Nothing at last is sacred. Oh how the great have have I done to myself? It's been way too long!"
We need to reacquaint. Things are different now, I ain't the man I was Hi, how are you doing? I'm new and improved even less to lose A collector's edition version of a virgin drink cocktail teller Gone way wrong...to the of no rerun
the edge and burned out before I even got my shine Holding my in pure doubt Out of insight. Out of things to shout or rhyme about
Yeah, I I was supposed to change the world and all But it looks like the got to me first If you beat em, join 'em.. Then hurt the team by beating
I'm different...in a way The only thing stays the same is change people claim their states, I state my claims Sage Francis a name for himself For the record my calls me Paul was my father's middle name, but Ray Stepped in and me It's crazy, but this is a I play
"Shut the fuck uuuuuuup!"
Don't bother calling me at all because I'm not Is that a voice-mail-bomb-threat or a broken promise I'm Gambling away my issues, somebody owes me big bucks My career depends on vacuums sucking me in and blowing me up
Poetry a nerve in the listenership Spoken word 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 somehow significant Meanwhile both are loud and And don't how to speak to a crowd in an intimate environment
I am different. In a way The thing that stays the same is change people claim their states, I state my claims I'm a quiet player who outwardly hates the game I what I got, which is a jingly pocket I do my mini-market research and noise for myself when I walk quick
I talk with while 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 this dish Where talk is invisible to the eye and they the guy they're speaking with I'm a real No chicken...not even fish I'm a real rapper My tape sucks, my records are warped and my CD skips
Lady Luck is a greedy bitch with itchy and a case of the gimmes I've got an outtie if she's got an inny, I'll clean her pipes and sweep her chimney The beat that's in me is polyrhythmic. You're 60 heart beats per minute A human second-hand-me-down-to-earth-guy who thriftshop-lift his hiphop
I may be getting too big for my but I paid my when the cost was climbing If I too many bridges I'll never get off of this awful island As as I've been rhyming, they 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 homies to out the liquor I don't drink You can flash your shiny in front of my eyes and I won't blink I'm different. Oooohhhh yyyeeeaaahhhh.. I'm different. Oooohhhh yyyeeeaaahhhh..