-INTRO- "we smoke ..." up north so west smoke trees no stress -VERSE 1- once upon a time I was straight edge, past tense life laughed and said it don't make sense, pa** then so that incense fillin' up the room now our lungs dispensin' all that kush cloud neurotic mixed n***a, tend to astonish hoes they think i'm exotic tho, beggin' for erotic poems, melodic tones cuz they heard el got quixotic flows to demolish foes yeah I used to body those, regressed to a f**in' despotic tho these narcotics had me on my stomach tryin not to vomit built like pagan adonis mind infected by satan, demonic our generation hedonic, ionically charged flesh till we are charred flesh I just hit the chronic, that's what these bars meant, heh couldn't dunk so I get high my n***as drunk just to get by couldn't dunk so I get high my n***as drunk just to get by -BRIDGE- cuz we don't give a damn bout nothin' we just out here tryna function cuz we hella faded yeah we elevated -HOOK- we elevated (up north but i'm so west, smoke trees my n***a no stress) -VERSE 2- watched a snake decapitated ... left headless the rest of its body curled up to form a fresh necklace but what's crazy is the head started movin' and - bit its own tail so finally its life would truly end a crazy hooligan unruly blend, el's off again what's he messin wit, my point tessellates once y'all comprehend ouroboros - our time is borrowed that's that circle of life gotta give it back once we fade to black tho not all serpents alike; an urchin dragon the urge to stab 'em wit the lurkin' dagger merkin' krakens and servin' brackens till we curve and stagger had to slacken the pace so we don't fall flat on our face a gascon from space, whose soul has been blacken, defaced how disaster can taste awaits those led by a string the jon snow of the rap game ba*tard that's meant to be king 2x ^ -VERSE 3- like the black clad member of the lin kuei, we smoke a 100 grams between us each day, see roamed the streets of the east bay, the cliché is chrome to your dome with no delay, leave you decayin don't condone n***as betrayin', quick to cut 'em off like a fillet and … let 'em rot I just cannot, let go of grudges like I just forgot, f** a cop a polyglot, quick to tear up an ocelot, she's sceamin “thats the spot, don't you stop”, i'm in the box yet they still describe me as unorthodox outside of the box is still a box and I ain't down to be pigeon holed walking paradox without a pair of glocks, but you still rethinkin your religion tho cuz these n***as round me you can't control, some of my n***as won't get parole the devil stay choppin' on my aureole, won't stop till he finally steal my soul, damn the world's so cold, what if my efforts are feeble our weapons are lethal but we pretend like we're ethel just hit a bowl, let us all get eagle embrace this form of inveigle and elevate our cerebral -BRIDGE- lets get elevated we elevate west side elevated north side elevate south side elevated east side elevate kaldur elevated kaldur elevate kaldur ... ELevated -OUTRO- up north but i'm so west smoke trees my n***a no stress wingardium, that's progress on these tracks my life I profess f** the crew you with and f** the set you reppin talkin sh** get the iron fist, my n***as pack the tech in the new doom n***a, all caps yo girl called I ain't even call back bumpin' e40 , whole team medicated oakland to 613, let's get elevated