My mind's been flooded for more than forty days But I forced myself to float with boats that split apart but somehow stayed On top that water, wandering like concrete beneath the feet This one's for the ant hills turned mountain peaks that won't retreat Tunnel vision stricken, spittin' liquor out my lifeline So I can finally hold the torch correctly in the night time (Burn it down) Start from scratch, flip the tables, eat the scraps Scrape the broken plates clean, so now the skinny's getting fat (what) My people pace around a school of fish And add that mercury to mix before they finally fry the dish And I'm no different... I'm stripping mother nature like a vixen Forcing her to blow the whistle like a fucking rape victim Didn't really fall asleep, but still feels like I'm waking up For once, I listened to that voice that screamed through where I taped it shut Stuck between a boulder and a bottomless abyss Awake for Now, for all I know, tomorrow won't exist like... shit... Is that it? Naw it can't be it... I walked the desert for more than forty days And I held a conversation with Satan until my soul was plagued Now it's Hades hanging over heads like where my raps are Completely in the dark, but still create where they don't have stars (yep) I slit myself the smallest slice of Heaven And buried that below so I could grow in that direction I'm digging deep enough to sink beneath the weight of Earth And now I'm eye to eye with Atlas trying to pass me off his curse

The first time I saw the Devil I told myself, I'm on a different level I'm witnessing the rock bottom floor, to which I've settled But I sunk beneath the cold to find the warmth of melted metal I must admit, it might have been a couple years Since I've seen the likes of gratified pride persevere Looking up to see a palace while perdition interferes Paint iridescent with pestilent and watch it disappear The main reason why a man within a mirror Only has a ghost to galvanize the nothing that is here That could be the apparition of the pleasure that reveres Being opposite to somber in a sight that's ever clear I think about it way too often when I'm lost within Maybe being lost is consequent of being cognizant? Contemplate the possibility of having breathe inside a lung But never letting this exhale until it chokes on what it's done Then it sleeps Yeah, I might not be awake But still I know that I'm alive enough to have a soul to take And If I fall asleep forever in a dream that I've created Would I barricade myself inside a spot that's golden gated? Or would I find myself completely unimpressed? Showing up like twenty minutes late, sort of under dressed So I stitched myself a garment, gave it glitter for the shine Found some string inside my pocket, formed a circle from the twine Pull it tight and tie a knot... Place it right above my head Let it fight the gravity that made a mortal lay in bed Pull it tight and tie a knot... Let it float around my head Let it sail the buoyancy that made immortal out of dead My skin is shed The first time I saw the Savior I asked if we could talk about it later He said that it was major, and he may have been the maker But he made it rather difficult to conjure what he catered I came and saw and conquered, but I contemplate just where I came from And it's been difficult, trying to dance to mundane drums I've been dragging this skin covered skeleton So I can't imagine a mind state where Hell ascends I was in a solitary asylum where silence was seldom Inside the noise was a void that was violently welcome Until I felt numb... I was in a pot that was melting And it was mixed with a wish that a penny was pelting And I put every single thought I have into action Til the act is an axe that is actively slashin' A setback til I'm back at it A dream is but a wish that is way more charismatic My cycle's so erratic Yeah, I might not be asleep But still I know that I'm alive enough to have a soul to keep And If I fall asleep forever in a dream that I've created Would I barricade myself inside a spot that's golden gated? Or would I find myself completely unimpressed? Showing up like twenty minutes late, sort of under dressed So I stitched myself a garment, gave it glitter for the shine found some string inside my pocket, formed a circle from the twine Pull it tight and tie a knot... Place it right above my head Let it fight the gravity that made a mortal lay in bed Pull it tight and tie a knot... Let it float around my head Let it sail the buoyancy that made immortal out of dead The last time I saw the Devil, told myself I'm on HIS level Levitate to see the site in which I've settled Now sit upon a throne and feel a thorn that doesn't let go But I left my last rights written on a ragged head stone I seem to slip into oblivion, pivot upon a pendulum Picture putting the petals upon a stem (ascend to him) Now, send em in, I'm setting up the speeches that I'm gettin' Where they glorify the glamour and they reach for the restrictions Yeah, I'm trippin'... Training wheels took off the unicycle Now I'm balancing the beam of loving life and suicidal Side by side, simultaneous... Asking where they're taking us? Flap my little wings above the fire til I'm angel dust

Constant contemplation, conversation with myself on a daily basis I get that chance, I'm gonna take it Some people take their time with it, my time has been forever wasted How you gonna reach that potential pinnacle if you never chase it? Trembling inside from the all the chalk lines I've been drawing The outline doesn't outshine from the cloud nine that's been calling I call my mother, call my father, call my brother, call my sister Now place the phone upon Keziah's head so I can kiss her I wish that I could place a phone call to a couple of friends... But they've been doing so much cocaine, they can't comprehend And I've been doing so much thinking, I don't think I'll sleep Been trying to function off a few hours throughout the week I waste away and wage a war with where I wish I was I find that peace when I piece potential with what it does Doing something isn't all that easy To actively pursue that destination til it frees me Whoever said the journey is the path that's most intriguing Has never really reached that realization that it's seeking I seem to slip within euphoric when exploring the dormant While dominating what I'm making is a morgue meta-morphing Into a mausoleum where they modify what I'm seeing Until I see the light between the cracks that keep me from dreaming (OK) I've been drinking out the wishing well that couldn't spare a quarter I correlate my correspondence with corroding corners A broken border that border lines what they board up And boredom is begging me to be eager until the door's shut Fuck... I'm seeing it slam in my face I'm hearing a voice's advisory to react with irate I'm raising the interest of giving with how much more can I take? I'm making it seem like it's nothing but I'm still numb from mistakes OK, I can run around in circles, jump a thousand mounds of hurdles After going toe to toe with tenebrous, the bliss is fertile I waste away and wage a war with where I wish I was I find that peace when I piece potential with what it does Doing something isn't all that easy To actively pursue that destination til it frees me Whoever said the journey is the path that's most intriguing Has never really reached that realization that it's seeking This promise that I'm keeping I'll make it soon enough, so make some room To infiltrate and renovate, rent is late so await the gloom Glowing like the grandeur that was gleaming from the sun But as soon as it was setting, I was sleeping with a gun Started scheming just for fun, turned to fiending for the funds Learned the fundamentals, now it's essential to be the one Once upon a time, I pushed a life line to a limit Now it lives beyond a broken box that bides time with a cynic Sign times with a sentence like a prisoner on death row Strapped in to an electric chair, blacked out, so I let go Woke up in a dark room, now I'm yelling out to an echo Felt free from the melting, and the straps off sorta said so Something in me said go, so I got up and I got out And I got love for the ghost town that I came from, but I lost count The amount of mother fuckers that'll put fangs on a neck To nullify the living that was caged in from the flesh... yes.

My heart is beating barely, walking through the motions They walk on top of oceans... My ocean floor's approachin' I'm coastin'... Without a care, my consciousness is common sense Constantly reminding me, I'm nowhere near accomplishment Put that bread within my trail, put that wind inside my sail Put your confidence in me, I promise that I'm not gon' fail I think somebody lied, cause failure is an option I've seen so many people fail, it's custom now to not win Winding up with nothing is nowhere that I've been stuck in Staying busy, paddling this boat until it's sunken Something sinister sitting inside a sordid mental state Thinking that it's open season for this force to infiltrate Trading in my troubles, trials and tribulations That tried to chain the ankles til tranquility came through Thank You. I think You know exactly who You are... For showing me, I shine too bright to be around some stars I know I'm bound to blow up, shit I work too fucking hard To be denied forever, knowing Heaven's not that far... away My heart is beating barely, walking through the motions They walk on top of oceans, my ocean floor's approachin' Coastin' without a care, looking up to nothing there Waiting for that hand to hold a soul that's simply running scared Heart beating barely, walking through the motions They walk on top of oceans, my ocean floor's approachin' I'm soakin'... Somebody send me something I can float upon Pick apart the pine box they put me in for oh so long Knowing that I'll fight before I'm fallen, never going calm Clutching on that iceberg in Hell that's hardly holding on I find myself between a furnace and a flat line Looking for this ladder that I'd love to climb but can't find Feeling claustrophobic when the walls begin to close me in See the ceiling sealing in my fate that finally shows the end Never had a choice, a voice can get evicted When the vision is a victim to a difference in opinion That was stripping the intention of a ascending to ascendance I see the silver lining shining in the distance I glance upon the glimmering spectacle that it is And try to intervene the beams conveniently to where I live Even if I burn alive trying to channel light to loved ones I'll look upon the good and thank the Lord I've finally done some Sprinkle angel dust upon a fairy tale That I've been told since I was crib stricken, sipping holy grails Maybe that would make this heretic desert a stance That if the eminence was limitless, man might have a chance I don't think that we can make it when the leaders we've appointed Takes the blame for all the good but not the evil he's avoided Annoyed with the anointed, break it down and then destroy it Who put the point to pointless? Point them out and I'll rejoice then But I'm too busy buying bi products Off these putrid pig farmers, put flies in my toxic-ally enhanced habitat That I can call my homeland That's going straight to Hades, if you're talking to my old man This one's for the random nights I tried to sleep but never slept Every time my mother cried, I wound up drowning where she wept Kept the cold sweats to serve a sentimental purpose Push upon a ceiling, soon enough, the sky emerges It's perfect. My heart is beating barely, walking through the motions They walk on top of oceans, my ocean floor's approachin' Coastin' without a care, looking up to nothing there Waiting for that hand to hold a soul that's simply running scared Heart beating barely, walking through the motions Walk on top of oceans. ocean floor appraochin' Coastin'... Coastin'...

Get em in a frenzy Point out who's been eating while my stomach's feeling empty Envy in an instrument, I play it like an angel does a harp Harness harmonies that break the hardest hearts Been waiting for the ending ever since I saw it start Like is this the beginning or is this where I depart? It's hard to comprehend the two when all you know is limbo And your stuck in flux searching for the outro or the intro This though? This is that stirring up the pot shit Changing everything like a man saying he's God's kid I kid you not, they're mocking everything I worship Someone took the temple and made a market out of churches And if there is a God, then I'd imagine he'll return And take the royalties from those that never did a thing to earn Flip the tables Circling around me Heads focused on the words that truly got em bouncing Pounding out the speaker like a preacher on a power trip Thinking people listen pending on how loud the shouting is Um... Hallelujah, end of service False prophet, pocketing the profits of his servants Circling around the congregation that he's workin' Until one day, some bad apple sees that he's a serpent Swervin'... Searching for the day in which the curse ends Cursing out the counterfeit until they close the curtains Hold the door, I'm bout to start sparking up this place Stone cold, throwing brimstone to blow up in their face Fix the fiction, find facts amidst the fables Wolves teeth eat sheep asleep inside the stables Flip the tables Now they're going bat shit Love to watch me kill it like when Juliet was last kissed Deadly... Didn't think that I was ready But then I read the writing on the wall, that shit was heavy It said that I would sacrifice everything to see the light And all the sudden, day dreaming dragged me through the sleepless nights You see it right? Well I'm standing right in front of you Flying carpets over heads while pulling rugs from under you Nothing new... I've been doing this ever since Molten rock cooling off, becoming sediments I gave a man cave, now he's cutting fucking jungles up Biting off the very hand that fed his supple supper's lunch Once upon a time, everything was black Holy shit, I think it's coming back Flip the fucking tables

Waiting patient, pacing in a barren basement The bottomless is infinite and fairy tales are ancient I'm aiming for the pack of wolves that wage a war on sheep Because I know that I'll be judged upon the company I keep It's all peace To the promise land awaiting my arrival I was rinsing off the random blood of tactical survival Sucking out the snake venom, spit it back into a vial Very carefully encapsulate and take it when it's vital My view upon the big picture when I pick apart the pixels Is similar to simians shooting scud missiles Out a rocket ship that flew us to the moon Through a sky full of satellites to watch my every move And I was on a train track to triumph through atrocity But somehow became a cog within this aristocracy... Fuck. Looking around like, "what the fuck is happenin'?" My fellow man is feasting on a family that it can't defend Feeling famished and I ain't a fan of fasting But shit, it's fight or flight and I've been flapping these wax wings It's pretty humbling, hunger is in abundancy But luckily, I got this haunted house to keep me company It fucks with me Waiting patient, pacing in a barren basement The bottomless is infinite and fairy tales are ancient I'm aiming for the pack of wolves that wage a war on a sheep Because I know that I'll be judged upon the company I keep Now, a piece of me is thinking, "I should chainsaw a tree." And try to transform the trunk into a staff of mystique And I am not a fan of glitter gleaming glimmer like it's gold So I take a number, stand in line until the bread is mold Make a soldier out a citizen and start the revolution I'm turning off my television now... LET'S GET IT MOVIN' Make a billion, multiply it by the seven deadly sins Until it equals an illusive body, spreading itself thin until it ends OK? I wanted to be that dude that dominates Until I saw a domino deciding where a bomb should break Basically, it made me sit and soak the situation in Like, "if you wanna kill me, why the fuck did you create me then?" It's maybe making sense... Make the money, make a fence Make the commoners covet all you make and take from them I take it in with salt sprinkled on my cyanide Spoon full of sugar to ensure I'm shaking when I die YOLO... Unless the second life is lived forever... That could amazing for a little while... But shit, forever??? Forever never knew that it was never going to go away Until it got some revenue that road the horse we know today As doomsday that's more dead than any hand that wrote the document I really doubt a death threat is part of God's intent I tend to take away whatever is given to me And I'm honestly appreciative but this shit is confusing Waiting patient, pacing in a barren basement The bottomless is infinite and fairy tales are ancient I'm aiming for the pack of wolves that wage a war on sheep Because I know that I'll be judged upon the company I keep Now, a piece of me is thinking, "I should chainsaw a tree" And try to transform the trunk into a staff of mystique And I am not a fan of glitter gleaming glimmer like it's gold So I take a number, stand in line until the bread is mold Make a soldier out a citizen and start the revolution I'm turning off my television now... LET'S GET IT MOVIN' Make a billion, multiply it by the seven deadly sins Until it equals an illusive body, spreading itself thin until it ends OK. I'm Forty years fortified Climbing up to cloud nine, snake staff on my side Trying to build something special that's beyond comprehension Compromise getting with how much did I give in I give it all I got but that's where it gets tricky Having nothing left to lose in the investment for ascending When you're sitting on a cinder, straight sweating like a sinner You begin to grow accustom to a cause you can't remember I'm really rising up for real this time, I promise Even if i blink or fall asleep, my vision gets accomplished Cause I paint this pretty picture on the inside of my eyelids As long as I'm awake, I'll wait for peace until i find it

As I approach the possibility of rising up Start rolling out that carpet, red as blood to signify my love My life is losing it's momentum as of now But it's OK because I got this heart of gold to hold me down I took everything I had... Put it right next to a fire pit Pushed all my possessions towards the torches where the light was lit Watched it burn to ashes and at first it felt amazing Once the smoke smothered, every cloud started changing Chocking on the oxygen is not exactly optimal I've been on some optimistic, anything is possible So now I rock a gas mask everywhere I go I'm that seed inside this land fill that forced itself to grow Now is the fruit that I ingest really infected with the pestilence? Or is the pesticide they spray a form of modern medicine? Might be out my gourd but that's because I ate a steak With ammonia in the middle just to make sure it was safe I've been on that kryptonite since Superman was dead They say "adapt or be deceased," so I'm just trying to plan ahead And this is what it's like when everything around you turns to quicksand And pulls upon your ankles just to see what you can withstand I keep my spirits HIGH like celestial So if I need to sacrifice a skeleton, I'll let it go I swear, I see these satellites swarming outside my bedroom window Once they take my picture, they place it into a pile of info While they infiltrate the privacy that I do not withhold I just hang my hat on, "fuck it all." I guess it's mind control Slid my soul inside this envelope and sent it out to sanctity Thankfully, the response did not decree me to take a knee Basically, it told me to just be my fucking self And for once in my entire life, I was not scared of Hell What a concept they constructed up to kill the confidence Of any connoisseur that's contemplating it's consciousness Put me in the ground before you box me in So I can fertilize the future right beneath your walking limbs And this is what it's like when everything around you turns to quicksand And pulls upon your ankles just to see what you can withstand I keep my spirits HIGH like celestial So If I need to sacrifice a skeleton, I'll let it go

They speed it up, I'm trying to slow it down I take my time. I hate where I'm at but I love what I do til I go to the ground With a hand full of dirt... I'm back for the work Digging myself up out of this grave that I gave to myself but I can't convert Looking back to a back and wall and a spine inclined with a passion to crawl Dug deep underneath on my knees, but it's cool cause I found what I need to stand tall Right? Right... Look at me, I got everything I need I'm an obstacle away from being better than you've ever been Cause every time I fail, I get a feeling that injects the sense That something was accomplished on this conquest Knowing that my time is on it's way but simply, not yet What's the point of laying low if no one notices your doing it? You advertise the moves you make instead of just pursuing it My mind is on the mission to be actively persistent If you're really making noise, eventually they listen My hand is on the handle of a hammer Pounding on the nails until the grime becomes the grandeur Say that I'm delusional... I say that I'm inspired I basically just want to live a life that I'll admire You basically just want to work a job and then retire I'd rather spend my free time preaching to a sleeping choir I kinda love this shit, it's more than just a fucking hobby So if you wanna doubt what I can do, sit back and watch me I'm that dude that takes a negative and negative And multiplies that shit until it's positive and makes it big and all the sudden, everything's exactly what I say it is I ain't gonna quit until my family's chillin' I truly retrained my train of thought to keep chasing and keep buildin' I've been patient, I've been waiting, I've been making that brilliance Nobody's gonna give you shit until you kick in the door and kill em OK, I ain't gonna sit around watching you do what you do and then not do it too Cause I'm laid back doesn't mean I lay back, I stay active and I make moves... true Ain't nobody listening, but it's all good Ain't nobody listening, but it's all good Ain't nobody listening, but it's all good I'ma do this shit til it's understood That I got this... Gotta shine bright til they watch it No watch on the wrist, but I'm flossin' Not much of a lust for the lavish Fam gotta eat, so I'm stuck trying to grab it I'ma go get this cash Give it all back to the fam that I have All I really wanna see is everybody eat So until that day, I may never go to sleep

I do this for my family Obsessed with success until I slip into insanity I say I'm gonna do it, so I follow through Swim inside a dead sea long enough, it swallows you... it's true And I'm trying to be that dude still Traveling uncharted, trespassing where the truth builds I was in a bath tub with a salt shaker The next thing I know, I'm holding on to melting glaciers Now, water world with a widespread ice patch Poking through the plastic on a momentary life raft Waiting for the flood to float me up until I'm flying Maybe I'll be sinking... Either way, I'm dying... it's cool ya'll It's all good, man I promise That's why I'm working over time to get something accomplished I contemplate quitting every time I get it started Stumble over doubt until you learn to disregard it... for real And I'll be doing this forever... Cause every day, I dedicate to being better... it's better I'll be doing this forever Until I'm better And that's just how it is... You're only gonna get what you can give This is every single thing that I've ever thought about Taking place in a personified fire til I'm out... out... out And if it's running out, let the smoke fill the room This is dedicated to my friends leaving us too soon It's fucked up but honestly, I think about it daily I still recall the moment that I noticed you were changing Fading in and out of conciousness, I could see your eyes roll back Trapped in a hospital, where the lines go flat Flashing the image right in front of me Ever since I saw it, I have not been sitting comfortably Comforting a mother that I knew would not recover The father and the bottle start re speaking to each other Chasing any chance of a change to occur Into an oblivion that fades to a blur And that's the type of pain that nobody can explain And that's the type of pain that nobody can explain And that's the type of pain that nobody can explain Because every time we talk, I know everything has changed I can't imagine everything that's running through your mind It's racing in a circle, trying to leave it all behind It's gonna be alright, really that's all I can say I'm not sure if I mean it, but I wish it every day It's gonna be OK And that's just how it is... You're only gonna get what you can give This is every single thing that I ever thought about Taking a place in a personified fire til it's out... out... out You take the light away from me, I promise that I'll shine I'm not sure what it is, but it's embedded in my mind Making something out of nothing, nothing isn't really anything If everything you do is what you are then start envisioning I'm visiting epiphanies that sit between the sky And everything above it that we cannot see with eyes I look up and imagine magic manifesting peace Listen close enough and you can hear it when it speaks And this is what I am, this is everything I need Until my body fails me, and then my soul is free And if it doesn't fly, then I hope to God it floats So I can finally rise and become more than a ghost And this is what I am, this is everything I need Until my body fails me, and then my soul is free And If it doesn't fly, then I hope to God it floats So I can finally rise and become more than a ghost I'm gettin close, yall... I'm gettin close

And this goes out to everyone that said I wouldn't make it With all the nothing that's been given to me, I had to take it Put myself upon this pedestal and stood until they stared Reflecting light, to lead the blind til vision is repaired I can feel the future formulating right outside my finger tips That's why I manipulate my mental state to reach for it Seen some shit, like all my friends dying right in front of me Mentally and physically, this place is trying to fuck with me Ain't nobody touching me, that's probly cause I'm high Although, I'm completely sober, I feel dusted out my mind I don't think that I can take the expectations that I face I got some absurd assumption that I'll summon something great... wait What's the point to thinking if no action is behind it? Every time I think about quitting, I'm constantly reminded Of the fact that all my family is barely above water So on that day I stop, then I must have much more to offer I often think that I'm a fucking failure and it's kinda true But it's okay because I know that failure's what refines your view Panoramic, I can see it all from where I sit My third eye is bird's eye, but I don't sleep so worm's, I get Barely getting started homie, don't you think we're leaving now Hoping Nick Arcade can make a thousand beats to hold me down So I can do this shit to death and kill every day I'm here Even when I'm eighty, I'll be writing rhymes from my wheel chair When I pass away, I'll be a poltergeist with punchlines Possessing shitty rappers every night to block their sunshine Purgatory that I'm placed within cannot be permanent Punishment is meant to prove a point, to which you learn from it I'm a work in progress that's here to work and progress Until I find a place to rest and wander out beyond flesh God Bless, I'm ghost, gone, going out with guns drawn Shooting starts from off the moon I sit behind the sun on God Bless, I'm ghost, gone, going out with guns drawn Shooting stars from off the moon I set behind the sun on On and on and on... On and on and on