[Intro] Knowledge, where the f** have you been? b**h I do the work of two men No, it never ends I just play the hand I was dealt sh**, we had to get it by ourselves n***a, don't nobody help Everybody watching from the side They don't wanna see a youngun rise, they rather see a n***a die f** it, let the hatred multiply I said I've been ready from the jump Now, can I tell you what I want? [Verse 1] Gimme some sense but a lot of it 'Til I'm mentally out of it Folding under the pressure but let me fade away Attributing all my abilities I'm quick to allocate Don't agitate my spirit I'm temperamental and terrifying Verify my legacy Lyrically a legend I'm a living legend, left for dead, before I had to honor them I call it like I see it, redirect if I don't like it Resurrect the realer feeling rape and pillage Like a viking, god damn! I don't make excuses I just go and get it I fortify the figure four, I put them in submission Now place myself in a position so we can achieve Little have an guava juice and now look [?] It's magnifique, the masterpiece that we present to see A surgeon seizure runs the peace of mind that you contain I want the happiness that all these mother f**ers preach I do relate, I hesitate to meditate with higher entities I'm moderately incoherent I sit in the crossfire spaced out Boy, I think I lost my mind, I must've tried to buy the corridor I ran around the corner I had a color-coordinated hallucination I'm seeing double then I stumble to another step Give me a minute I ain't even close to finish yet We dumb it down to be received by the incompetent Lawd, eh [Pre-Hook] Let me take ya back to '09 Ain't nobody really give a f** Back and forth the work my stomach hurt cause I ain't ate in about a week My n***a Imma need a motherf**ing plate Hop up in the women lets get higher, right! Take a trip and then prepare to see the other side Screaming motherf**in more until the day I die [Chorus] b**h I'm feeling Makaveli back in '95 ! b**h I'm feeling Makaveli back in '95 ! Saw my name up on the dotted line They put me on the row b**h I'm feeling Makaveli back in '95 ! Saw my name up on the dotted line They put me on the row b**h I'm feeling Makaveli back in '95 ! Saw my name up on the dotted line They put me on the row b**h I'm feeling Makaveli back in '95 ! Saw my name up on the dotted line They put me on the row [Verse 2] They sentenced me to 25, threw me in a cell And mentally I feel like i'm stuck in a living hell I can't excel or elevate Got a n***a stagnant And stipulate the steady purpose Execute my person I ask acute officially Then I make a decision Expressing these feelings My feelings I keep them far away And homie I'm just trying to live, don't want to die today So I get lost inside the beast it's like the hide away But I just want to find soul n***a how you do? It's all praise on the most high, Hallelujah ! Be it like who's side? Do it by the few time, Hoo Cha! All these other motherf**ers futile Useless baby Watch me step it up a level Leave them all in disbelief I lead, I never break a leg Like I asked someone but then I gave up Can't quit, came back like a junkie for another fix I feel like a poking Won't somebody please believe me? How come every time I lead is when they tell me that need me Greedy [?] Peak like ___ please won't you appease it for the moment n***a We could give a f** about your pain What the hell is hurt Don't you understand that your worth is not connected to your last hit? Now make another one, quick! I need it fast n***a But don't do all the fast rap that back n***a And don't forget to say n***a about a million times Keep your vocabulary as large as a grain of salt Cause that's the only thing these stupid motherf**ers want Don't show you're sk** I need a melody, a catch, a hook You get me that and we can get a generation hooked Tell them everything to do except for read a book Then fabricate it for the life you know you never lived Well if the training influenced, well I say ignorance The future's f**ing hopeless n***a Don't nobody give a sh**! Lawd! Huh! [Pre-Hook] Let me take it back to '09 Ain't nobody really give a f** Back and forth the work my stomach hurt cause I ain't ate in about a week n***a Imma need a motherf**ing plate Hop up in the women lets get higher, right! Take a trip and then prepare to see the other side Screaming motherf**in more until the day I die [Chorus] b**h I'm feeling Makaveli back in '95 ! b**h I'm feeling Makaveli back in '95 ! Saw my name up on the dotted line They put me on the row b**h I'm feeling Makaveli back in '95 ! Saw my name up on the dotted line They put me on the row b**h I'm feeling Makaveli back in '95 ! Saw my name up on the dotted line They put me on the row b**h I'm feeling Makaveli back in '95 ! Saw my name up on the dotted line They put me on the row Ho! Lawd! [Outro] Knowledge, where the f** have you been? b**h I do the work of two men No, it never ends I just play the hand I was dealt sh**, we had to get it by ourselves n***a, don't nobody help Everybody watching from the side They don't wanna see a youngun rise, they rather see a n***a die f** it, let the hatred multiply I said I've been ready from the jump Lawd! Eh! Knowledge! n***a! Lawd!