Way back when
As a youngin
I was kickin the cans
Doing dumb shit
Climbing in buildings aban-
doned
Standing
Feet seeks precipice
Got to see how the world works
Pessimist
I'm appalled
How could y'all see
Heaven sent
Peel back veil hiding
Decrepitness
Ran away, came back
I was never missed
Been shot
Been stabbed
I've endeavored since
I was paid no mind
unsettling
Built big brain
Brain that can level men
Plus arms that can choke to within an inch
If you think that the x is a little bitch
No sir
I've been both hell and back
Years callous
Built a very hard shell to crack
Somehow
X keeps that shit at bay
But still
Life pressing down every day

Thoughts go back
When the drama kept hitting the fan
X grew up poor, he was shitting in cans
No bathroom
Taboo washing ya face
Went to school wearing rags, looking like a disgrace
Chased daily til the X up and turned it around
Found out that the X wasn't easily downed
Big bro taught little bro fighting n shit
Backing clowns down, bro had them biting the clip
What now bro?
Naw X, you might be a kid
But your eyes shining bright light
I gotta admit
I think I mighta found Einstein
Sign an obit
As you blast past
Ya hood pass with words you emit
Keep quiet kid
Denizens will prolly flip
If they knew how your lingo psychologically hits

Now that I'm older,
As I shoulder all the things I saw
Fuck that shit
Worked til my fingers raw
Hard times rat trapped me
And my rigid flaws
Kept X, next guessing how his shit was lost
Been out in the struggle since the days of a kid
Mad drama filled with pain is the way that I lived
Fought hard cause I'm smarter than that, and gatdammit, I planned and did everything to get on the map
Switched lanes, x soon got harder to beat
Kept fighting back, even in the face of defeat
Kept working on the layer after layer of fail
Out bounced what I carry to this day to prevail

What I carry to this day to prevail

What I carry to this day to prevail