Back & Forth

Barely got a high school diploma but art should be in the MOMA Been pennin an odyssey I'm a modern day homer No misnomer, If they still sleep then that is a coma Cause the flow like smelling salts perk you up with the aroma Aromatherapy's clearing me for my takeoff I don't need anything for the beef like a steak sauce Mentally free, I can see through all the fake talk I laid the game out for these squares this a cakewalk Walked before I crawled flew before I ran No wonder since a boy I knew I was the man It's all going to plan god showin his hand Knowin you can't lose ain't no better feelin Landed on the top ten years ago, and I'm still here And I knew it since Jimmy was in that wheelchair I feel there, ain't nobody here my path but me And if you pass me, I wasn't slackin', you was lucky Lucky for a brand only works for some genes I been in the trenches after mine by any means But ain't a spot on my record yet as hard as that seems It's effortless flippin this work balancin on the beam Yeah, beam on the scope, you know it's dope I'm givin' notes to those that know to hold it close So be the future and stand up, this ain't a joke I wrote, direct, so don't act like you run the show Showdown wit showstoppers that's a curtain call Without showin em up but it's just as certain to y'all We best in show you know number one overall Like showtime in it's prime it's magic the way we ball Balmain is what I wanted, but never needed, I never succeeded, worryin' about who else competed, I completed every task, that was thrown at my feet, And been the reason for the tweakin on beats with the rhyme and reason Reasonable doubt like our debut wasn't a classic No stretch we'd bounce back with somethin as elastic Safe, ironic what's cautious bout this approach Money, iconic frankly known for the notes Notes taken like remembering a wifi, It's not magic, they say, wala we say, why lie We speak the truth from the roots, haters, bye-bye, So when he say I'm the best in the booth, I say, likewise Wise guys know to stay clear we made men Lightnin struck twice we Odin and Raiden Divinity in every line like words of a hymn Don't need to know much just know that we really them Them boys gonna be the one to change the culture dodge the vulture's ready for war with a mic in a holster You hope to ride a wagon on the road to the promised land And when we do, don't say we never told you