In this bitch, I never left it Grab some sense or intercept it My shit clean like Chloraseptic Every track is a reflection Score like I'm Boomer Esaison Landline, how I dial in Sink or swim, I'ma dive in Head first in the deep-end Nigga, I done paid the price to live the life I do No damn excuses, chuck the deuces Kept it moving, resolution Lookin' for the restitution Nigga said a lot of bullshit disguised as movements False prophets impede on the weak and hopeless Niggas doing too much, might overdose it Said I been in my own lane, I ain't even notice Came up from the ground like a Rose or Lotus Gave my heart to this shit like an organ donor Young Wynton Marsalis, I'm a co-composer Seen the writing's on the wall, yeah the kid is chosen Tell him read between the lines and you might just notice Bet I bounce back Bet I get up Basquiat, the way I paint my pictures Colorful canvas, my shit look vivid All good kings get the throne It's all perspective, shit, to each his own Bomb like Saddam on an enemy's home It's a headshot to the front of your dome It's a white flag in the war zone Defcon 5, tell 'em "ring the alarm" It's a drone strike to the shit you love Clear it all out 'til it ain't no more Uh Hold on Progress takes some time, it might be prolonged Things don't always work out in your favor Everything, it happens for a reason You best believe it Hold on Progress takes some time, it might be prolonged Things don't always work out in your favor Everything, it happens for a reason You best believe it Yeah, it's hard to gain the comprehension I'm trying to make 'em understand me I never took the pain for granted They compliments were underhanded Because niggas never walk the same road that I did Niggas never lived the same life that I lived Niggas never gave the same effort I give No, no, no And I did it My way, my way You can see I did it My way, my way, oh They just talk a lot, my God They just selling y'all facades I just wanna slice, can I get a piece? I just want what's mine, what was left for me Everything and nothing This gluttony I see's disgusting Shit's a disease and I don't trust it ADHD, these niggas flustered No PHD, I diagnose it No silver lining, shit is hopeless That finish line, I hope I see it When it don't pan out they stop believing Lawd! Hold on Progress takes some time, it might be prolonged Things don't always work out in your favor Everything, it happens for a reason You best believe it Hold on Progress takes some time, it might be prolonged Things don't always work out in your favor Everything, it happens for a reason You best believe it