I had a vision where I kept on spitting teeth out
In my palm a neverending pile, had me creeped out
Speaks loud 'bout the fear of not keeping my word
I respect the passionate, that other shit's for the birds
Bunch of bucktoothed fuckmooks, catch a quick one-two
Guatemalan Sun Tzu, this is what it's come to
Anything lost can be found, except for time wasted
A direct hand towards your own annihilation
I'll be your scapegoat, pin the world's woes onto me
Case closed, I don't care, I'm living comfortably
Carry the burden of art, learned it was ours
Used the devices in my arsenal, assembled these bars
Fragmented moments from the memories decayed
How can you sleep at night when your energies were saved
Accumulated a lifetime's worth of life lines
That I kept safe just in case I lost my right mind

We are alive in the strangest times, major declines
But with more openings than ever, so I take it in stride
The problem's in the heart of men
Who are convinced they can break it down like cartilage
Screaming that they gotta win
Strictly partisan to to the cause,
I broke all ten commandments just to follow up the 48 laws
Go ahead and scream it loud:
No matter how hard you push it, y'all won't ever keep me down

I wanna show you where my spirit dwells
Not every part of you should be put up for sale, skip the details
For your consideration, these are pieces of myself
From as high as heaven's peak down to the recesses of hell
My recollections from the old tenement days
When fam dukes broke even, making minimum wage
Stationed out on 21st, northside of the Met
Never lacked food, clothes or shelter, everything blessed
I had a bowl cut,
And while everyone was running 'round trying to get fresh, I was like: "so what"
I was more concerned with building up a universe
And reading through the lies to figure out just what the truth was worth
Turns out it wasn't much, no one gave a motherfuck
And then it hit me with the force of an uppercut
I was so naive,
But some of the things I've seen, I swear to god you have no idea

A disemboweled cat, guts dangling on a loading dock
The frozen glares of many, a love that was scalding hot
I've seen the California sunset, swam the Rio dulce
From strokes of genius to "how could I be so stupid?"
Such is the duality that lives in us all
The sort of thing that makes you wanna give up the ball
I find solace in the chaos
It's just a part of the game, so play on, playa
I stay on the radar
The space case, stoner by the corner bodega
Got on for dolie, brought my cronies, I don't owe 'em no favors
This is for everyone who's been pushed to the fringe
But never let being excluded taint the feeling within
I'ma get my Bob Marley on, filled to the brim
And elevate with my audience, do it again
If they could only see me now
No matter how hard you tried, y'all can never ever keep me down