the conscious rapper

you think this is easy right?

you think this is easy right?

you think you got what it takes?

huh

we gon' see. we gon' see right now

look

so you wanna be a conscious rapper

can you handle the press and they negative chatter

can you eat cold platters

and still spit data

watchin others spit lies and they pockets get fatter

can you climb up the ladder

and reach the top?

but it still doesn't matter

cause you ain't pop

can you rock for the love of the art

can you drop hit after hit after hit and still don't chart?

can you really stay loyal to god

when your life is full of strife

plus it always seems so hard

can you handle the criticism

people holdin you up to higher standards

but they don't live 'em?

can you hear these kiddy flows and laugh at it

but when you spit they callin you arrogant?

you better think about that before you rock to this

sometimes it's easier to pop your cris'

let's do it!

think you can do what i do

think you can step in my shoes

you have no clue what i go through

you never felt my pain

when they attack my name

all because i have spoken the truth

to be a conscious rapper ain't a mystery

you gotta laugh when they call you contradictory

the whole industry

you gotta push and pull it

to really get with me

you gotta dodge they bullets

blaow

blaow

blaow

every day and every way

you critics got somethin to say

at the same time

you gotta uphold christ

uphold life

while others flash cars and ice

it could break you down

take you down

make you frown

it could actually shake your ground

but if you love who you are

and believe in that

best believe you will be where the teacher's at

and where's that? in fact

in cold or heat

yes

i declare victory over the streets

overstand

over these beats

over the so-called elite

over the strong

over the weak

i know how to speak

and most of all i know how to eat

i know i want humble and meek

so you better think about that before you rock to this

sometimes it's easier to pop your cris'

uhh

look!

so you thinkin about bein a concious mc

well you gotta love god and you got to live free

you got to see the life that others can't see

you got to be the person that others can't be

you can't be a s-l-a

v-e

if you sayin to yourself

this may be me"