man i is

knockin' doors down

showin' cars around

i'ma come through and show my wood pine

knockin'-- knockin' doors down

showin' cars around

i'ma-- i'ma come through and show my wood pine

i'ma-- i'ma come--

knockin' doors-- knockin'-- knockin' doors down

down

knockin' doors

knock-- knock-- knock-- knock-- knockin' doors down

i'ma--i'ma come through-- i'ma-- i'ma come-- down

i'ma come through-- i'ma-- i'ma come-- down

paper chasin' on occasion

west deer park

that's my location

life and death was what we was facin'

boy

gotta get that motivation

back in the basement

look at my idols

i'm feelin' adjacent

doin' the shit that i wish i was doing

i'm feelin' impatient

throwin' parties and catching cases

that's the life

but that shit basic

i've cooked crack

i can't erase it

if i could

would not replace it

grew up all alone

had to teach myself to tie my laces

what's the deal?

i'ma play the field

rattpack

we keep it real

nothin' but love for the people that paved the way

so a brother like me

he can get it today

antwan

erykah and 3k

can't forget those ain't here today

r.i.p. jd and pimp c

payin' respect

so don't hold it against me

devil he callin' me

he love to tempt me

god exempt me

why you sent me here?

what i think about year to year

what i've been through these people only see through a peep hole

yeah

not a single one got an idea

so i write it down on this page

feel like i'm 35 times my age

look in the mirror don't know what to say

but i'm happy the man i is

yeah

yeah

i said i'm happy the man i is

and i'm proud of the man i've become

i'm proud that i'm from a slum

i never got cold

i never got numb

except from the winter time and then some

i transcend and i transform

poetic vision in rare form

growing up

nobody there for him

i promise when i have a family i'ma be there for 'em

i love hip-hop

hatin' motherfucker

go kick rocks

no matter what happen i never gon' stop

like cole said if they don't know yo' dreams

then they can't shoot 'em down

but i'ma let the world know

'cause i'm too high up to hit the ground

this shit right here is like therapy

spit it verily

i ain't perfect

i got problems

i got issues like people magazine

shoot from the hip and reload the magazine

i wish i could just go on forever

forever

ever and ever

but this rhyme

ill as it is divine

gon' be cut short today 'cause i'm out of studio time

only thought i was recording these horns and not no rhyme

what can i say? inspiration hits at any time

so i guess i'll have to conclude all my thoughts another time

another rhyme

another-- ano-- i-- wo-- a-- rhyme

anime such as cowboy bebop

trigun

and samurai champloo

were in constant rotation

during the making of this album