To be truthful, being that the game has changed so much, you come hoping for the best and expecting the worst. To my surprise, there's a lot of love out here for me.

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I wake you up and as I stare in your face you seem stunned. Remember...

I wake you up and as I stare in your face you seem stunned. Remember...

Then I explain verses, that remain on the surface. At times it get deep, but...

Then I explain verses, that remain on the surface. At times it get deep, but...

Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.

Stay wise and the mind is untouchable.

Teach the youth to speak the truth, show them what peace can do.

Teach the youth to speak the truth, show them what peace can do.

Elements burst, gave birth the the verse, get the pen from the nurse, but hook...

Elements burst, gave birth the the verse, get the pen from the nurse, but hook...

I'm rated R, my brain contains graphic things, its turns traumatic teens into addicts and...

I'm rated R, my brain contains graphic things, its turns traumatic teens into addicts and...

Some of the things that I know, will be in your next Bible. When I...

Some of the things that I know, will be in your next Bible. When I...

Timeless, so age don't count in the booth, when your flow stay submerged in the...

Timeless, so age don't count in the booth, when your flow stay submerged in the...

Make sure the force is right, I floss all night. Get off the mic it'll...

Make sure the force is right, I floss all night. Get off the mic it'll...

Don't have to blow twenty thou' to get to know honey's style. Show her the...

Don't have to blow twenty thou' to get to know honey's style. Show her the...

You could try coping, I seen enough shit to leave your frame of mind broken....

You could try coping, I seen enough shit to leave your frame of mind broken....

This is the track that made Theodore wanna scratch. The track that caused the first...

This is the track that made Theodore wanna scratch. The track that caused the first...

Since fat crayons, I write and display chaos. My plan is damage.

Since fat crayons, I write and display chaos. My plan is damage.

Rhyme written in graffiti xeroxed on blueprints, students influenced are now a nuisance.

Rhyme written in graffiti xeroxed on blueprints, students influenced are now a nuisance.

I ain't no joke, I use to let the mic smoke. Now I slam it...

I ain't no joke, I use to let the mic smoke. Now I slam it...

What was once easy became confused and hard, which brings us back to the mystic...

What was once easy became confused and hard, which brings us back to the mystic...

You know that we are lost when babies are addicted to drugs when they are...

You know that we are lost when babies are addicted to drugs when they are...

Mic is volcanic, rhymes spread across the planet, I send out the scribe, now the...

Mic is volcanic, rhymes spread across the planet, I send out the scribe, now the...

Where the poison wind blows a deadly plague spreading negativity, viciously unto every city.

Where the poison wind blows a deadly plague spreading negativity, viciously unto every city.

It's obvious why the copiers, they copy this, soon as my data processes Y2K they...

It's obvious why the copiers, they copy this, soon as my data processes Y2K they...