/ Before we dropped The Legacy/ I tried to keep the peace/ Cause I ain't never gave a f**/ About the LA scene/ That's not a shot to the fiends/ I'm just speaking my dreams/ Between a body in the hospital/ Or making the cream/ My n***a Razor on the one two/ Was checking on a n***a/ Cause I was losing sleep/ Between the work and the team/ And then I linked with Mike Steez/ We was talking over emails/ He told me Organized Threat/ Was sure to prevail/ That's when I finally saw the difference/ My n***a this is business/ So take it how you wanna/ Mothaf**a I ain't trippin/ Cause the same people talking sh**/ Had tried to knock The Movement/ It's funny cause they turned around/ And tried to steal our blueprint/ They lack originality/ And they're lifeless like a casualty/ So instead Ima do me/ And focus on the team/ I got the vision of a scholar/ My heart it pumps harder/ And the hunger in my stomach/ Is like a father watches daughter/ I'm smarter/ I'll overcome/ The obstacles before me/ Like the Gods against the Titans/ Or the pain from all the fallen/ My n***a f** the hating/ Just try to relate/ And I ain't never took a handout/ That I couldn't create/ But sh** I've help a lot of people/ Now some of them are enemies/ Who say that I'm a mark/ But they ain't never done a thing for me/ Them n***as want the money/ In a box with all the fame/ And I ain't keeping tabs on em/ Cause I'm in a different lane/ Yo it's bigger than the picture/ That they're painting/ And now a days a fanbase/ Will dickride without an explanation/ I do this for my mother/ For the pain within my brother/ So If I die tomorrow/ Just remember that I love you