I pick a lot of locks   rock a lot of shows   build with the moms   hang with the broken crow   been hurtin the same heart since i was like two   i use sarcasm freely   bark at the greedy   write what feeds   shy from the seedy   im bold in approach   so rely on the hope   that the average emcees   can't fuck with a sound like me   i never been down wit the king   it's never something i wanted to be   never better than the work   then the toil and the reep   have to work for the want   not to suffer for the needs   nothin's tougher than the   dreams and good sleep   tryin to teach my son how to reach   damn right   cuz it gets a little darker every night   and if the rent goes up   they gonna cut out the      dead ends to chase   feelings to fake   new hearts to break   amends to make   they all so    afraid of safe   and need their space   but huggin that crowd when we shake with the quake an uh   times like this are uh      break their stride   cuz we break or miss   they huggin that pride like its all there is   we make our own and if we dont feel it   then we are not for them   and thats cool   I made this beat for Alegra Oxboro   she showed me how to do the thing with the cups   I wrote the verse on a triple double Tuesday   writing in the van in the back lot   I never made it in    never really can tell friend these days   telephone dont sleep some days   someday ima be peaceful again   til then keep the speech to a min   shed a little skin   ima bet it all and win   ima set it off and run   ima kill it til its dead   ima do it til it..aint fun   and the words don't come   then i'm gonna find another hobby   probably find love   probably find trust   eighty-one young with a little bit of rust   queen interior   minnesota plates   money in the bank   with a lot you to thank   relate to the      dead ends to chase   feelings to fake   new hearts to break   amends to make   they all so   afraid of safe   and need their space but    huggin that crowd when we shake wit the quake and uh      up for whatever   how are you      we break their stride cuz we break or miss   they huggin that pride like its all there is   we make our own and if we dont feel it   then we are not for them we call a riot      dead ends to chase   feelings to fake   new hearts to break   amends to make   they all so   afraid of safe   and need their space but   huggin that crowd when we shake and the quake and uh      dead ends to chase   feelings to fake   new hearts to break   amends to make   they all so   afraid of safe   and need their space but   huggin that crowd when shake   that's it