[Verse 1: Royce Da 5'9"] Lord have mercy, my goal is only ever been to become a better lyricist Not to become a veteran, not to become a legend Just to get better with - time I used to cut n***as, now all I sever is - ties I'm not a mogul, I'm more like Moses my flow is apart From anybody you see, your flow is a farce The Lord is holding the chalice of blood over my empty vessel That's under my chest so the whole world can notice a poet at heart And I reach over to this side, pop a collar for Proof And I squat down and shoot a shot in the air for Big L And anybody else who was shot down on a stoop You lame if all you know is swagger and your flow is average I'm cut from the same cloth as the cloak that go with daggers Biggest boss, there ain't no room for me in heaven I ordered my own morgue with no drawers and no cadavers About paper without the tree talk, but I embark though Down the road clairvoyant spitting out my soul until I hear air horns Until my DJ plays me a Don Demarco Shady handed me the baton to run, I took it and slowed down I took some time to ponder like what am I doin Besides un-doing what I've done Or have I become this, another n***a to drop like John's Q son Or if I become this wild dude who die with nobody's surprise Like one of Saddam's two sons Heavy is the head with no crown Just a mind that can move two tons, times two They signed you, not me You got a deal, I got an AK still So I'd rather Dilla drum like Ma Dukes son Speaking of moms, my mama told me you one of a kind Be careful who you're kind to son They hot for now, but I'm Tucson Name hold weight, alias built for lasting The sound of Elliot Wilson laughing is at me And haunting my rapper conscience Fear of a fan listening and skipping and going back to nonsense There goes the genre, it's over Paul Rosenberg is no longer focused on you Crooked I been out-thinking me and he still drinking Marshall telling me don't worry, but he been sober longer My wrist watch tells a chilling story of frozen karma It feels like people from my past came together to pray I don't do good Having a seance in the woods