[Bonafide]
I keep comin` at you
Lyrical raptures capture you
Only if your soul is ready
I comin` after you
Bodysnatchin` you and dismantlin` your crew
It`s Tennesseeans wit nouns and verbs agreein`
Wit higher being
Sendin` messages
Spreadin` through your chest it`s just
Blessings from conception rearrangin` your perception
This planetary lyricist
At least that`s what the Source quotes
Resurrectin` hip-hop on a higher plateau
We crept low
Movin` slow with intention to blow
Carry loads of flows for those who doubt and didn`t know
And circumstances deep in crime intense seat back in the
Center of my body structure
Ready to rupture
At times I sat back to think again and again
How I broke the golden rule by doing business with friends
My mind traveled paths on a search to be free
Suspicion felt corruption had a piece of Gotee
Success had me stressed like the G-Mo-B
Cee-Lo`s verse on Thought Process was the description of me
But them again I caught the vision that was given within
As a child rockin` mirrors wishin` I was Rakim
On stage
Engagin` state to state
Rampages, airplay, videos, and stretch black limos
The dream that seemed impossible
But now I`m doin` show for thousands
Savin` souls through least
Lacin` spirits concrete
And the belief that I inject on beats
Deplete
God`s word that is instilled in me
To the masses `til I feel my mission here is complete
And it`s essential
That this is my life after mental
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Mental`s over
It`s the dawn of a new day
Out with the old
Different messages to relay
Mental`s gone
It`s time to do it up again
The past is behind
Life after will begin
[Coffee]
Now let`s talk
Gather to see who can talk the most noise on an album
You the listeners decide the outcome
How come
It`s our second record without Mental... gettin` the recognition it deserved
This Christian industry is gettin` on my nerve
Serves us right for thinkin` they would believe our vision
Give us proper support
But when it got hectic
Mission abort
Poor sports is what they called us
Now that`s crazy
All cause we wanted to be pushed
Not ambushed and pulled
Off the shelves for being ourselves
Unlike no one else
But still they made comparisons
How Un-American
Strivin` in the midst of warzones and red tape
They try to hold us back
But it`s the black in me that makes me create
Colorful collages hang on the walls of garages
No mirages
What you see is what you get
Ah, that`s that hit
Ah shoots you know I`m in cohoots
With the higher power
Sprinkle me with spirital showers
Drinks anyone
Pourin` glasses of Tang
If you`re drinkin` from me, the flavor`s lemon meringue
I`ma be me despite the shackles of the industry
Bump they last chances
God engineers my circumstances
And hey
I think I like that
He`s the one I confine in
Never dealin` shady and lettin` the enemy slide in
This rap game is all I got to maintain
It keeps me sane in my life
After mental
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