Speak Up / Quiet for So Long

Quiet down, speak up Slow down, keep up Sit back, stand up Talk tough, that's enough Quiet down, speak up Slow down, keep up Sit back, stand up Talk tough, that's enough Collab your opinion, collaborative destruction Function's to help me but it's getting hard to function Too many opinions, they're chiming in, they're rhyming in I'm forgetting, my own voice, my own choice Play your part, be at guard The ones that don't care for you they'll try and steal your heart Keep on praying, keep on reading Hard times come don't stop believing Give them hope, give them rope Music's oxygen to cope Make the money, make the sounds Have a toast, this one's your round You found the sound? You found your ground You saving up? You keeping up You talking loud, you keeping quiet You sitting down, you speaking up Keep it up, keep it up Keep it up, keep it up Quiet down, I'm talking Can't run yet cause I'm walking Talk louder, use force Transition cause the floor's yours Quiet down, I'm talking Can't run yet, I'm walking Talk louder, use force, Transition cause the floor's yours yeah Cause the floor's yours yeah Yeah yeah Was quiet for so long, I was turning insane Stored up in my brain, had nowhere to let it out Music blew me a kiss, I found a book and pen It's truly mightier cause these words be shaking these men Was quiet for so long, I was turning insane Stored up in my brain, had nowhere to let it out Music blew me a kiss, I found a book and pen It's truly mightier cause these words be shaking these men Dead in their tracks, dead in their Air Max I find I lose more inside now like I pay tax I'm turning back, turning negatives to positives They find there's no bones to pick, now nothing's closeted Wanna feed on other's gains, but no gains from me, you metcha Match, can't chew me out, I'm not extra Ordinary, on the contrary, man I'm blessed, ya No expectations from God man, no pressure No pressure No pressure I work hard, never the lesser Give me 24 but I need 20 more These long days are spoken about on my 44 Got ripped out my unnatural habitat What I've been lost, I'll be given back This isn't a tit for tat My life needed Tic Tac, fresh start Fresh breath into these lungs Almost suffocated myself Was quiet for so long, that I turned insane Stored up in my brain, had nowhere to let it out I remembered the kiss, I found a book and pen It's truly mightier cause these words be shaking these men Was quiet for so long, that I turned insane Stored up in my brain, had nowhere to let it out I remembered the kiss, I found a book and pen It's truly mightier cause these words be shaking these men I'm shaken, not stirred My ink does not blur My words are not mine man I happily concur I happily conceded, my ego retreated I say retreat cause my ego isn't defeated I'll admit it, me being on stage gives me confidence I could pave my own lane with accomplishments Icons be fishing out some compliments God's victory's the main and the success is a condiment Lea Valley changing rooms rapping bout success Changing rooms to studios to sit here and confess There's a G in glory and without Him it is less I'll remember how this started and I'll never forget I'm adjusting that I'm not like the people around me I'm burning hate from the people that surround me I look up and look to you Because in you I found me Yeah man I found me I found myself