Basics

Let me tell you how I feel I am getting so surreal

As I’m breaking off the seal like a human highlight reel

I’m a fish outta water, flow volcanic like lava

Volatile dollar changing every minute I stay a scholar

I started from the ground up, since I was a young buck

Building foundation, rather than hoping for money and luck

So fucks given equal zero, I just write what I flow

Information is power, that bomb’s about to blow

Straight in the face, call it the brain or the cranium

It’s all about the body of work, not the lump sum

Call it cash, ass, ash from the weed I pass

Going fast, but slowing down takes me from first to last

And I won’t stop until I hit that last breath

Me and music made a commitment to run until death

I confess that stress puts me in spots that aren’t the best

I take that test, flying colors, ya’ll know the rest

Build from the basics and take risks

I used to be floppy with music, now I am a hard disk

Channel electrical energy from positivity

Respectfully disagree with my own worst enemies

I’m free from negativity so I hone ability

Harness opportunities presented to M-E

As an MC, I fight for what’s right in my heart

That’s where you gotta start with the passion for the art

I’m frequently checking frequencies, compression don’t need knees

I carpe diem, seize these days because they are free

I’m staring up in the clouds for something profound

Confound sounds I’ve been creating, I am not bound

To expectation, work on enunciation

Pronunciation too, fuck it, just work on dictation

Not dictated, like we would be with Trump

You call that shit an upper decker I call it a Donald Dump

And while I’m at it, I’ll say I’m from the 802

I’m feeling the Bern, because the words he speaks are true

And that’s what you gotta do when you making music

Instead of pussy, money, weed, I choose rhetoric

Cause it makes sense, not talking about green

Flip the n to a d, I hate corporate greed

In order to succeed, you gotta lead not follow

Time is like a loan, paying back what we borrow

Except the interest payment lets us make a statement

What we choose to do with it, we do in the present

It’s not gifted to us, so we gotta go and take it

Make mistakes, don’t be fake, or you’ll forsake it

So are there any questions that you have today?

Was the lecture sufficient? Or did I go astray?

I’ll empty out the ashtray and begin the lesson

My name is John Stone and class is in session