Youngin', 16, influenced by what he seen/wanna be like rappers on the TV screen/ paid close attention & they sold him a dream/made him watch the throne told him he could be a king In the lab like some white mice makin' sure his flow's tight/he can't feel anything until it starts to feel right/put his heart in it for a need from respect/pride kicked in from a need to be the best Hunger did the rest, pushed him up the ladder/Phantom & the Maybach made him climb faster/samplin' success more than a sip or a savor/did it on his own, yeah he was his own savior Got a little fame now it's nationwide acclaim/tourin' on a plane plus the pilot know his name/gold gramophones stacked up, five mics racked up/ askin where the game is they say he got it packed up The dream collapses outa nowhere all the sudden/thought he held the life he wanted, he was holdin' onto nothin/thought he's breakin' ground, he was just diggin a grave/they said he was the king he was just another slave Not what he signed up for, this is not how he had pictured it/the more he has, the more he needs, the more he's gettin' sick of it/in too deep now, too far to cut his losses/poured his life into this dream and lost his soul in the process HOOK: And when it's over, you can't turn it back/time in-between yeah, you can't repeat that/ two ways this is playin' out, only one decision/ and either way you choose it's a suicide mission Youngin', 16, influenced by what he seen/life sacrificed just so he could be redeemed/made the crossover and be joined a different team/grabbed a pen, grabbed a mic, started speakin' for the king Message so powerful it'll rock you where you stand /message so simple anyone could understand/ spoke of hope and love from the one who gave breath/ spoke it to the masses gave life and stopped death The words turned to seeds, got planted into hearts/ told 'em they could do it over, they could have a fresh start/He rocked it with emotion so the heads called it art/it simply brought together what had grown so far apart Sharpens on his craft, improves on his skill /not to be the greatest, not just so you'll think he's ill/he understands the message should never lack excellence/cuz if that part is missing then the message misses relevance/ Never know the magnitude of all the lives he touched/the eyes he opened up to see the world was not enough/found significance and calling in the life of his maker/gave his life up so he could look like someone greater HOOK No return for either of 'em once they met the the reaper/realized their time was borrowed when they met the time keeper/on the porch with death they sit drinking lemonade/see the chain reactions of the choices that they made One became a legend, survived by cash and possessions/thought his money answered all but had him askin' more questions/all his fans forget him cuz their on to the next one/cookie cutter rapper gets recycled when his life's done Other chose a different route and walked it in obscurity/chose the Father instead of cash to cure his insecurity/when his life was over anyone could plainly see/God standin' there where a boy used to be One left behind a legacy of changed hearts and lives/the other fit into a mold same raps and change the lies/see 'em both in your decisions, struggles that you go through/both their lives end but only one like its supposed to HOOK

LX Beats, yeah, Finland in the house America, you know I hear a lot of rappers and a lot of them sound the same But see me, I got nothing to gain sounding like the next man, nothing at all... [Verse 1] As my foot hits the pavement, I think about engagements Education, personal life, I want to make hits It's so simple, yet many don't understand I'm jogging in place, in life I do the running man// Each day presents a new dream a new goal Finding shortcuts, maybe even a loophole Music is therapy, cause truth be told growing old scares me, remain Rufio// Stumble when I mumble over the hi-hats 3D when you see me it's like I-Max A live chat, present some surprise raps Pawn my soul, there's no chance for buy backs// I have daily things that I strive for Present truth, what do I have to lie for I want to reach the clouds, so I fly more When the speakers pound, I want to see the crowd// [Chorus - 2x] I'm not gon' whine, I'm not gon' complain This rap money here, it all be the same Major or indy, I'm still in my lane If I rap like you, I got nothing to gain// [Verse 2] I'm back like I never left, thread with every step In the gym, getting thin, pushing every rep Every set, erases the stress, chase success Won't plunge, won't die, no Faces Of Death// Greatness is kept, inside, motivation just lies On the sheet, writing heat, until the pen dries No coward, fierce lion, some can sense pride Purify my soul, it's complete, not rinse dried// Life is short, I resort to commit time To things I believe in and people I love Music, I need a fix, I believe it's a drug Ten years strong and I'm still seeking a buzz// Still seeking a fanbase, gathering emails Present free music, no need for retail Strong work ethic, working on presales Connect with the fans, giving them details// [Chorus - 2x] [Verse 3] Grace the stage, correct the mistakes I made Play the game way before the bases laid A role model, no hero that saves the day I just want to write because it takes the pain away// Use to struggle with writer's block, now I write a lot Mind full of topics, destined to be in Vinyl spots Not the final stop, I've been blessed to breathe Far from the best emcee, respect me please// [Bridge] If I rap like you I got nothing to gain Let me take you on a journey where I struggle for fame I want to be large, you know double my name But until then I'll just humbly claim I got nothing to gain I got nothing to gain If I rap like you I got nothing to gain Let me take you on a journey where I struggle for fame If I rap like you I got nothing to gain [Chorus - 2x]

Let me explain this out the gate, my game is out to break The brainless out to hate, my plane is outer space I’m the unreachable star C.Wallace re-invented when my method’s ‘unbelievable’ bars Way quicker, I aint Biggie, I’m thinner, slimmer Dreadlock Slimmm’s a winner with force of cyclones and twisters Physical inside of me, lyrical variety Angel in the outfield of pitiful societies Sit for your sobriety with masterpieces in mass releases Smash your thesis with slangs elitist No hash or reefers when I earn stripes like your last Adidas Bang with genius and hang the weakest Candid speeches screaming ‘take a stance with Jesus’ That’s no secret, my faith’s a tad behemoth My life’s a song and Christ is a classic feature More than Nas on that 'Main Source' to crack your speakers Grab believers at a drastic pace While Satan’s turned into a basket case trying to snatch my faith Demoralize him with a graphic taste Setting a tone, disciple in a zone, I’m a classic case Sex, money, murder, not interested I rather bring the Word bruh, God witnessed it I know you think I’m rather braggadocious, Yeah I’m braggadocious About the God I serve, Word? You haven’t noticed? The poet focused over tracks ferocious Work the corners more than roaches to smack the locusts Eating showbiz and most kids with thug over dosage Dre was the closest thing to being this ‘xxplosive’ (explosive) Y’all know my sessions are fiery With beliefs that’s a threat to society Cause what I say is never passive My vision’s in flight, this ‘top gun’ needs Aviator glasses (Chorus) I'm a take it back to top billin’ Only right cause Jesus Christ has entered the buildin’ And you can call it Bryant’s theme The way I’m hittin’ these streets, it’s like a riot scene Jesus Christ has entered the buildin’ (x4) AD LIB: And when we come through (x2) I spit rhymes real desperate against the bid That’s wanting my censorship, stressing it Hardcore? No question kid They fear the flow I bring the code of ethics with It’s why they say I’m cocky in the skin of my own While you’re desperate for the killers in prison to clone If you see me on top of rap’s dominion alone Cause I sought the Most High and left religion alone Sought that train of thought more than tourists at Penn station Flowing harder than faucets or menstruation Cause it’s that time of the month for rhymin’ so blunt You inhale my thoughts, call it a crime if you want Cause I should be charged with illegal gun possession Shootin’ up the charts and your veins with every session Now you’re addicts ‘cause what I verbalize is ‘crack’ Called the Gospel, I trafficked when you internalized the rap My words they ride the track more than jockeys on a race horse What I demonstrate as I celebrate a great loss Salute to Bryant, I miss your code of ethics Your life was God’s movie, it’s time I wrote the credits And God spoke the edits as I bring these verses back You heard it last and was like ‘You murdered that’ ‘For certain Black?’ You were like ‘Never quit… Or else I’ll kill you!’ ‘Thank God, I never did!!!’ (Chorus) 2X

I'm just another one On the list Of trying to be a rapper At the tender age of forty Some would say I need to get a life Thing is I found my life In Jesus Christ It reflects in what I write And what I recite Cats be yelling Don't believe the hype I tell them Oh you best believe it Play like Santana Moss So you'll receive it Cause even if you don't believe it Everywhere we're going People see it And like a crack head They need a fix So now I got them turning tricks Like a puppy flips To get a biscuit Buttermilk in my flow While you run To get your bisquik What is this? Pneumonia in my lyrics Cause I spit sick Who did this? The one and only father Up in heaven I'm still reppin' In my boots and baggy denims I get in 'em Like injections With a wordplay that's infectious The rest is Born of politics In your correctness Forget this My God He can't be messed with

This is Tuesday August 28th 1984/and 40 months later dad's exit out the front door/it's where she drew the line, he wouldn't hit her anymore/it's food stamps & welfare, the poorest of the poor You 'll never make it and you won't last long/this is the fight she found so she could prove him wrong/night jobs & nursing school to feed me & my brother/this tha strength of my mother that astounded all the others It's elemental middle school circa 1990/picked last, back of the class is where you'll find me/awkward, immature in the corner always crying/never seemed to fit in, though I was always trying Best friend in highschool, closest no exception/last name "by everyone" first name "rejection"/hate myself so much, wish moms had used the contraception/All State & Who's Who just to gain acceptance And when I thought I had it, is when it slipped away/So now I'm searching for it, in words that others say/and thoughts that others think, it really wasn't useful/I became addicted high off of their approval I don't think I have a problem & I think I'm fine/but when I'm searching for fulfillment never seem to find/peace and good news I always seem to boast about/but when the mask is off it seems that I can live without This is a human being brutally honest/about the pain, growth, & progress of the pain & growth process/it's a few wins, but it's more losses/funny how I pictured it, call me negrodamus This is older now healed wounds & picked scabs/decorated vet bruised cheeks and some back stabs/what didn't kill me & anything that nearly did/it's love and love lost and & all the love I have to give HOOK: This is who I am nothin more nothin less/I am at my worst, I AM at His best This is a different outlook, a different point of view/behind the scenes take of everything I went through/this is you steppin' in when my dad stepped out/with you as my Step-Dad the hope never ran out You had a lot of names, moms called you Jireh/so in the midst of poverty we knew you as provider/& this was the strength that you bottled up inside her/water in her veins when she walked thorough the fire Everyday at school you sat right beside me/picked me for your team when other kids didn't like me/before me it seems my rejection knew you first/only way that you could understand this hurt/ Reason why words from others simply wouldn't do/cuz what I sought from them are words I should have got from you/when I was fiendin' for their choice I should have thought of you/chose me for who I was and not just for what I could do Never coulda earned it with all my awards/my works wouldn't work 'cuz I couldn't work towards/the love you freely gave something I couldn't work for/so trying to achieve it wouldn't work anymore You were my Betty Ford, you broke my addiction/put me on the real so I could kill the contradiction/nurtured in my growth, healed me in my pain/and you allowed it all so I could never be the same HOOK This is peace in the midst of everything gone wrong/This is letting go, this is holding on/this is in your timing when I'm asking how long/my soul being restored this is my 23rd Psalm The most perfect picture of imperfection/framed with Devine affection from a heavenly obsession/kingdom now within my reach that my mind has changed direction/eyes to see, and ears to hear now I have your perception Demise of my pride, and birth of humility/daily death sentence so this is me killing me/every last ounce of me till there's nothing left/when only you remain that's when it's life after death This is my relationship an upgrade from religion/this is how you showed me love was commitment and decision/this is when I'm at my worst drowning in distress/this is when your hard at work, this is when you shine the best HOOK

We all have our lives with-preoccupations hung up on the lives of-the rich and famous oppressed and oppressor - separated by some changes you live in the west-know why they blame us we live in excess-with the guns that vanquish the innocent oppressed-their blood now stains us no empire is stainless-so sure I will abstain from excessive temptation-to deify a nation like this is something sacred-but yours is just some lame shit no I'll never fake it-we're acting just like gangs did we represent our colors-pledge our lives to a flag and deny that we are one-global markets stay slangin' like a street pharmacist -I witness this so sick illegal occupation-I'm throwing up my fist I see humans with faces-and willingly resist they share my right to joy-and to peacefully exist I reject your god, I reject your religion I reject your claims to the land you were given if it let's stand over those dead children and it blinds your eyes to the blood your spilling You claim an eye for an eye-but you blatantly lie cause you claim they took one-but you took ninety nine

ad lib A yo Walk by faith and not by sight Cause what we do In the dark Will soon come to the light And if we living without Christ "A yo that ain't right" Cause what the world is trying to tell us Is engulfed in shady politics Now I'm really sick of this Ignorance isn't bliss It's an excuse for us To act like Jesus don't exist We walk around in our bubbles Avoiding trouble Thinking works is gonna double As the thing that's gonna grant us grace But it's by faith alone There ain't a thing on this planet That we can do That's gonna take us to our home in heaven It's by his blessing and his sacrificial measure That we even have a chance To see the treasure stored in heaven But first We must accept Him Not reject Him in our hearts That's where it starts So that our spirit is receptive But the flesh is still deceptive Convincing us that His light is just perspective So check the resurrection Chorus: Walk by faith and not by sight Cause what we do in the dark Will soon come to the light And if we living without Christ A yo That ain't right Cause it's the shining yall (yeah) It's the shining yall Check it (repeat) It's like butter baby There ain't no ifs, ands or maybes It's crazy How the blood of Christ It covers us like gravy He's the number one blood spiller But instead of praising Him We giving glory to the thugs and the killers Praising money over God Ain't that odd? That's what we do For the love of money Is the root of all kinds of evil We're driven by the flesh The flesh is weak That's why we seek To find the favor of our Savior What could be greater Than the living sacrifice That saved our life Jesus Christ Even though we weren't deserving He did it Because He loved us so Now it's time for us to grow A little wiser in our walk A little smarter in our talk We open up our hearts To let His light shine in And in the end We can rest in the comfort That we're forgiven of our sins So Walk by faith and not by sight Cause it's the shining yall (what) It's the shining yall (c'mon) Chorus ad lib

[Intro - Scratched by Dj Grazzhoppa] *All you do is create a profile* *Add them to your list of friends* *Updating* *The Social Network* *Are you on Twitter? *Facebook* *YouTube* *Updating* *The Social Network* *I am on Twitter* *This is real life Twitter* [Verse 1] I'm not worried about a FACEBOOK Like I'm concerned about what the faces of books look like So miss me with what you really read I drop more wisdom than Rev Run's TWITTER feed// Paleo diet, surviving off meat, I'm a hunter Drop notes or visual content like TUMBLR I hope you dig it, what I kick is terrific Young, black & gifted, born to spit lyrics// I lot of y'all punch in a song I got Desire, a Pharoahe, that Monches on arms You waiting to blow, never shaping the flow, Your iTunes and video won't be STUMBLED UPON// I have knowledge, I have to share this, like spare ribs In this land of make believe I'm the fairest Plus I cherish, my existence on this Planet Earth Rapping about Social Networks, check the verse// [Chorus - Scratched by Dj Grazzhoppa] *The Social Network* *Are you on Twitter? *Facebook* *YouTube* *YouTube* *The Social Network* *I am on Twitter* *Facebook* *Google* *Updating* *Relationship Status* *The Social Network* *Are You on Twitter?* *Facebook* *YouTube* *Twitter* *'The Social Network* *I am on Twitter* *This is real life Twitter* [Verse 2] Allowed in the club it's all love no hand stamp Interact with artists, I learned this from BANDCAMP The game is dusty, I'm the swifter, a drifter P presents powerful pictures through FLICKR// In this game of who's who's, I provide a new view The point is to amuse you, like YOUTUBE Ill with the ink pen, leave the sheet stinking Meet with businessmen, have you LINKEDIn// Some want to cypher, some want to MEETUP I HI-5 the enginner, known to beat the beat up Bada BING, bada boom, I guess I like to doodle stuff Get an And 1 from my comment like GOOGLE PLUS// Pure heart, no need for a sonic diss or chronic hits Trying to book shows with SONICBIDS I'm working on videos, using VIMEO Rapping about Social Networks, check the verse// [Chorus - Scratched by Dj Grazzhoppa] *The Social Network* *Are you on Twitter? *Facebook* *YouTube* *Facebook* *The Social Network* *I am on Twitter* *Updating* *Relationship status* *YouTube* *The Social Network* *Are you on Twitter?* *Facebook* *YouTube* *Twitter* *The Social Network* *I am on Twitter* *This is real life Twitter* [Outro - Scratched by Dj Grazzhoppa] *Updating* *This is real life Twitter*

Lyricist of the year, this is God still showing off Like no hand backflips in a freestyle motorcross I’m “Carey Hart”, I’m praying Ashleigh is “Pink" I’m slick & very sharp so rappers rapidly shrink My words they actually ‘Sting’ With that ‘Message in the Bottle’ that I graphically bring to all these rappers who stink They gotta be kiddin’, rather be poverty stricken Before you properly listen to genocide, that philosophy’s prison Inspired by rappers & movies to start fights So a ‘Joker’ turned a midnight showing into a ‘Dark Knight’ Got my kid spooked, she ain’t trying to see ‘Bruce Wayne’ When shooters ‘cause ‘Riots’, I ain’t rhyming no '2 Chainz' Chicago violence? got that place losin’ Somebody fired? empire state shootings It’s why god’s calling us not to be complacent To live adjacent to what we spit in basements Verbal samurai, sharper than a blade when I’m witty Word to Malakai, I’m really trying to “Pray For My City" This is Nas when he was ‘Blazing a 50‘ Or Lauryn dropping ‘Vocab’, amazingly gritty This be a set from Skrillex, the ‘rave’ of the city Corey Taylor skillset with rage gettin’ busy Same firepower, but I use it for a higher power In my finest hour, I am Christ empowered It’s why many dissect how I rock it in the pocket More than frank ocean coming out closet when he blogged it! I pray they do & recognize their breakthrough Is in Christ, ‘cause though I’m nice, I can’t save you Wordplay & double entendres, won’t change you On Thursday when trouble is sponsored by grey goose Stumble out the club where your movements a crime Drunk enough for cops to shoot you quick numerous times (Chorus) Lyricist of the year so my god is esteemed From a song to a social network, I do work, I’m a machine Going at the machine that I rage against Shoving poison down our throat, I never play the fence I know you couldn’t fathom this spell of jealously & politics in Christian music, it’s apparent as well I know scheming is strong but you’d be reading me wrong Sayin’ I’m hating on rappers ‘cause I ain’t feeling a song ‘cause their popular, suddenly I can’t be saying squat Swear I’m drunk with envy, with each bar I’m taking shots Like Lecrae’s smokin’, but turning him into a God ‘cause you’re that open? Your idolatry is showin’!!! I love Nas, but I’m still not into “Nastradamus" That’s a promise, everything ain’t dope, though he’s that accomplished Can’t read between the lines? let me make it more legible Man made, fan made, even stan made & egos are bruised beyond a band-aid, that’s Jay Going at the golden calf you got these rappers looking like Never will I roll with that, I’m shocked the pastor booked the type The perception of saints we gotta change that It’s why a Muslim’s never disrespected in today’s rap A threesome in a mosque? don’t you say that I wanna ‘uhhh’ & I say ‘church’, yeah you play that! And radio straight empowers their actions But we can’t blame the artists, we allow it to happen Truth is, we don’t preach the truth to half the nation Too busy leaning on the church for their validation Trip Lee or T.I., Eminem or Braille Put any above God? that sentiment will fail on the real, believers worshipping rappers or preachers Ain’t no different than the teenage girl worshipping Beiber either So keep you eyes on christ or drown deeper In an ocean of depravity, rapidly like your name was peter Your choice, either sink or swim or stick to sin Or choose Christ, the king is him!!! (Chorus)