I’m in a liminal space
My raps originate from a subliminal place
But the conscious mind guards like a sentinel waits
And the writer’s block jump ya like you sittin’ on weight
Whether shoulders or the streets we always sittin’ on greats
But the thought gets lost ‘tween the sinners and saints
I hang on the periphery and center my aim
Cuz risk and opportunity: considered the same
I’m the difference, between rags and riches
Between a tattered package and the mayor takin’ pictures
Between a cinematic graphic action-packed adventure
And a massive battle rap in which I win it with a clincher
I’m a ninja – that’s why I make the ladies sigh
Volume up, gain high, when I let the fader ride
I’m only takin’ sides whenever the major prize
Is to see the insight only shown to patient eyes
Why? Cuz fear will leave your mind killed
All of these scenarios are like a mine field
And wise navigation will produce a high yield
If you have an iron will, you don’t need to try steel
But the guns and germs
Gon’ spread through the hood cuz the hunger yearns
The way an idea takes a hundred turns
Before it arrives for your mind to learn
Chorus:
No idea’s original - there’s nothing new under the sun
That’s why we gotta finish what we’ve begun
From the first to the last, just refer to the past
Cuz that’s what’s gonna tell you how it’s all done (x2)
If it don’t compute, you might be the type real
Who’s lookin’ unfamiliar, twenty-five to life deal
On appeal, with a record deal, how the mic feel
When it’s a lifeline to the iceberg – chiiiilllll
Titanic, undefined panic
Thinkin’ every shadow lookin’ like a live cannon
Y’all might brandish, the heat when y’all standin’
Underneath the weight of always takin’ wide stances
Breadth afield, I got one hand beneath the wheel
Cross over bases, I know how the speaker feel
Boss of the aces, I know how to keep it real
Cost to the patients, I know how to keep it illllllll
… Insurance premium
Focus on the messaging, not focused on the medium
And if the money short, then they will be steppin’ large
With your life in the balance, just like a credit card
Shimmy shimmy ya, shimmy yam, shimmy yay
Blizzy off the hizzy make you dizzy everyday
And they say ‘bills everywhere; trill everything’
But Blake stands for ‘Bring Love And Kill Everything’
Contradiction? Raise the opposition
Cuz I feel the tension with the logic’s imposition
And I’m in a position, to send the logic missin’
I’m not logocentric when the ransom note is written
Y’all just logo-centric cuz of the branding on your shirt
Y’all just in a panic cuz a Brandes put in work
Y’all will never manage the mechanics of rammin’ ceramics
through mountains of granite ‘til you’ve mastered all the training first
So getcha grind on / getcha cheese grater
I’ll sign a check like: hand up, ‘Please, waiter’
Avant-garde so I bring the real static
Every record that I make’s a postmodern Illmatic
No idea’s original - there’s nothing new under the sun
Even if the odds 100 to 1
Yo, we gotta try harder than just pumpin’ a gun
Greatest weapon in the world on the tip of yo tongue
