NOX - Always Keep it Real lyrics

[Verse 1 - ST] I grew up in a middle cla** household Food in my belly, with spare to keep the mouse full Ugh, but my mom would keep the house cold Save on heating so she could provide the South Pole Never the flyest, I was on that low-cost airline Seat in the back, next to the fryer Situation's dire, when you got plenty to eat But quantity ain't quality so I'd be called a liar If I said it was all fun games, waiting for the wire My father providing the way he can sitting in the fire Dancing with the devil, cursing the messiah Cause my mom pulled us apart without the use of pliers - Plus I need a new supplier My weed guy used to be the sh**, now he's selling China - damn How can we live this way? I always keep it real - how can we live this way [HOOK - ST] How can we live this way? I always keep it real - tell me how we live this way Last year - I wasn't relevant Next year - I probably won't be Last year - I wasn't relevant This year - that's what I'm gon' be [Verse 2 - ST] I feel a force, energy flows but no God No fraud, long white beard with clothes on More like protons, cells create patterns As they repeat the knowledge gets so strong I wanna prolong, my time on Earth but not at the cost of my dignity It's not even about how they depicting me That ain't sh** to me, it's just that I control my life And living it my way is the ultimate victory Get that? If it's up to me I'll hit that Blunt when I'm going in space in a dispatch Get me in a suit - oxygen for a thin lapse And just watch the stars as I get back To energy, transferred to another cause Another setting, another shape, some other laws I wanna live that way I always keep it real, and I wanna live that way [HOOK - ST] I wanna live that way I always keep it real, and I wanna live that way I wanna live that way I always keep it real, and I wanna live that way Last year - I wasn't relevant Next year - I probably won't be Last year - I wasn't relevant This year - that's what I'm gon' be [Verse 3 - .nox] My radius is constant, circumference is monstrous The meaning of my life reach Pi so it's perfect Surrounded by the right peeps, nox deep Woulda drank myself out, like "f** it if I breathe" Deteriorate, steady rate, poundage of a heavyweight "Wake the f** up n***a, you need to elevate !" Yeah -- so I pick where I left off Ticked that my Bic couldn't fit what my chest poured Breath holding cigarette, stress 'bout this damn court Cuffs on my wrists made it real, I stepped forward Yeah, and that's life for ya Engineering kid, but one dumb n***a Gotta walk 'fore you run, don't walk past your own Nobody's clean as a nun, forgive and live strong Yeah, I wanna live that way Always keep it real and I live that way n***a [HOOK - .nox] I wanna live that way I always keep it real, and I wanna live that way I wanna live that way I always keep it real, and I wanna live that way Last year - I wasn't relevant Next year - I probably won't be Last year - I wasn't relevant This year - that's what I'm gon' be [Verse 4 - Chibi] Clownin up like jesters Then askin fo sum justice Like who u tryna fool yo when we laughin at ur gesture No need na call no holy if ur problem be ur vessel With no mo choice na lean, fists ready fo sum wrestle Position, eyes straight lookin like a victor Submitted to em laws of strenght, and pressured by em clevers But projettin of a warrior yet his bravery got evicted So standin at a lost clad, we hope dat he wuz gifted Bu whats da point if granted, to live mah life ahead of pain, as i be walkin miles with cocomilk n sandals U know u had it simple when u speak o charm n bangle But when da street collidin, u be hididin, 'hind a vessel Straight up like a shooter, ask em ppl where da missile And straight,At ur disposal, freshly cropped fo u nxt victim Goin out fo broke, Nixon mask under me brethren Its Chibi, ST, Liam, Inside the Circle