Beat- 'Criminology'- Raekwon, off the first Rae album
my metaphors nice like mike in his prime
line after line, rhyme after rhyme, crime after crime
i've painted exquiste scriptures into vivid pictures
i've been sick for six years, just missin a future
now i have found my destiny in a life of rhymes
the streets had the best of me in a life of crime
i bring my passion and love for perfection
i just sit back and imagine the road to perdition
can't ever be proud of my past except for what i learned
i'm suprised i've lasted this long without gettin burned
i'm lucky and i pray everyday that god protects me
i stay humble and cool so the olds heads respect me
i try to impress with every subject we discuss
don't doubt me unless truely in god you trust
because you'll need a divine power to bring me down
you gotta be one of a kind to be a king in my town
balance the products and the lack of intelligence
u can't just give out a couple a bucks for allegience
you gotta double check every middle man
everyone buyin a gram, u couldn't understand
the stress and despression involved in my life
and yes, my life's a gamble like rollin the dice
u never know whos listening for dates and times
most of these artists, are snakes by design
so to escape there venom i attack with percision
turn our collision into your own kamikaze mission
suicide guarenteed, no matter how much you plead
and i'm not a blood but i'll make the track bleed
not a crip but i'll turn an opponents face blue
i'm toxic when i face crews, chemically waste you
slice and dice then cover you with hydrogen peroxide
suffocate your life like i filled the room with carbon monoxide
versatile, i can change styles quicker than a super model
and i'm not a gene but u can find my life at the bottom of a bottle
i can turn the tides of an ocean with the force of my flow
things changed and i had to make a choice that we all know
i decided that it was in my best intrest to commit crime
taking from the poor was my part but its hard to admit mine
come clean and reveal the truth behind the scenes
trying to be part of my team, rewind your dreams
because in the long run i can't predict your results
not that i'm perfect i live everyday with my faults
but this isn't a life that comes with glamour and glitz
just addiicts needin a fix and alot of haters to bitch
you can never please the fiends unless u give it away
plus theres always a delay and a friend waiting to betray
never trust a man who sniffs more than 50 got on his wrist
and never make a list if your top 5 doesn't include this
my metaphors nice like mike in his prime
line after line, rhyme after rhyme, crime after crime
i've painted exquiste scriptures into vivid pictures
i've been sick for six years, just missin a future
now i have found my destiny in a life of rhymes
the streets had the best of me in a life of crime
i bring my passion and love for perfection
i just sit back and imagine the road to perdition
can't ever be proud of my past except for what i learned
i'm suprised i've lasted this long without gettin burned
i'm lucky and i pray everyday that god protects me
i stay humble and cool so the olds heads respect me
i try to impress with every subject we discuss
don't doubt me unless truely in god you trust
because you'll need a divine power to bring me down
you gotta be one of a kind to be a king in my town
balance the products and the lack of intelligence
u can't just give out a couple a bucks for allegience
you gotta double check every middle man
everyone buyin a gram, u couldn't understand
the stress and despression involved in my life
and yes, my life's a gamble like rollin the dice
u never know whos listening for dates and times
most of these artists, are snakes by design
so to escape there venom i attack with percision
turn our collision into your own kamikaze mission
suicide guarenteed, no matter how much you plead
and i'm not a blood but i'll make the track bleed
not a crip but i'll turn an opponents face blue
i'm toxic when i face crews, chemically waste you
slice and dice then cover you with hydrogen peroxide
suffocate your life like i filled the room with carbon monoxide
versatile, i can change styles quicker than a super model
and i'm not a gene but u can find my life at the bottom of a bottle
i can turn the tides of an ocean with the force of my flow
things changed and i had to make a choice that we all know
i decided that it was in my best intrest to commit crime
taking from the poor was my part but its hard to admit mine
come clean and reveal the truth behind the scenes
trying to be part of my team, rewind your dreams
because in the long run i can't predict your results
not that i'm perfect i live everyday with my faults
but this isn't a life that comes with glamour and glitz
just addiicts needin a fix and alot of haters to bitch
you can never please the fiends unless u give it away
plus theres always a delay and a friend waiting to betray
never trust a man who sniffs more than 50 got on his wrist
and never make a list if your top 5 doesn't include this
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