Look in the mirror, see my enemy, my greatest friend Make me happy, then make me guilty like some fingerprints Like I shouldn’t pursue my dreams, weren’t you the one That told me we could be the greatest? But then we grew up I guess we change the second we age, forget where came for that picket fence American dreams that our parents had as immigrants We go to school and graduate it with honors Then most of our salaries go back to payin’ for college, huh Now, we back to stay with our mommas Either that or wait for that tax break from Obama Sippin that Brooklyn Lager, plottin’, I’m like Ciabatta Takin that new role (roll) to get the bread, in the end I Pray to this god that I barely believe in Tell him he should give me the word, but he buried the meaning Ya see this, life is a bitch, and she’s very conceited Wishin’ she would just let me ball (bald), but I’m barely recedin’ My demons, become my reality, ‘fraid of bein’ average like my salary The game don’t give me credit…I charge like a cavalry Or that battery, powered to the max… Time is more than just a hour in a glass We spend our whole life saving Then spend our whole life savings That mid-life’s crazy Forget that, I’ll be forever dreamin’, and yet I’m never sleepin’ I pour this liquor for my inner demons, Goodnight Goodnight Yeah, I tell my demons goodnight For now, maybe I’ll see ‘em in the mornin’ Ironic, I had to die a lil bit and yet it brought me to LIFE They say that life is what you make it, so baby why you livin’ your life this way? That’s a hell of a price to pay…   Nobody said it was easy, these dark shadows light my pain So now that we’ve hit this ceiling, do we just disintegrate through the flames?   How come we don’t know? How come we don’t know? How come we don’t know? We blow with the wind…

(J. Cole) Yeah, sip of this muthafuckin drink Lean back, Volatile Yeah, yeah, Hey (Hook) Is this the life that ya chose for me? Is this the life that ya chose for me Is this the dice that was rolled for me, I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it Is this the life that ya chose for me, Lord, Is this the life that ya chose for me? Is this the dice that ya rolled for me, yeah, yeah This is the Ville, home of the fast lifers Where we get high and don't come down, we gas prices Man I wonder how hard to live my past life was Cuz this one hard, I can show you my scars I ain't cryin tho Ey, save that pity for the next man Or that girl getting beat down by her ex man Ey hold ya head, mama, I know you wish that nigga dead, mama "If I could find a way to kill him, I won't have no drama" Dear Mama, tell me who ya love This one is for the boy that see his mama on drugs I feel your pain, boy, and just know I been through the same, boy That lady need you more than ever, don't be ashamed, boy Cuz when it rained, boy, that was yo' umbrella The one that changed your pissy sheets when you was a young fella And now she in her bedroom, on her knees Starin' at the sky, screamin Lord please, tell me now (Hook) Is this the life that ya chose for me? Is this the life that ya chose for me Is this the dice that was rolled for me, I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it Is this the life that ya chose for me, Lord, Is this the life that ya chose for me? Is this the dice that was rolled for me? I won't cry about it, I won't cry about it, hey (Omen) It's like...soon as you cling on, my mind saying be gone I leave em' with wrinkled foreheads they now Klingons Confused cause friendships abused and I'm sorry for it My life performance been trifling, some nights I fight my conscience Was never given spades, but I always had the heart Always misplaying the hand I was dealt, the joker cards Is what I was feeling like, lonely, low energy Falling slow clinically, ballin? no, but we finna be Don't pity me ever, even when them haters bantering Mindstate of the victor, no victim, I'm just a champion Money coming slow God, intervene Spirit's never broken, I'm just focused don't pity me No no no Ya see this pain put a strain on my whole life I seen the rain, seen my dreams turn to long nights But all I ask is don't pity me no no, don't pity me no no Don't pity me no...no. (Hook) I can't cry about, gotta be strong, can't cry about it, hey (Voli) And I freestyle life, can barely write the rent Yearly income can barely keep this music life in check Call up mommy, hate to borrow money with Christmas near Hey, you know what? How bout we make each other gifts this year? Friends are callin me up, askin me if I'm signed yet Who I'm workin with, am I making dollar signs yet? Disappointment within their voices, do they pity me? Disbelief, I'ma stay driven like them city streets But, ohhh, it seems like every day is rainy weather Can barely fit my pain and pride beneath the same umbrella But he don't care, he don't care, his heart'll keep him dry No more caterpillar, now you see him change, peeping tom Yah, this life will flash before your eyes So get your match before your fire turns to ash No more drive, no more gas Before you cry, get your laughs Before you die, live your path With no regrets, broken necks, no looking back, man (Hook)

Damn… Hey… How you doing? Long time no see… Small town girl big city dreams Always driven you were livin in that limosine Its kinda random how I ran into her She had that same college body had to hand it to her The wine section of the liquor store of all places Was a regular there just short of being a store favorite Now aint it funny how lately I’ve been thinking about the old days And there she was a rose picking out some rose I used to polish that Bicardi at the frat party At 3 a.m. I’d visit her in front the dormitory And talk about life we did it all the time And there was something there but I could never cross the line Her roommate had a man so she was never there And suddenly the rum had me feeling debonair Our bodies rubbing tight clothes coming loose We did something we should never do (Pre-Chorus) Cause then things changed Cause then things changed Left in pain cause we knew deep down things would never be the same (Chorus) Yeah, you see those Lights cameras action play the movies of our lives The scene gonna fade away, fade away, fade away I wonder if we should have paused I wonder if we would have gone farther Instead we fade away, fade away, fade away Small town girl with a very big problem coming her way, baby Young dumb boy but a smartass never learned to act his age, baby Next morning brunch was a little awkward Quiet now we’re missing the comfort of even talking Jealousy and unreturned phone calls then I get the IM that’s when it all goes wrong Funny how the world keeps spinning even when I stand still and the world keeps living their lives She told me she was 3 weeks pregnant She could barely speak each sentence Head spinning, vertigo, floor turning vertical Thought the sex was worth it though assumed she had the birth control Honestly my first reaction told me to deny it But there’s honesty in pain I saw it streaming from her eyelids Sometimes I think I might have been a better man to marry her Went from academic plans to unplanned parenthood Planned parenthood, something in her died Not just the baby it was something in her eyes Pre-chorus Chorus Fast forward 5 years I’m at the store to buy beer And its awkward but we both act cordial to hide the fear of the pain Always wondered if she’d changed her demeanor was the same She said she was engaged almost done at St. James for her residency Told her I was teaching mathematics at an elementary Congratulations then we both parted ways Into the night where the scenes seem to fade Cause they just fade Yeah In life they just fade Left in pain Cause we knew deep down things would never be the same Chorus

What would I be if I lost the key to my pulse The beat of my drum the memory of my home I know you think you see me before your eyes but my mind is off in that sky I am not Here I am not HERE Think of the days when I was younger My father knew it all mama was like an angel, never caught her doing wrong couldn't wait to be grown up, sleelpin late as I wanna Tooth Fairy and Santa, couldn't wait for them to show up thought I could be a hero, Captain Planet never thought that I could be a zero When I was older, thought I could be a superstar That almost faded like the image of a shooting star So let me sing you my song bury my soul in the words of a verse that will never end I tell my future to open the door I’m stepping in hey father time stop dead beatin get your kid enough to make a man religious, searchin that crystal ball for an image wishing we would(wood) surface, but it’s all in the finish Tomorrow's not promised but the future is ours, Ironic Chorus Where did he go - o Where is the man that I know I search for the pieces I damaged love me or hate me I vanished I am not here, I am not here the sun rise in the East, where the winters get cold and the guys wanna cheat, when the women get old you work your whole life, now recession got your wealth outta retirement in Costco stocking shelves, ughhh Damn homey, in college you were the man homey what the fuck happened to you huh, I gotta ball, gotta show like its half time trying rise, trying peak before the flat line the beat of your heart is what keeps you from dying but what keeps you alive, are we living alive yea, I know you thinkin you fly but I’m outta space where the stars shine brighter and I know I'll stay high for as long as I light up now, the mirror showing what I nearly lost sight of this pilot got a very long flight up, goodbye Chorus I try to budget between that life that I'm up in and the life that I covet will I pay the credit bill, or buy the mic that I've wanted who could show me the balance, who could help me to challenge what I know, I wonder will my talent ever to show maybe I'll lose a few friends to my destiny maybe I'll make amends with my enemies maybe my job will finally get rid of me I ain't waitin till they decide (the side) I'm the dinner meat Momma please don't cry I promise you the sky I'll show you why you worked that 9 to 5 I'll make you proud It’s not just all in vain I'll heal you of your pain So let me lead the way Chorus

(Kid Digit.O) I never said I'm heaven sent Benevolent or seraphim a reverend has never blessed me there's plenty better men than just me I guess I just met destiny and when she said I was meant to be nothin better I fucked her head up I said I'm fed up I'll never let up and even if I never win I'm leaving as a better man the penitentiary you fence me in could never dead a mans dreams it'll never end you must believe And it seems that I never been who you think never fit in your measurements I'll never be one of you like theres two of me and There's a few of me your suit never suited me My school was truancy news flash ya news caster knew jack his news wasn't new to me its what they want you to see So they could mold ya to what they want you to be But you are free Even if they lock you up you can change who they thought you was You can be who you want because there's no chains that can stop your thoughts there's no cage that can lock us all there's no way we will not be forced to go away the only thang they can do is to stop my pulse and still my words ring thru the Blocks we fought to find you when you think all is lost (Hook) This is my new religion This is my new religion A prisoner of ambition Will anybody listen? This is my new religion (Maza) He's sinking deeper even more, Amassed a pile of secrets, can't keep them like before They spilling out, seeping through the floors parents seeking the cause, ain't seen this coming, they ain't speakin anymore They sensed a change, they wanna intervene but can't seem to get close, will things ever be the same he just wanna get ghost packed an extra change of clothes in his coat hit the corner, switch his gear, now he's ready to post he don't relate to what his dad be talking/ he feels betrayed feels like everything he says gets washed away they just look the other way more concerned with keeping up with what others say ignored another day, he just slowly suffocates wraps his bandana tighter met some dudes that he admired was inspired, they said son, we'll walk with you into the fire we'll be there with you when everyone retreats, repeat we'll there for you when no one else can be He told him how long waited, told them look nobodies here He told him how far he searched, looked high looked low nobody cared He told them bout all the pain he felt but buried deep inside He looked into his fathers eyes and said (Hook) (Voli) My brain is in the future, my heart is in the moment I try to put my past in a coffin, can I close it? Goin back and forth between the limbo that I live in And the way of life I think will be the window into heaven Or will it be my prison, solitary confinement Meditatin, the booth is the monastery, the mind is Is the only enemy that I have The paranoia got me losin every friend that ive had Slave to the dollar in this quarter life crisis, borderline lifeless Shouldn't even put a donor heart on my license Ughhh im revived by the beat gimme ten seconds See me reppin with these bars, bench pressin Never go out, buried in my obsession If you relate, well then you've inherited my religion A lifetime of solitude, I don't need anybody Big change comin, im savin every penny (Hook)

These are the bad times, what happened to the good times what happened to the sunset that you said would rise again what happened to the promises we made to try again I guess we had our fingers crossed Its hard to let a good girl go but baby it would be foolish for me to think that this situation is something that i could control I know I cheated Woman I know, I see it in your eyes i could read 'em and they readin' like the epilogue after the Last Chapter but you couldn't find the right way to say it like bad grammar arguing over dishes, laundry and other business ballin over those tissues, we glossin' over the issue baby thought I could be what you needed when you said you forgave me give you that picket fence, the ring, the kids, the Mercedes thats what you wanted ain't it, stop walkin now face me we not talkin its crazy, don't ignore me I hate it at least if your angry at me I know that you still care why am I reaching for something as if its still there I wasn't faithful but how long should I be paying for it forgiveness is on the menu and I be waiting on it (hook) No more Sunshine, No more summer breeze Before the cold, the Autumn is when she leaves (its when she leaves, its when she leaves) When she leaves, we inevitably fall (and we just fall, we just fall, the memories are gone) That Autumn Air makes her love me no more, she loves me no more Look, is it easier just to walk away and demonize me honey you see my eyes, the reason we keep alive is written on my face remember college, second semester finals quizzing each other while we stripping each other for hours freshman year was ours we were each others sugar but somewhere it went sour it broke my heart that you thought it was something that you did you weren't good enough, baby that's just stupid I don't know maybe it was the pressure, maybe I couldn't meet the expectations of your sister mother, uncles, and aunts asking when we getting married maybe I never felt I was good enough for your daddy barely making good salary, how could we make a family then reality sunk in, then the doubt in me snuck in then that led to the night of me going out when I'm drunk and something was grindin on me then I don't remember nothing (Chorus) I can't believe I let a good girl go but once a good girl goes, she's gone forever picture perfect we were drawn together somehow, even though I saw the signs we were lost together but lets be honest you never really forgave me but I understand baby the jealousy made you crazy and then you just shut off, I couldn't find the on button I tried everything, I nearly lost my mind from it Man, you don't shit like that, you don't forgive me for my sins and take that shit right back you don't give me another chance as if this shit might last 8 years behind us and we end just like that Damn, and now the winters so cold I wander like the man that could never go home Living in the memories of something we had baby tell me, will the summer ever be back (Chorus)

Now tell me where I gotta go from here Do I change my life? Left the alarm clock ringin, wearin that pillow like its part of my image Let my dreams live about four or five minutes more Hey send me an angel Tell her to give me the strength that I need to go on Commutin through this AM traffic The road is unclear through the radio static No manual for life, so I stay in automatic Dead end job got me livin on front street Day to day relying on the bread like lunch meat Is this the life that I worked so hard for? Now is this debt really worth this armoire Or this plasma, or this foreign car? I don’t know, it’s the game I play Live day by day, let me say my grace So please let me say my grace We look for the American dream They show us our lives on a 20 inch screen Baby girl, life ain’t everything it seems The heart is where the home is And you wonder why we wander like the homeless? Shit they say you should’ve been a lawyer But eighty grand in school loans could’ve been avoided If you’da told the universe what you really wanted, but… Close your eyes for a moment, maybe you can see (Hook) They say that heaven is a place on earth So please don’t cry, let’s try to wash the pain in those eyes Baby look up, look up, up to the sky (So when we gonn fly?) I know it’s hard, we don’t know what tomorrow brings Today is for us So baby look up Yeah, this is how we live when we don’t let nobody tell us how we live And everything I am, no longer measured by the things I had The things I had…So can I live my path? This is the verse of a lifetime, the realest shit I ever wrote This is what disturbs me at night time, no sleep bright and early when the light shines Picture that like a Nikon, 4 minutes Can I save the world with the right rhyme? The story of a generation Had goals for the finish line, but never made it, uh Old dreams, the good die young This hateful world never took my love away, away I know its hard for ya, honey Dropped out of school to work hard for the money Daddy out of work, now you gotta pay the mortgage Just a few months before the bank forecloses Just the other day, you were thinking bout diplomas You were thinking bout diplomas Now I know you need a shoulder, funny how lack of time can make you feel older But I guess that’s life, nuthin left but to make things right I know the stars seem far from your window But its only so far if you think so (Hook)

Yahh Yahh Nouveau Classique yah Nouveau Classique yah   Midsummer nights, late winter days Time flies and under the wings I stay To lift my plane beyond the sun, to shine as one Fear and pain is givin’ me shade They used to work overtime within my brain No they’re demoted to minimum wage The suburbs where I hail from This school degree is absurd, shit don’t help none That 9 to 5 is dead end, no pay off, just that severance So you waste your gifts, no presence (presents) All for the money, funny how we livin’ our lives for dead men Uh-uh, no sir, shift gears to the fast lane, gimme that champagne I’m first, you second like a last name, now they bumpin’ my joints, no backpain Put it on, takin off like a jet airliner Sayin’ I’m cold (Cole) like I rep Carolina Rap so blunt, like I puff marijuana Drop that kick just enough to bare my soul (sole)   (Hook) Yeah, this is my soul, uh this is my soul This is my soul, This is my soul The righteous, the righteous remain Yah, the righteous remain alive, don’t tell me truth Tell me lies, my reality is I’m living in the sky   This is that Blue Cross Anthem, H & M, J. Crew Roth IRA bombers, school ya like my Alma Mater 6 O’Clock alarm set, we that Logitech click (clique) Hewlett Packard on my desk, on that 9 to 5 shit? Nooo, this lust for life, love her to death Will she become my wife? Can’t think of any prenupt she’ll like Till death do us part, I’ma hug her tight, never let go, I’m klepto It’s mine, took it back like retro, I can smell that green like pesto Am I in it for the money or the music? Everything I do it’s like I gotta prove shit And they thought I couldn’t spit? No mucus Keep my beats (beets) so cold, produce shit One time, two time, three time No goals will fall by the wayside, no strings attached, no bassline No North Korea, they’ll never take my soul (Seoul)   (Hook)   Yeah, so I’m at work, right And this woman says to me “What is your fallback plan? When do you say to yourself, ‘Alright it’s time to quit, make some money? When is your deadline?’” As if this is a distraction, when in reality… Everything else is a distraction   (Hook)  

ugh I'm gone till November, I packed my bags left you this poem as a memento honey I won't forget ya, I'll be back before the winter when i shine like the summer to keep you warm like a placenta but until we meet again let a man be a man Auf Wiedersehen let me fly, get em hooked, Peter Pan you screaming at me, cuz lately you see the credit card debt is large we even tried a money seminar, but for what? to get a new suit for the office, or buy ham at the supermarket gettin loofahs at target? Nah, too worried bout the rent, health insurance and cancer too many damn questions, we don't worry bout answers see life will teach you, so baby let her teach I'd rather get a letter grade A than have her let us B so let me set us free, we'll see it through woman and have faith I'll see you soon woman I understand you woman, I hear your clock is tickin the state of mind that you're in (urine), without the pot to piss in to show that I care, I'll go with you to IKEA just to make-up like eyecare, but my mind is not there back in the past again, to that freshman in class again wishing his academic advisor would stop harassing him what did I master in, huh? will I ever know? and we keep gettin bills, like we play in Buffalo went from trying to make the dean's list to the D list Kathy Griffin style, yet I still dream big thats when I go away steady trying to hold the weight of the world on my shoulder blades will (wheel)  power, roller blades When I return, I know you're riding with me empty man, you fill (feel) the crack like Bobby and Whitney so let me set us free, we'll see it through woman and have faith i'll see you soon woman I can take you further let me take you further so honey honey, please don't let those mountains block our sunlight for today I promise we'll be living in the future, the chains will loosen see this is my solution, lets Go! uh uh so let me take you outta here, uh uh now let me take you outta here yahh, uh now let me take you outta here life's cold I'm leavin for the heat call me cavalier Hey baby, I break those chains baby I'm back again baby, it ain't no thang baby so say my name baby, i make you sing baby you know you're meant for something better better late than having never lived your life Life is short but a 6'3" fella gotta rise above Stand tall, Voli in the building, landlord super, superman, i'm the future Forget the sky, the stars is where i'm aimin (amen) Hallelujah you know I used to Love H.E.R., but now hip hop she lookin beat like I produced her, shall I abuse her? Never I'll take a different position, like Kamasutra, I'm going hard, these tracks are the eyes of Madusa they make me rock it, do ya  know that errrytime I suit up, fix my collar and tie my noose up, go to work in that hearse that im driving, i stay alive for this music, mama baby we ain't no zombies lets live it up no puppets but we gonna let Gavidia string it up. uh uh Now string it up yahhh String it up yahhh uh uh Now string it up thats my motherfuckin Guitar Man Gavidia Now let it rock, baby Let it rock, baby Lemme rock, baby 

I love you too much, I show it too less What did you say? Bitch, I know what you said You make a man hittin’ rock bottom feel lower So what I had a couple shots of vodka? I’m sober Don’t need a second mother, if I wanna have another I’m a grown man You wanna go? Then go then How did you become my enemy? Phone is off, then it’s the removal of my wedding ring Then it’s driving under the influence of the devil’s drink Heading to the club, where I forget about everything The girl across the bar She don’t know about my pain, she don’t know I lost my job But she make me feel young again Just for one night, I feel like another man How did I get here? Bartender says I’m at my limit I try to get another drink, said after that I’m finished The Guiness and white russians I never should’ve mixed like apartheid (Hook) Now I’ve fallen to the darkside, yeah And I thought I heard your heart cry, yeah Cuz I’ve fallen to the darkside, yeah But please don’t let the spark die, no Maybe one day I can find my way back to you Uhhh, wake up in my own vomit On the floor of our apartment, shit I almost choked on it Ya runnin over to me with a glass of cold water Tryin’ to clean me up before I see our six year old daughter I tell you that I love you, you tell me that I’m drunk Don’t you hear I said I love you? You tell me that’s enough I barely keep my eyes open, doesn’t matter, can’t see beyond my false pride (Hook) Yeah, I know my father was an alcoholic I gotta hear about it everytime I have a tonic It’s got a little gin, you worried bout a lil drop? Promise when I get a job, this liquor’s goin in a box Hey what you doin? Where you think you goin with our daughter? Just because I missed parent day at kindergarten? Now she’s cryin, Molly, shhh, I know you’re hurtin now Mommy and Daddy got some issues, we gonn work it out Do you remember my face? The sound of my voice? Am I just a fool to think that I had a choice I saw my whole life leave in a range rover Then took a shot of Beefeater for the hangover Found my way back to you, baby, all night (Hook)

(Father, yes I am a prisoner Fear not to relay my crime The crime is loving the forsaken Only silence and shame And now I turn) Stand up for me one time Suburbs to the city Hands up for me two times Now can ya holla back to me Stand up for me one time Suburbs to the city Hands up for me two times I’m a prisoner, Ima Ima prisoner, homie Time to eat, no waitin’ I’m a Sizzler, homie Quarter-life crisis, man you can ask about me Now I know I got the gift, they can’t rap (wrap) without me I’m sorry, boy I’m sorry Uncle Sam, I been a bad boy, Mike Lowery Do I declare my checks or declare my independence I can feel my future disappearin’ with my pension Bonsoir, ciao to the days of the undergrad Underage drinkin’, gettin trees like a lumberjack 80, 000 dollars and you claim you outta college But those loans got you livin’ offa PBJ and Ramen Mmmm, gas high, can’t afford the octane No more Thirsty Thursdays, only Furlough Fridays Government is shuttin’ down, I’m thinkin’ (I am a prisoner) Yah, and now these bars are comin’ out (Against is the law with its immensity and strength and power, against us is the law) (Hook 2X) Uh, so stand up for me one time Suburbs to the city Hands up for me two times Now can you holla back to me I’ma prisoner, Ima Ima prisoner, homie Yet these bars set me free like I’m a criminal, homie Slaves to the whips, addicted to the clothes and the money Can I change like a roll full of pennies? We live in that facebook, man it’s all about the status You’ll have these women dribblin’ if you’re ballin like the Mavericks Ugh, it’s the media, blame it on the media Nah, blame these stupid muthafuckas for believin’ them U.S. defecit got me trippin’, I took the scenic route Wall Street is doin’ colonics, now watch ‘em clean us out Stay afloat, that credit got me drownin’ , get my scuba gear I stay collectin’ unemployment like a souvenir I got ‘em chantin, but I don’t got the Anthem Prayin’ to that Blue Cross, Momma got the cancer Now her body shuttin down, she singin (I am a prisoner) Yah but now these bars are comin out (Hook 2X) Visions of lightning, Riding the storm A prisoner of war, don’t know for how long Is there retribution? Is there nothing more? Except for these bars, these bars, Ohh-ohh-ohh Uh I’m a prisoner, prisoner to this industry, homie Raise that middle class finger, do it visibly, homie The game is like that strip club, they say I need singles I gotta get my chips up, they say I need Pringles Now it’s do or die, doin’ this for you and I Do it for the teenagers out there committin suicide Do it for the out of work father, you are my brother now (I am a prisoner) Yah, and now these bars are comin out (Hook 2X)

I’m headed for the sin city where the pretty women and liquor is sweet The money spreadin’ like the air that you live and you breathe Flashing lights, celebrities everywhere Jealousy everywhere, the pressure of heavy stares, yeah Model vixen on my lap while I’m Moscato sippin She says she loves me but I know she’s on that Scottie Pippen Bull shit, she prolly gav it up to my assistant She’ll give it to me for the money, like a lotto ticket Meheh, materialism and betrayal Is this what I’ve been dreamin of since I was just a day old? My friends are wonderin, will he every be the same though? They feel me change by the minute, like a payphone I used to be a simple man with a simple life But all the splendor ain’t real, Crystal Light Now all this green that once shined is my kryptonite I wonder if I’d change a thing if I lived it twice (Hook) Sin City Sin City Sin City You don’t even know, how I lose myself Even I can’t tell Is this heaven? Or is this Sin City? There’s smoke in the mirror, no light in my eyes No concept of time And there ain’t no more substance but the substance I drink in my glass She hid the rubbers from me My bourbon nearly finished off, she brings another for me She whispers in my ear, her clothing disappears She says the pleasure’s better than pain, don’t let it interfere I barely hear my phone buzzin over the slow fuckin Missed calls, don’t even take em from my own mother Great friends are now replaced by the fake friends No room for family, even though my heart is vacant (Hook) Remember when they tried to tell me I was pipe dreamin That dynamite season, knew any second I was gonn blow like breathin Now I’m surrounded by these bloodsucking type leeches Try to weed em out cuz they inhale like demons The paranoia grows when they put the camera’s on ya Sometimes I think about my ex but never dare to call her Ok maybe I drunk dial from a different number I wonder if she’s thinking of me like I’m thinking of her And now I’m thinking of her, these model bitches drinkin up my liqeuer Whores, so get the fuck out, don’t sit on my bed I kinda wish I was dead I lost my head on a train headed for Grand Central Station And call back home, let em know they can cancel my reservations I’m headed for the sin city where the money flows like purple rain I’m headed for the sin city where the money flows like purple rain (Hook)

Voli, come in Let’s get started I have youre resume in front of me Do you have anything to add? Any…questions? Did I do it right? Or was it just pretend, well it depends Is this the end or the beginning of my life And as my casket lowers down, will they look back at me over the ground And maybe cry? I see the faces of my enemies, my friends eventually I sacrificed Memories flash before my eyes, the final act before my demise And all I can ask before I die is (Hook) Will I rise before I wake, will I die before I lay (yah) Before I lay, ay, ay In the end will my heart outweigh the things I never say What will it say on my resume? My resume, my resume I never thought it’d be like this, nearly broke, no deal yet Good things comes to those who wait? Um, how come it ain’t here yet Lifestyles of the pissed and the fameless, stuck in the office with the staplers Papers, TPS reports, helluva resume that shit is shameless But I reached that verdict, the jury is in Decided that suit right there won’t be the same suit they bury me in Resume of passion, experienced in the laws of attraction Spare me the funeral, I will be more than the usual corpse in a casket (Hook) Huh, never was religious, but I believed in being a good man But some wounds are deeper than quicksand Funny how when you become what you think you’re supposed to be, then it’s and issue The ones that you thought would support you, they only believe in it when it’s official But I apologize (apologize) the ones I’ve hurt Take a look into my mama’s eye’s (my mama’s eyes) and to the ones I’ve birthed Hope I made you proud (made you proud) just know I did my best (did my best) Know you only live once, but we can die a million deaths (Hook 2X)

See on the low I told the Game I was coming Told Fame I would love her Told the money we should be friends So we exchanged numbers I guess I shoulda gave the rest of yall the same notice I'm driven like the greats, must of had the same chauffeur Single passion, double life middle class, simple life working man in disguise Clark Kent business type suit is on, then at night I'm Superman with the Mic money is my kryptonite Ready for change, like that register machine will i get it, it remains to be the question in my brain Moment of doubt i dismiss it like a bell If you thinkin im a fail, Lets B-Real, Cypress Hill Yah, soon as I get a deal, phone starts ringing now these women all fiending like they never saw penis Man on the Moon they wanna give the kid cudi I love her down and beat it up like Bully So let me put it in perspective for you rappers and producers in the game you see i'm movin in your lane Your career looking like dem tighty whiteys, brief My music touch ya soul like the Nikes on your feet This game is talkin in my ear like its automated I play it like a PS 3, I oughta (auto) save it See I'm a nerd, I read alotta words, A penny for my thoughts, a million dollars earned and blah blah blah, see i can say whatever and whatever I drop will get your lady wet, like rainy weather You keep her dry like your name was umbrella, I'm the face of forever I got the gift like it was late December or the 8th of September, Happy Birthday to Me Sampler was nothing, wait till you see what lurks up my sleeve This new rookie Voli sounding like a veteran, crept up in this motherfuckin game and I'm here to win

Forget fear, 2011 is here My enemy appears, starin’ me dead in the mirror We don’t talk, Deaf in the ears A hundred words can be said in the shed of tear I pour the pain on the page like liquor And give the pen fuel so the flame lights quicker The flame might flicker, but it ain’t goin’ out like a late night sitter I’m takin’ haters out like a date night dinner But I’m the one eatin’ Life is a bitch but she don’t come easy Yahh Double life I’m a part-time jobber Full-time dreamer nearly woke after college Coulda went to grad school, coulda had honors I woulda been a 6’3 black Van Wilder Sittin’ on campus, livin’ in the past Hittin’ on girls of the incoming class Ugh, no thanks for the offer I’m built like a shark. I can only move forward Never thought I’d work a 9 to 5 after school though Life’s like that, can’t plan it (planet) like Pluto And through it all, still, I never quit Never gave it up, boy, I’m celibate I no longer treat the art like a hobby Waitin’ so long, can’t treat it like a lobby Nuttin better than an idea realized First time in my life, I feel ALIVE, I feel ALIVE Yahh I wonder if my high school self would approve of the life I live Wonder if I told him the key is to believe, would he even take heed to the advice I Give But time is money, cash don’t wait So it makes sense (cents), the past don’t change So I stop living in it, lemme move out I’ll always regret what I never do now Love my girl, love my family Got a grade A team, never had a plan B Call it REDEMPTION, this is my soul Time will fly every second I don’t Every second I don’t, so let me fly, let me fly

Hats off to ya See in the meanwhile as I’m stuck in this limbo between heaven and hell I choose to handle these bars like a prisoner in jail You haters dear to me, you saw the headlights Now put your hands together and call it midnight Yeah, now call it midnight See in this life you live and you learn Get your paper before you know it you finish your term Will you be staying for the full semester? You’ll probably never have class Email the professor Soon as they feel the pressure poof they disappear, look See this is real shit, quote it in a yearbook I’m on some Braille shit In other words I know you ain’t seeing me but you feel me I milk the game whatever don’t make me stronger will kill me As time is speeding, metabolism is slowing My belly rhymes with jelly, my abdomen is a poet Everyday forget my age, those numbers seem blurry Ask anyone after 21, you’re basically 30 I still ain’t old as my dream is, still as cold as a freezer And yet the hard times here make me grow like a penis Voli Oli, does he like to party? Um, I’m not like these other rappers out here, I’m sorry Too busy braggin about the Patron that they be sippin If you switch it with some Jose bet they wouldn’t know the difference (Hook) Lifestyles of the rich and the famous Is anything real, is it just entertainment? I feel my conscience slip away Forget my thoughts of yesterday Goodbye yesterday Goodbye yesterday Now put your hands together call it midnight And say your goodbyes before midnight Now who am I? Voli the 9 – 5er Heat up that in pasta (imposter) Penne Alla Vodka Google my name, you’ll probably find vodka Next year I’ll be the first 25 pop ups I’m on the rise you see me racing up the wall Haters looking’s like August how they waitin’ for the Fall Voli for serve hit the ball and let it loose on ‘em You know its love til I go and drop a deuce on ‘em Uh, uh, uh, no one as real as him Uh manslaughter, don’t even try but I’m killin ‘em Your boys are lying, you got ‘em reading from cue cards Like “Yeah, Voli’s good, but he don’t do it like you, dog” Epic fail, see that’s that epic fail Shit if ya’ll don’t know got a flow so cold that I may as well make it hail I’m something different, baby I’m something different That regular life been killing me since I was just an infant No hotel, I go in (inn) without a budget Deal or No Deal, tell Howie he can suck it My team restless, like “Why are we waiting?” But when you’re this sick, man, you gotta be patient

Hip hop game yeah (I just can't sit back and watch our family die) Nouveau Classique   Now Listen to the prayers of this rat racing mothafucka on the edge tryna get the green but he stuck up on the red yellow lights slow him down ain't no thrill in life pay the gas, pay the power for those ceiling lights life's a bitch but I data (date her) like them kilobytes and have her wetter than a plumber, she can fill (feel) the pipe and then i make her mine, you see the state of mind of a man making stars circle him when they align, Yahhh I'm in that 0-3 Camry, visualizing myself on the road to the Grammy's 10,000 hours on the craft i'ma outlier you haters cross dressing, how can you Doubtfire that mean you gon miss us, i'm sorta like a farmer produce my own  beats, gettin bread whole wheat, Clark Kent Superman, I'm the shit, you the fan, hitem like a tidal wave, I don't give a hoover dam (I just can't sit back and watch our family die)   Yeah, and every day I go to work I never stop believin Nouveau Classique This might be What we're looking for one brick at a time baby One brick at a time,  let's build We can't doubt ourselves anymore And I'm never going back But it comes full circle, i be running on the track I came far from the little young nerd, from the burbs, I became Voli, I hit em with the serve Simple life, 9 to 5 grind but the boy has talent I hunger for the change with a overdraft balance that ol newcomer, he on the job again, He took a four year break, now he clockin in Game over, my nuts hang lower Buddy you ain't the shit, but you got the same odor And my family, is so real, no grammy's, no deal but we're ready for the spot light, we gon steal We attack no Shaq, but I bet you all kneel (o'neal) my shit make your neck hurt like a good hickie preferably listen with a snifter full a good whiskey and let it rock baby, I never stop baby Everybody knows (nose) we bout to blow, tissue box baby (I just can't sit back and watch our family day) Uh, nah, never, we got sumthin too special her, Let's keep goin  (Chorus) Uh yeah I do it for the family Uh, yeah, nouveau classique (Chorus) like that, uh, shout out to Elite, Dreamville Nouveau Classique Vic, the best manager Everybody that supported me, everybody that is supporting blah blah blah