For everything I've done wrong
I'm only right 'till I'm wrong again
Reborn of thought, whose thought was gone
The more I've failed, the more I've learned the man
Whom I say I am
Reborn of thought, whose thought was gone
I see myself in front of crowds as big as if you can imagine
Your life without the possibility of a distraction
My state of mind is controlling my thoughts;
To reach a level of emceeing, no emcee has ever crossed;
From going into places they don't wanna hear my voice
And put a rhythm to their body like it doesn't have a choice!
And knowing who I am, is knowing who I'll become
So even when I took a loss, I found the reason I won
The real loss is, I decide if I'm no longer in rap
"It's everything I ever wanted," you can quote me on that
I'm living my dream right now as weird as it seems
For people who don't love a beat enough, to know what I mean
Grew up a part of the first emcees where I'm from
That made a person try to be the person I already was
When a pair of turntables decorated your place
The only cut you're gonna make is when you're shaving your face!
Friends never used to talk about the good ole days
With a future so bright they had to put on shades
We had the same people out to fuck us over on assignment
To ride it out, hornier than inner city driving
On our own, or disappearing with time, that's why I'm here:
Nobody has a spirit clearer than mine!
The kind of emcee, when all I came to do, is perform
They wanna battle like they thought they heard their name in a song!
I'm on a path that's gonna redefine the meaning of rap
Until it's easier to take your own life and come back
The only reason why the music's getting harder to sell
Is cause it's time they figure out they sound like everyone else
And it's why
For everything I've done wrong
I'm only right 'till I'm wrong again
Reborn of thought, whose thought was gone
The more I've failed, the more I've learned the man
Whom I say I am
Reborn of thought, whose thought was gone
It never came. All the same, why you stay the same
So you say, the thought was gone?
(Scratches...)
You need to understand how much it took for me to be here
Before you're telling how much I need to change my ideas
Cause if you know that there's a sun above the clouds when it rains
Then my answer to your question's been already explained
And if you wanna talk about, if there's a struggle I hold?
It's my decision to continue it or grow on my own
I was the kid that didn't wanna live as long I as I have
I use to be a lot older than as young I am
So I don't need advice on what I need to do to be rich
By any of you, if you aren't someone who already is
I've been the problem for almost everyone that I've known
That I'm keeping others from me of getting too close
I found it easier to deal with things when no one's around
Then I become the only reason why I'm bringing me down
My heart is strong enough to make you take a look at yourself
And change the way you're gonna think in front of somebody else
I understand if you're mad, but this is who I am!
And this is what I know now. I wish I knew back then
I'm not inspired anymore by other people I've heard
I'm inspired I continue on with writing these words
It's my life, my decisions, and it's full of mistakes
But how I'm living wasn't meant for if I'm playing it safe
To rip a man so bad, that who he's kicking it with
His chick is going home as though her dick was bigger than his
I'm here to make you lose your mind as if you're on the desert sand
Where the things can disappear like they were never even there
Go and act as though there's nothing I can say or do
I'm always gonna have me whether with or without you
Right now another rapper got arrested for bail
And can't wait for their mugshot, taken in jail
Keep fighting over nothing just to get me to watch
I'm too busy thinking having everything that I want, and it's because...
For everything I've done wrong
I'm only right 'till I'm wrong again
Reborn of thought, whose thought was gone
The more I've failed, the more I've learned the man
Whom I say I am
Reborn of thought, whose thought was gone