Twenty-Five Deep

Its just a simple introduction To a new chapter Another story told, behold Another year older, broke the mold And showed that twenty-four Just a number Add it on up to twenty-five The joke is on you, I'm still fucking alive Had to drive by with the beat tape up in my mind And combined with the graduation, I press rewind To remind myself, that I define myself I got plenty room to grow, but I ain't by myself I got love for Ella, I got love for Howard I got love for Troy, I got love for now and I got love forever, I got love for Jay And so I pray that my little cuz staying awake I got love for Juan, I got love for Lex I got love for Quan, I got love for Reg I got love for everyone I couldn't put on this track I got love for all my people, feels good to be back I remember twenty years, the fears of chapter six Prayed to see twenty-one because of politics In this country, being raised up in the country Feeling like a dream, I schemed up for the money Funny, how we made due and we thrived Stack your money til' it gets sky high One day, I know I gotta testify Said I wouldn't even live to see oh two five But on five three one, I crossed the threshold Never focused on the gold if it means that I sold out And I lost my soul, forgetting those who show That they standing by my side, through the rain or the snow So I'm ten toes down, never hogging the crown If it ain't fit every head where my love is found And man I love this now, its been far too long Pray I touch every soul by the end of this some, come on Man You better sing that shit (Ahh) Finally back I know its been too long but Hopefully it won't be as long the next time In the meanwhile enjoy Cassius And so when flooded by the life, I wrote this slowly So eleven songs later, you get to know me This year, twenty-eighteen was in my dreams Build a team by the truss, sowed it up at the seams And so it seems, meditation truly the key Every key on this beat, keep me here for a week Its not bleak in the flood, never tongue in the cheek Truly meaning every word that I speak on this beat After eighteen years Eighteen years That's how long it took for me to bring the sound to your ears And then I faded, speechless in the moment of time Last line was for the diehards who know I can rhyme Sunrise, it never came to be my first mixtape See my heart just wasn't in it, would've been a mistake So I create Flooded, now I'm feeling awake Still riding with the flow, when I chill in the lake I feel the weight, resting on my shoulders at night Still trying to figure out if the path is right Despite the smaller odds cause my skin ain't white I crossed the water now so I'll win that fight See my blood run deep and the climb is steep Ain't no crabs in the buckets cause we all gotta eat Never moved by the flood, never feeling defeat See the roots too deep, rose in concrete, I proceed... Took forever for me to proceed though right At least that's the way it feel I'm just blessed to be able to bring this This album to you Thank you... (Uhh)