Track 7

[Verse 1]
I live young, wild, and free
Been living this way since the age of 13
I was the age of 13 when I had first seen the raw deal we was cut in this culture
Nothing but vultures
Sucking all the blood from our culture
That's why I never criticized a blood
Did a crip decide to thug?
Did a fish decide to swim?
Nah, but, given gills, it likely swum, right?
So why are we expected to go down with no fight?
Survival instincts keep telling me I'm the fittest and to try
As you might know
They tell this fairy tale talking about some "high road"
Even a matador wouldn't try to kick that bull
Every OG knows 'less you ballin', spittin', or slingin', you full
Of ambition with not nan ticket inside the winner's circle
And watching the players ball on the big screen
You start to want to get and eat your cake piece
Shinin' and glistenin' in HD
So middle finger to you but you could pay me
Started writing these rhymes
Cruisin' to the top in this Odyssey
And you could miss me with the crap, it ain't easy
Thinking of the right words to spit and you got the rent due later?
But they say Mary Jane is an inspiration
Step 1: Get your mind cut loose and
Step 2: Put the pen to paper
So I did, to take away the pain like 2Pac say
And got a li'l flossy and tossed a few shots, ay
Soon all these lyrical wizards that's in it for the music
Just ain't have tricks up they sleeve, the battle, they had to lose it
Success
That's all I wanna be full of
They were full of it
School's just a good way to owe them a mil' dubs, man
Get a little cheddar in your pocket, see how hard you be cheesin'
Money can't buy happiness? Well lackin' won't either
Get yourself a couple honeys, that'll get the vibe right
Who you gon' trust? Me or some loser who lost the limelight
Man, I'm telling you, do not stop 'til you get your check
I'm on top, don't you get it? The Odyssey don't wreck
No matter how much I crash, I'm on one next to these fools
I got diamonds all in my chain and my whips all be icy, too
There's a caution sign on my Rollie
Throw your salt, that thing won't melt
They were selling you dreams
I sell you what could be yours if you choose
If you snooze you lose
And they sleep on anything that don't make moves
Be smart, don't be like them
Be like me and just cut it loose
It's prime--
--Wait, crap! The money's overdue!
Chill, man, I promise you I'mma--

[Chorus]
Fly as high
As high as you like
But the lightning
Will still strike
Don't matter
What risk you take
Because the earth
Will still quake

[Verse 2]
As the smoke rolls in
Even the eyes of an eagle are blinded, strike lightning
Tempestuous thunder hear the cry, there's no use fighting it
Mother Earth must throw the temper tantrum we incited
She isn't pleased, and it's ironic
Smoked while trying to buy chronic
Getting closer to nature got him sent to Heaven
My God, and especially rest in peace
'Cause he sought peace and got hit with the piece by the same man
Any sane man could see even through the mist how we've messed up
A person with no purpose is bound to become dejected
A lotus with no roots is bound to float off with the current
And close off to the future even if it carried a present
In these end times of trend rhymes and them mimes
A check finds more precedence than writing with passion
Cash and greed rule everything around us
But you can't just be all about stacks
The planet will fight back and win
I won't get into it much yet, but the reason I'm here with y'all now is love
Love of the game, the love in my brain
He came for success, much less noble, his heart left in pain
Twisted, jagged
Josh turned into Jash as thorns rose and became
So let the skies crash with the percussive, cursed, recursive cussing
Captured by the clanging, banging anger of an angel
But who am I to lecture you like we were fam?
You still don't even know who I am

[Chorus]