Nothing at is sacred. Oh how the great have fallen have I done to myself? It's been way too long!"
We need to reacquaint. are different now, I ain't the same man I was Hi, how are you doing? I'm new and improved with less to lose A collector's edition version of a virgin drink ordering cocktail way wrong...to the point of no rerun
Over the edge and burned out before I even got my Holding my head in pure Out of insight. Out of mindful things to shout or about
Yeah, I I was supposed to change the world and all But it looks like the world got to me If you can't beat em, 'em.. Then hurt the by beating yourself
I'm different...in a way The only thing that the same is change people claim their states, I state my claims Sage Francis made a for himself For the record my calls me Paul Which was my father's name, but Ray in and raised me It's crazy, but this is a game I
called "Shut the uuuuuuup!"
Don't bother calling me at all I'm not answering Is that a voice-mail-bomb-threat or a broken I'm mishandling? Gambling away my issues, somebody owes me big bucks My career depends on explosive vacuums me in and blowing me up
Poetry struck a nerve in the word then got 'em all interested Now I don't have to serve ice to little kids I serve emcees who think rippin' it And poets who think they're somehow Meanwhile are loud and ignorant And don't how to speak to a crowd in an intimate environment
I am different. In a way The only thing stays the same is change While claim their states, I state my claims I'm a quiet natured who outwardly hates the game I shake what I got, which is a jingly I do my mini-market research and make noise for myself when I quick
I talk with authority I question it When I ask, "Who am I?" I'm guessing But if you're a poor version of ANYTHING It is self-perception
Growing up in a microscopic town prepared me well for petrii dish Where is invisible to the eye and they hate the guy they're speaking with I'm a real No chicken...not even fish I'm a real rapper My tape quality sucks, my are warped and my CD skips
Lady Luck is a greedy bitch with itchy palms and a case of the I've got an outtie if she's got an inny, I'll clean her pipes and then her chimney The beat that's in me is polyrhythmic. You're only 60 heart per minute A second-hand-me-down-to-earth-guy who will thriftshop-lift his hiphop
I may be getting too big for my but I paid my dues the cost was climbing If I burn too many bridges I'll never get off of this island As long as I've been rhyming, only started listening Because for a while they didn't how I wouldn't smoke the pot that I was in
Plus I had no dead to pour out the liquor I don't drink You can flash your shiny in front of my eyes and I won't blink I'm motherfucking different. yyyeeeaaahhhh.. I'm different. Oooohhhh yyyeeeaaahhhh..