"Odelay, carnalito!"
"Hey! What's happening, homes?"
"Hmm. You guys are flying high, huh?
"You only live once."
"Yeah, just don't live it too fast. You know, you might burn out."
"Take it day by day."
"It's tough for me to say, but uh, you guys are gonna have to learn it the hard way. You know?"
My brain activates the bright path to pave
While rats try to race me, write fast or fade.
From here to the Big Apple, like Adam and Eve
With the skills that AZ would say are rather unique.
Got your heart jumping like trampolines between your skin
Can it be? Nothing can even damage me within!
Stand between, me and the microphone, to hold the pen
With no idea what kind of state of mind that I've been in.
Get right. I was the kind of teen down to smoke a pound of weed
Now I raise my seed to open up a book and read;
With more to life and how he's thinking he's tight.
For obeying his thirst without him ever drinking a Sprite.
And now I'm here to knock down doors
To the dark room of your thoughts;
Turn the lights on and really find you
So if your minds that white knuckle tight
Then carry your own weight in a rhyme exercise too
Enjoy the ride! Like I'm getting you home safe
With road rage, while I'm drunk driving with no breaks!
I'm giving whiplash when I'm over this track
Nobody is this phat! Can I get witness?
I find myself awake! I can't seem to make my mind sleep.
I'll slam a chrome mic with a tight grip!
Like seeing me right before you see the light would be priceless.
Can handle anything, I'm decisive
Without the need of human beings telling me I'm the nicest.
I'm like Ripley's Believe It or Not;
To anyone who doesn't know who I am on the spot.
I'm no saint, no mob, or chain to break off.
I hate to say, I forgot, but time doesn't.
The Spud Webb of a monster dunk
Is out to Shock G, like I'm Humpty Hump.
Yeah! It's like that, whether you move up or don't.
Either way, it's gonna sting like a wound full of salt.
Results of all kinds, the toughest of times,
Is how you find out what tough love is like!
Despite my old ways; this is a new chapter
Of others having a fit or a tiff when it's spelled backwards!
I'm the cracker with lung butter mechanics
That'll have you sweat, dripping as wet as a head of lettuce. So!
Close your eyes, and make a wish;
Yet, don't waste your strength, would go great with this!
The older I get, the more it invites, that hip-hop has died while I'm still alive!
And learning to improve is better than any news;
Of how fast people turn and curse your every move.
I find myself awake! I can't seem to make my mind sleep.
I find myself awake! I can't seem to make my mind sleep.
I was chosen to open your mouth, 'till it's frozen,
Composing a flow to be proud of exposing.
Showing a crowd what it means to emcee,
Of how down isn't out, it's to grow more explosive!
And this is how it's done; moving while the beat erupts,
As I experiment with the human experience.
Busy and in a rush, the same, with nothing new.
That's why I'm talking to your gut, "Who the fuck are you?"
Been through enough shit, to know that's tough shit!
That's what's your stuck with. Glad that isn't us, shit!
What I'm dealing with is ill I confess;
To put your ear to the stereo when we're in effect.
When I let go of desire, then to give is essential;
In fresh mode to fail my way to being successful.
Taking action, imagine, rising above to accept who you are,
As a way to become more persistent, my influence is next!
So committed to overkill it, that's as real as it gets!
When you picture what I've said, like they're mental images,
You can find me in your head without me ever paying rent.
I find myself awake! I can't seem to make my mind sleep.
I find myself awake! I can't seem to make my mind sleep.
I find myself awake! I can't seem to make my mind sleep.