State Of Mind (feat. Fundamental)

On the outside lookin' in Stood against everything I came across You know what it took to get This far This is what I'm sayin' dawg Hip-hop ain't dead it lives in The North But on my course to the top, I came across Why we destined to shine, every testament rhymed Take a look into my state of mind Ostracized cause of sickness I brung swift with a tongue Over years I've become The Dot's illegitimate son Pittsburgh turned a blind eye to my cannonball run I single-handedly raised the bars but standards how come My face don't grace promotional covers City Paper won't cover what the brother accomplish I once sat in the street throne with no accomplice And since Krohme let me roam, I overthrown the nonsense The Dot don't need me, The Burgh don't want me Arabian blood begs for a third world country Twelve months of Ramadan, a brother stay hungry Border to border, running laps, defeat stay funky Aromatherapy is victory in my vicinity The Pittsburgh state of mind, Blue Jay on the fitted Hip-Hop DX said I'm next up, brotha so deal with it On the outside lookin' in Stood against everything I came across You know what it took to get This far This is what I'm sayin' dawg Hip-hop ain't dead it lives in The North But on my course to the top, I came across Why we destined to shine, every testament rhymed Take a look into my state of mind Every other day you try to tell me that I couldn't make it Try to kill me softly, I ain't Lauryn I ain't movin, I ain't losin That is my choice, you ain't choosin Uh, and thank you for the intro, but f*ck you for how you doin You raise me to be honest and stick to it with music And then you try to tell me that it ain't fluent enough to screw with I don't need it no more, fightin' with my brain is like a never ending war So like George Duke, there's no rhyme, no reason I choose to be Kobe, workin' with Dream in the off-season Cause what's worse than a snake that bites, a snake that shakes I take the negativity, I literally love it I hug it, I run it to the ground I found out, I wouldn't be around now without you cousin I've done it On the outside lookin' in Stood against everything I came across You know what it took to get This far This is what I'm sayin' dawg Hip-hop ain't dead it lives in The North But on my course to the top, I came across Why we destined to shine, every testament rhymed Take a look into my state of mind Good company, uh, good company, uh Good company, uh, good company, uh Good company, uh, good company, uh Good company, uh, good company, uh What do I gotta do to get your approval Blood permanent ink, resistant to removal Stoic renewal of a man pummelin' the Judas Comin' from the sewers with a hunger of a puma Brought the duo of the top Canadian hot spitters Locked down stadiums, baby it's a hot winter, knock a block down Pay me or stop livin, haters talk loud Prayin' we stop livin Since my grandfather left Montreal, I started plottin Had the rhythm in my blood before I started talkin Now I'm so close, failure's not an option Success ain't easy, problems persist Focus on the fact that division exists Try to deny, my pens dual citizenship So please, allow me your compliments Or you can catch me at the mic at the Canadian Consulate