Bloodline

Born under a bad sign

Broken hope coping knowing dad's about to flatline

If the boat tip over before it capsize

Be sure that I been baptized

By overflow from sad eyes

I... I been about it bout it

I been around the clouds when

The dreary skies done parted

Took artist pals from thousands

To millions

The feeling when the crowd is loud is astounding

But I been hounding lost and founds for all the ground I pounded

The pavement hated heel to toe

And every buck I tucked stealing shows

Felt like a meal I stole whoah

I never wheeled and dealed with those

Without the passion for the craft

To crack an egg and feel the stove

To get the heat right

Mahmoud Abdul Rauf in 93 type

Been keen to schemes since knee height

I don't believe hype bitch soak in serene silence

Where broken dreams die fenced

In by the tension

When I flinch and blink with 3 eyelids

Missing every smile meant for me

Distracted while I'm dancing

To the city's siren symphony

Unwisely spending every pretty penny sent to me

Invested in the present tense the rest can sweat destiny

Chyeah I got a fortunate flaw

I get rewarded for the self importance

More shit for y'all

I got a sordid past

Hoarding mad stories and tall tales

That formed a lad torn in half

Tortured and all frail

Well I been in this bitch a thousand years

Definitive doubts and fears

Cynicism ain't an imminent route but sounds sincere

Yeah I found a fountain of youth

And sound it out when I'm pronouncing the truth

Fuck everything that you heard

Ain't learning nothing in the fun times

I wrote it in the rain so it sound better in the sunshine

Been standing here on the front lines

This fight in my heart must be

Part of my bloodline

Part of my bloodline

Intuition Equalibrum we harder than fuck right

Pardon my blunt high

I'm sorry I'm tongue tied

It's part of my bloodline