[00:01.386][Sample][00:04.875]Not infrequently a marching soldier might be seen to halt, take his writing utensils from his belt, and compose an ode[00:13.377][Intro][00:14.626]This what it look like[00:17.134]This what it look like[00:19.884][Verse 1][00:23.624]Fact you hear me, I’m clearly a modern marvel[00:26.884]Graciously platin’ offerings, they try and starve you[00:29.626]I bathe replenish from my days of menace[00:32.136]Was true by my influence, the rage is in us[00:35.129]I dealt vicious for well-wishers and naysayers[00:37.884]It’s love, they got me from scrub to great player[00:40.633]Guess I was destined, my progression is evident[00:43.628]Want the best, so it test ‘til I rest in the sediment[00:46.392]Was steady pride, try to show you every side[00:49.132]I give it life, but write like I already died[00:51.890]No petty fray, every day I hail the truth[00:54.383]Let it spray, never say Ka failed the youth[00:57.381]I rep with the gods, got the weap's and the scars[01:00.392]Where it ain’t workin’ out 'til you flexin’ in cars[01:03.134]When putting on a mask wasn’t protection from SARS[01:05.630]Drama pacin’ for denomination, 'pressive and large[01:08.629]Crooked in the town with a crew of raw people[01:11.381]That’ll put you in the ground for the root of all evil[01:14.388]Kill in the building, the proof is in the bricks[01:16.883]We revel in the present like the future don’t exist[01:19.886][Hook][01:20.142]That's what mold me, that cold and lonely[01:22.888]Where they call you out if they know you phony[01:26.385]I’m live, it’s what it look like[01:29.631]It’s what it look like[01:32.635]It’s what it look like[01:34.136][Verse 2][01:34.632]A phonetical verse praise good[01:36.375]But my genetic code vs. neighborhood[01:39.132]With no clear winner, I still appear thinner[01:42.135]Don’t howl like I’m holier than thou, a mere sinner[01:45.627]Wasn’t blessed to be restin’ in the burbs[01:48.132]I was stressin’, wrestling with the scourge[01:50.377]Stay low in beef, never live high on the hog[01:53.128]If not for Fresh Air Fund, I’da died in the smog[01:56.134]When huntin’ is nothin’ we ain’t tryna rob[01:59.129]Put pressure on the jester, applying it hard[02:01.635]When you step protect your mind and chestplate[02:04.643]Tried years for these ideas to gestate[02:07.635]Progress movin’ to the next, the rest wait[02:10.133]But in this realm am I at the helm or it’s just fate[02:12.884]If you inclined to drop the needle, you’ll find Ka cerebral[02:16.385]They paged - get you caged, I’m trying to free you[02:19.382][Hook][02:19.633]This what mold me, that cold and lonely[02:21.386]Where they ring your bell if they know you phony[02:24.885]I’m live, it’s what it look like[02:28.382]It’s what it look like[02:31.139]It’s what it look lik[Outro][02:32.891]I ain’t scared to die, that’s what it look like[02:36.882]This what it look like[02:39.386]It’s what it look like[02:42.134]Yea, this what it look like[02:44.636]I’m live, this what it look likee[02:48.884]