let it through

they told me to stay focused

keep that money on my mind

but i'm starting to think that it's all bullshit

run it

i wanna take it back to the basics

back to the basement

back to the old

gray pads and make statements

follow it down

momma watched me throw it all to the wind and rebound

used to cry on the porch when i wasn't around

now she smiles from the side of the stage when i'm in town

love ya

ain't a better feeling than the work

was a young'n when i started trying to put it into words

now i'm grown

traveling the globe on a verse

clock keeps ticking

i'll follow it to the dirt

chea

the worth

the price

the

the man in the middle trying to keep it on the map

the train keeps moving down the tracks on schedule

so i just gotta open up the gates now and let it through

open up the gates now and let it through

looking for a place with a better view

i've been on the wrong side trying

it's time to make moves

open up the gates now

i'm coming through

sick of playing games and the paying dues

everything was upside down

but it's time now

they told me to stay humble

and i ain't ever cross that line

but i'm starting to watch where it was crumbled

jump

i wanna take it back to roots

back to the truth

back to the rhythm

and the blues

back to the chords on the baldwin

poppa let the record spin 'round like a calm wind

he used to look at me like i'm a ghost

now he's calling on the weekends

talking 'bout home

there ain't another version of the past

they speak riddles

i'm only in it for facts

young man made a future out of filling up the cracks

in the bottom of a boat they tried to label as crashed

now the wind

the sails

the sea

the man trying to hold it all together by the seams

the keeps floating like a dream on schedule

so i just gotta open up the main port and let it through

open up the gates now and let it through

looking for a place with a better view

i've been on the wrong side trying

it's time to make moves

open up the gates now

i'm coming through

sick of playing games and the paying dues

everything was upside down

but it's time now

i'm opening the gates

following the sun out of the maze

every single minute's been a haze

i return it to the page

i return it to the blood and examine it

flow through the animus

roll though the foes

and the hoes and the plan of it

never been a motherfucking fan of it

never saw my name in the manuscript

i'm ick of looking for a place i can stand in this

all i wanted was to fly

listen to it

open up the gates now and let it through

looking for a place with a better view

i've been on the wrong side trying

it's time to make moves

open up the gates now

i'm coming through

sick of playing games and the paying dues

everything was upside down

but it's time now

yeah