Verse 1:
I'm in this bitch wit ease open sesame
This like everything I need in one recipe
The thought of what I can be brought me to my knees
Then the faith that I could do the shit brought me to my feet
There ain't a piece of this game they could take from me
Yo I got this shit on lock nigga thas the key
A griot from these streets thas what they consider me
It's safe to say that I'm a bank of ancient memories
The essence of the beat brought me to my knees
Then the faith that I could murk it brought a masterpiece
Master balance thas the challenge homie pray for me
Cuz her double d's plus her booty weighin heavily
Knowing better showin lesser thas perplexity
Sometimes the only choice to make is keep it g
Grab the O roll a L and just let it Be
I am heir to the throne that's why they cannot breathe
2Pac: Stead of a role model I wanna be a real model. Cuz a role is a role. Nahm sayin. If I be me I can never let anybody down. Cuz I’ma have to be me.
Verse 2:
I look my girl in her eye it's you and me on a team
I'ma handle the points & you gone handle the d
I'ma handle the bars you gonna water the seeds
Who gone hand em a hand ain't no handlin me
God damn it's been a minute
Memories of how I killed it got me sentimental
You can't really touch me cuz my whole game is mental
You feel it heal yo spirit dog that ain't a incidental
Nuri got that bounce like a fuckin power dribble
Nuri got that flow bring a fuckin towel wit you
If you on the hunt don't bring those fuckin cowards wit you
They ain't gone put in work but they gone wanna eat it wit you
Loose cannon no talkin they just grab the pistols
They subscribe to magazines you gone get ya issue
That shit is bogus if you peep the bigger picture
The future's ours but I need you here to build it wit ya
2Pac: I don’t want anybody to follow me whatsoever. I don’t want an army. What I want you to do is listen, and I’m telling them in the album and in the movie, they don’t have to make the same mistakes.
Verse 3:
See it's beauty in imperfection losin do come wit lessons
Glory in the redemption this just a test I ain't stressin
This the script I'm repeatin be speaking that shit to death
But do I really believe it Guess we see in the next
Few cuz ya boy due like I'm in the womb still connected
Really my time is now consider this c-section
You writin raps for rappers or givin actual facts
Why your raps sweet as the wrapper boy you sound like a snack
Spit it black and white and they claim I'm on that ying yang
How it's one me but it sound like Wu-Tang
I used to give Da benefit now I'm tryin new thangs
Givin you that future bounce yes this is a new lane
Same story even tho we on a new page
They try trap me sap my soul throw me in a zoo cage
Ain't no such thang as a nigga gettin too paid
Manueverin the darkness like my name is Bruce wayne
2Pac: Me bein real and tellin you exactly what I did and not glorifying it or making it look better then they’ll see it for exactly what it was….it was an experience.
Top Japanese beat maker dedicates an album to the late J-Dilla, not to imitate, but to show his influence lives on. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 11, 2014