Call Me Saint

Now I know, there's only one way to do things Anybody f*ck with the program, break a rule, they out No matter Sounds like you're ready to get this started back up I suppose I gotta be, right You ain't get me out because you enjoy our conversations Yeah, I guess that's right Let's go I could have been a bad boy, I was tempted Yeah, I done bad things, I redeemed it I was raised in the dirt, in the trenches Now I gotta use the skills I was blessed with Yeah, I had broke dreams, got up sweating Then I wake up in the morning, go and get it If you stand in my way you'll regret it Coz I'll run you over, I'll give you shoulders As long as I get through the entrance I weren't really a monster, it's evident I've done bad stuff and I would've got away But two of these kids weren't meddling Bad didn't feel good, so I bettered it My kindness ain't weak, it's a benefit Discipline leads towards excellence While I spit this, everyone's measuring Their talent, but I took the ladder So who's really levelling. (Who's really levelling) It's bar and class 101 and I've been lecturing I've been telling them, keep on shelling it Year after year, you'll keep on bettering Use big words like capital lettering Use punchlines, keep their minds festering Use them flows so it seems more elegant And that's how you pass the class, master art But with all that, you're not levelling I must've been Steve Jobs in my past life A genius stuck in a dark mind I would never let you get past I Phone a friend, no pretend Whenever I pull these bars from my archive I've seen stars die, supernova, leaving a dark sky But we continue with our lives It's litty, it's litty Yeah, cause everything's lit round our side It's gritty, it's gritty I've seen candlesticks round our side I've seen man bring flicks to bar fights I've seen man get dipped and I don't mean the exercise that you use for your arms, right No complexion Man, I've been around dark guys Lord knows it ain't for me though Man, I'm Christian Bale from Dark Knight I thought I was Anakin, till the pain turned him to the dark side I'm up late nights panicking Cause my thoughts are something I can't hide from Man, I try not to stray from the path I'm on And I've been left wing, no halftime swaps Now I need to attack, now that halftime's gone If I stop music, my heart might stop And that's not a risk that I'm willing to take Grab a pen and a pad, I get busy today Next day after that, I get busy again Next year, I come back with a million pages I'm en route to spitting on stage Should be P's or Q's or dealing with Kane I don't care about P's, give me minimum wage I just need a platform so they hear what I say I could have been a bad boy, I was tempted I was raised in the dirt and the trenches Yeah, I had broke dreams, woke up sweating If you stand in my way, you'll regret it Cause I'll run you over or give you shoulders As long as I get through the entrance