Starter

Reminiscent of the times we had,

Beneficent of the mission and the climb we had,

You made me stronger,

I grinded harder -

To prove you wronger,

Now I'm the starter. x2

 

Step one to my life outlook,

Never judge books by a glimpse,

Whether prince or a peasant,

King or a 9 to 5 survivor,

We all fit the same -

Fuck a math course divisor,

Kilpatrick prolly kill me for that,

It's ill magic pullin' bunnies out the beanie -

I rap,

Real shit -

Niggas spittin' what they see but not they doin',

New class is in order I'm 'bout to drop another student,

Been truant since I started kickin' the movement in 10th grade,

A mutant in baggy sweats,

Grindin' to get paid,

I'm tryna see the light 'fore nightfall crash in,

Ass so fat make the whole car-dash-in,

I'm not what these other niggas label me as,

I'm not Tupac,

Rakim or Nas,

I'm ZLA from a city that be losin' appeal,

They tryna drive off course like it's losin' the wheel,

Drive slow -

It's a rough ride still,

My whole life I been climbin' up a mudslide hill,

There's no light cause my mama didn't pay these bills,

I hate life time to fuckin' masquerade these pills,

Ills -

In the life of a pure MC,

'Bout to blow,

Here we go,

Baby T-N-T,

Bet you know -

How I flow -

Learned from BET,

PED givin' me OCD,

Oh -

Be me?

Nigga am I hearin' ya right?

I've been forced to disregard every mirror in my life,

How can I be me -

When I see you,

Try to be me,

Just be you -

Not a regular dude,

Predator who -

Don't pray but I kill MC's,

I still prey just the opposite way,

Opposite day -

Lookin' for some prominent pay,

I ain't readin' into that in the novelist way,

Optimists say -

I'd never even make it this far,

I've been fly as an Eagle -

They still puttin' for par,

I'm still sly with the needle -

Pokin' holes into my constellation,

There was once no hope for a star,