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This is more than just a portrait of my cerebral cortex This a mural of my devotion Took a couple years to develop my instinct Now I hunt down every synth, leave the carcass at your doorstep They give me an inch, bet I'm taking forty acres for my kingdom And tell 'em it was a cinch like a corset Funny part is the same people doubted my drive, headed for my lane Ain't that shit ironic, Mrs. Morrisette? They don't know I been through it Probably why my influence hit 'em hard Leave 'em struggling with the emotions And if every tear I've cried was measured or verified Y'all would be treading water in my azure oceans So I chop and portion these tumultuous memoirs into soundbites So y'all can sit and digest every morsel I want every gem I drop to engage 'em So I ask y'all consider this submission a proposal I've been banging on these doors, I'm 'bout to kick dem down We've been trodding on this long and lonely road, road Been so long, it's time I finally get my victory now Oh no, they can't deny my strength no more, oh, no, no This like my confessional, the way I release these feelings I don't trust a lot of folk and the only priests is killers Maybe I'm a bit elitist, but my ink is peerless SongtexteWant my thesis chiseled onto stone reliefs in Venice, my goodness I'm a real strong contender in this They tried to count me out, but I'm the sum of all fears, extent is endless Family members got their freedom through amendments, and this Industry still doubting my constitution for pen ascendance What a shock, got a gift of the gab And my knack for the glyphs got 'em gripping the bag Just relax, no addiction to chips or the cash Spit a hex on the wax, get my fix from the craft Every strand of my DNA branded champion Call it vanity, all of my candids handsome In demand 'cause I made all of my tragedies anthems Put the plan into motion and vanished, phantom Been banging on these doors, I'm 'bout to kick dem down (Kick dem down) We've been trodding on this long and lonely road, road So long, it's time I finally get my victory now (Victory now) Oh no, they can't deny my strength no more, oh, no, no I never lied, I'm a certified god of this Try and refute it, verse immaculate regardless And every audio release I'm emitting is ear piercing Send my point of view straight through your cartilage My bars is Carter rich, Temple of Karnak built Your faves could never, they don't have the stones to spar with sis They used to verses 'bout the cat Well I'm the spawn of Black Panthers, rip through any track, leave every letter scarlet Ashanti gold coast embedded in my scrolls Broken English the residue of Trans-Atlantic cargo ships Got a dark past that won't ever see the light 'Cause they down to crucify me for it, modern day Iscariots. Compromise not in the cards, they drawing a blank 'Cause I'm so cutting edge and all these imposters on the brink My vision changed my career, may cost you yours in a blink 'Cause I'm the Roc, last born from out the warrior ranks I've been banging on these doors, I'm 'bout to kick dem down Trodding on this long and lonely road, oh yeah So long, it's time I finally get my victory now Oh no, they can't deny my strength no more, no more, ayy Through the fire, through the rain Some retire, we still remain We rising higher, build we name Call the choir, mek we sing the praises To Haile I, the king so great Jah give me life, you can keep the fame Dem hyping up, we nuh hype with dem Heavy like a lead, can't deny we strength Aus Songtexte Mania