Nick Wiz - Smoke & Mirrors lyrics

Did you press the red bu*ton? The red bu*ton [Hook] It's all smoke and mirrors Wipe away the steam so you get to see it clearer You ain't gotta be in fear of what you see or hear 'Cause what's in the mirror ain't always close as they appear [Verse 1] It all started with a poem. As dark thoughts roam through my dome Always getting to me when I'm sitting home alone They would stab my mental. I had no one to vent to So I would grab a pad and pencil then I'd get into my zone It was all I had to take the sorrow from me Pops left me alone and I ain't talking borrowed money Saying I can't rap, these n***as tried to mum me Knowing all the while that they ain't have nothing on me They fronting homie. Something told me pay attention Wait and listen. Now I'm praying, wishing That I get my shine. I wanna glisten And hope that one day my dreams may come to fruition And now you stand in reverence And it's evident I got the precedence of presidents I been the cleverest ever since and when my thoughts touch down You think their benevolence is heaven-sent [Hook] [Verse 2] I used to think that if I blew a blunt of loud it Allowed it to give me sk**s I didn't have without it I didn't think twice about it but my mind was clouded Now my rhymes are more thought out and well-rounded IOEN smoke IOEN smoke But my verses are so blunt you thought I toked before I wrote Or the blunt smoke hit my throat before I spoke I'll either be a black sheep or the rap GOAT I'm doper than the n***a that you bit your lines off of My verses are over your head I'm a Skywalker A sly talker. I'm one you can't mess with My verses are electric and I'll spark ya My punch lines are more like haymakers I put in so much work, straight labor And I'll be a pay chaser until I make paper You don't know who you f**ing with like I date raped ya [Hook]