You got the heart?

Yo, it's true I used be a fool back in school

I wasn't rude but I was like a block of wood

Nice to you, whether you cool or uncool

I had no clue who was true or untrue

As a kid I wanted to be a writer

But never did shit; I was just a dreamer

Thought I was smart but I was just immature

Just another chess piece of a chess player

Oh-Four-Oh-Two-Oh-Seven, became smarter

Went on to read things beyond the paper

I guess it's weird I wanna be a rapper

Given how shy I was as a teenager

Always loved the poetry and the music

Now I'm thinkin' about producin' it

I've got my fears, but I gotta face it

One life, one chance, not gonna waste it

Now what do I have, got the rhymes to slay

Emotions to vent, too much words to say

But nothing much else apart from all that

At least I've got the heart and that's a fact

And motherfucker, that's the reason I killed ya back in twenty-0-seven.

You still want the life of a failure? No? Then get your fuckin' ass up and start workin' and stop procrastinatin'. Bitch.

Motherfuckin'..!

Some things I gotta get off my motherfuckin' chest..

I used to be mad and sad at the friends I lost
Put to the test of time but none of 'em passed the course
Mourned the lost, but I got right back up where I fell
Got a few new pals and FOR 'EM MY SOUL I WOULDN'T SELL
Every obstacle we've ever been thru tells, told
How much stick we've been havin' as a general whole
But I'm glad we made it, with a couple of outsiders
We've fucked the empty souls that used to reside inside us
We don't have a common cause, 'cause it's friendships that band us
We'll proly shrug off any offender who offend us
'Cause we're nice people who don't carry lethal needles
We're broke as fuck but we still treat them to nice noodles
But you know what, I'm sick of living aimlessly
I've been dreamin' of striking a balance successfully
Get rich enough to feed and house my entire family
Make 'em proud for who they know me to be..

So I wanna be..
A famous rapper who gives you quotable quotes
An inspiration who shows you and paves the roads
The man who re-wrote history for his country
The man I'm born to be and proud to be.. me.

So fuck everybody who doubted me and who still doubt me
I came back stronger and this time for real I'm ready
I'ma tear apart this fuckin' cage and own the stage
Rappin' from minimum wage to maximum wage
To let 'em all know I've come of my fuckin' age
And this ain't no facade or a god-damn corporate image
So you know why I gotta fuckin' win this..?
I don't wanna live with regret or havin' to swallow this

Now

Now

- by Eyedeas and Abilities

[Intro]

We're here to..
bring the people and the music and the movement all together now

We see through..
repetitive etiquette and the highly unoriginal

We're here to
bring the people and the music and the movement all together now

..They will lose..

[Verse]

Check it out now, check it out now
This is a necessary change from the grim simple and plain
Gonna exercise that brain to break the chain pain is a part of gain
No need to explain
We innovate to generate an intricately interwoven tapestry
of musical and ethical epiphanies
The interest is minimal
Im on an awsome mission with an angel
That can take it all the way to where the sun is
Just like a runner loving running
Tryina turn it into a simple symphony
Simple sentiment adrenaline is coming back
Im in the innercity, where i gotta be a superstar
Id rather be a galaxy
But how you see is so dependent on the medicine the rhetoric
And how at any second you think you could sit on the brink of this
World is all asleep and i have no apologies
I breathe
Keep my sight on what we ride on
Let bygones be bygones
The migraines dont sidetrack
My final destination nothing rivals predetermination
to exterminate the germination
Of a nation that accepts anything thats thrown in its fat face
'Cause when theres nothing left
Theres no more point to the rat race
We dont waste a minute of the day
Don't be offended what im saying
Trying to send it all way to another stage
A creative alternator rated and greater
The crazy maniac mellodies end up all up in your face wait
Success aint only based on self esteem
It takes a sense to differentiate between
Whats yours and someone elses dreams
I felt the screams climbing up my cold spine
Saying nows the time to put in all the energy
To get rid of the enemy... i said it so..

[Outro]

We're here to
bring the people and the music and the movement all together now

We see through
repetitive etiquette and the highly unoriginal

We're here to
bring the people and the music and the movement all together now

They will lose

Cuz music aint good if it got no style

sick of the same old thing

free us and touch what we cant see
twist that knife and watch him bleed
lost inside its way too deep
someone choke me
help me breathe

run from mistakes
right in my face
feels like im running in place

Gamblin' away this

Gamblin'.. Money makin'.. False-hopin'..

The first thing I want to make known is this

The power of the money is no stronger than my fist

And the fact that I've repeatedly cracked my wrist

Gives you a clue you proly didn't make my list

Get the gist, bitch, you just itchin' to get rich quicker

When I be laughin' drunk after I swallow this liquor

I'm a master of the mic, spit faster than you fight

The illest when I write, I'm fightin' for the right

To dominate this cordless mic with a few random lines

Tryin' to rock this stage like it was mine

Cleared the mine before you counted to nine

In time, before you see money for the last time

It ain't worth it, son, that life of a bum

You gon' be thankin' me 'fore the mistake is done

You probably gon' hate me for tryin' to lecture you

Tryin' to cure you because I care about you

This lesson is nothin' new, the intellects are few

And yea fewer are those who be direct to you

That's how I feel, try differentiate the fake from real

I suggest you trust me than try to check the seal

Most counterfeits got certificates they make up

Like poisonous lead in your dangerous make up

It's like investments interventions that you take up

But you still ain't listenin' to my words dude, please wake up

For God's sake, fuck, it's just a topic up in my mind

I've been contemplatin' 'bout leavin' the past behind

But it's temptin' me, attemptin' me, urgin' me to grind

I'm a lost guy, truth in religion I'm tryin' to find

I don't know business so I got a few books to read

They say the secrets in these books are for me to heed

Persistence is essence, wit hope I plant this seed

I don't know what it means but I see the roots bleed..

Sand in a Glass

These nights get a little colder and I'm gettin' older

Enthusiasm's drained, with heavier pressure on my shoulders

What happened to the dream of being a teacher

The day I realized how much data were being censored

What happened to the 'happily ever after'

The day you decided to pen your feelings in that letter

Wrecked my heart broke inside out, shot thru' like a clout

Leavin' me dehydrated in the season of the drought

So the truth I found out, puttin' things beyond doubt

Retarded, that I used to think I couldn't live without

A girl in my world, got me thinkin' irrational;

Livin' life like one of 'em movies, fictional

Illogical, unattainable, unsustainable

This love life's pathological, but still correctable

I avoid gettin' myself in that situation again

But here I find myself fallin' into that quicksand again

Exhaustin' my final mental capacity limits

Tryin' to adjust and resettle in this place I fit

So I run and I hit, but I slipped on my trailing feet

Back to square one, sucked in, dyin' to the scorching heat..

Asian.. So what.?

Okay this is it, I'm comin' into this game for real

No more 'maybe I will', 'cause I know this time I will

Stick true to the game, showcase my charisma and skill

Amplify my name, MCs on stage ready to be killed

Ready to be filled with rhymes and random punchlines

I been consumin', I'm tryna' make up for lost time

That I been procrastinatin', so here's the bottom line

The dark times are over and I'm here for the sunshine

You probably don't understand me but that's fine wit me

But from now on, take some time out and listen to me

When I be spittin' the truth on a simple sixteen

You be enlightened by what you're about to see

First hand, no gimmicks, just me and my rhymes

Spittin' nonsense over this microphone sometimes

'cause we deserve to have some fun once in a while

Now put your hands up, listen up, and give me a smile

.. ..

Now my identity's probably gonna hold me back

If you gonna talk shit 'bout an Asian, hold it back

In fact, you probably gonna talk 'bout me being stateless

Let's face it, there's millions out there in poverty, homeless

Why you makin' it a big deal the state my country's in

When there's more Mexicans illegally migratin'

FUCK YOU if you ain't know the history behind all these shit

Actin' like you were qualified to POP SHIT..
But you ain't, so know your position and be quiet

And truly, truly hear the words of this Asian poet

Who's mastered this foreign language and he bites back at you

Rememberin' his roots, I'm me and I'll never be you

I'm proud of the fact I'm a hundred percent Asian

Product of the values of Confucian education

That's out of sync. with the American equation

Fuck it, fuck fake rappin' with a fake caucasian accent..