Here it is a groove slightly transformed

As it′s prone to be when I perform

While I'm penning this, the horns force me to reminisce to my innocenceCopping a squat at my genesis

Altered beast been off the leash, since the homie said rise from your grave

I knew lives would be changed

My guys were dismayed when I said I wouldn′t rhyme for the change

But when they saw what I had displayed

They were shocked like

Virgil Hawkins, and the actions I prefer to talking

Would be the lights that could cure the darkened

While ensuring the sword is sharpened

Rapping in a leaky closet of my third floor apartment

Giving it the college try, I was sliding by

Ignored by every outlet I dreamed I'd be acknowledged by

Greeting my class with tired eyes

I just let the motivation guide my path like fireflies

I kept hearing this isn't marketable

Marking on the whiteboard trying to be remarkable

We are just specks of dust atomic particles

In a world where cops and media live to target you

People call me a breath of fresh air

Not realizing it took it all for me to get here

Misplaced friends and motivations when I was still a kid

Lost everything but the will to live

So here he is

Back in the struggle back in the mix for them chips like ruffles

Mom said stay out a trouble and you just might bubble

So I Pull her out the rubble

Then put her a shuttle

Here′s a trade secret, being black means you gotta be better than perfect

Just to receive the same treatment

I′d slay demons for this like tanjiro

Till it's done theoretically everything′s impossible

Grand rising

Naw'

Grand writing

From grand minds

Earth′s Mightiest Heroes

Emerge from tiny dinero

The illustrious

Gameboy Advance

Accompanied me on the back of each

Bus

Gen. 3 then

The Hoenn region

A product of advanced writing courses In school

The sound of water

While I tilt my sword up to the moon

A Vagabond

With a couple of masters

Along the way

My lack of communication

I disappear without shame

Determination with that what?

Knowledge of self

A Black Star

It's hard to shine

If you created yourself

Always the light

Seeking the rise

To tell our stories

Stay the course

Ori would shine through the Blind Forest

Ice water course through his veins

Todoroki

Not the most famous

But more equipped for the job than

Your favorite

Is it about

Getting your flowers in a timely Manner?

Or planting your own?

Truly standing alone

Amen

This where the waves end

And low tides

Might

Sing you a lullaby

Or

Capture your reflection and shine it up To the Heavens

Stuck a dreamer

Or legend?

A beacon of severance

From other peoples perspectives

Accepting your imperfections and

Forging them into weapons

See not a loss

But a lesson

Clocking in almost had me locked in

Until I found the path with

Zero foot steps

And found ME again

So many times we wanted to quit

Lost ourselves

Kept our art on the shelves

The art of betting on self

But if me in the beginning

Could see the me of this instant

He′d be inspired

The story of limits defied

Through each trial by fire...

Limits defied through every trial by Fire

A cup of coffee

While I sit in a house

That art provided

Gives relief in the slightest

But still knowledge of the highest

Life moves faster the longer you live it, so at a moment's

Notice... might have to build your own table but lack components

Knowing is half the battle, the other is acting on it

Mistakes were mine to make once I made'em I had to own it

No lease... more′s caught than taught say the least

Your character will spell it all out so save the speech

Sunday dinners we hit Grandma house, she′d make a feast

While reminding us be ready for war but pray for peace

Making beats and writing rhymes help me brighten my future

Lit my soul on fire like when you fight with Akuma

We're creators that were forced to be products or be consumers

Black folks who laugh at our own pain. Our sense of humor

Is dark, but our smiles are known to light up our way

Soul′s worn but still manage to step out on faith

Build a castle in the sky like Mizaki, watch me

Laid back, having million-dollar dreams like Dibiase