Longtime Coming

It's been a long time coming Longtime I spent running I want it all and more I'm hungry to the core Long time stomach rumbling And since I fell off Longtime I've been tumbling Opportunities fumbling Star-boy like myself The experience it was humbling I thought it was below me to go through all this suffering But now I can say this nobody is above struggling No matter what you get you can never stop hustling An anthem for the streets or an anthem just for me (me) And to be real, I don't care what you believe My nieces birthday is coming And I cannot get her a gift So you know the type of thoughts that are weighing deep on me In this life that we live, ends justify means Do you know what that means All the effort that I put in that only God sees I'm the one man thousand battling the high seas I'm the man who wouldn't give sacrifices to high priest I'm the man who wouldn't bow to kings and the high chiefs I accept my faith even if it means nobody likes me Cause I know deep down there is no one like me. Many times I've been down and nobody was around See this life gets sad but you never see me frown I told myself that a frown don't fit a man with a crown on Charle, just put my sound on Listen to my voice interlaced with this beats A philosophic message and yeah I drive it deep Okay Lets just play for keeps Heard them say if you fight then you never retreat But he who fights and runs away Lives to fight another day Would you fight another day Or would you die in your defeat If I fight then it means that I'm fighting for my dreams Cause I'm the type of man always advocating peace I ask myself what would violence really do for me But if it comes to rights and the things that I believe Then I'm sorry Please just count me in Cause I guess deep down we all fighting within Since the day you were born in the place where it begins They told us we all stained with sin All hail the king While I set sail to the place where it begins I need to be convinced Cause I love God but no not religion They said close your eyes and then I stopped blinking Eyes wide open I don't trust a thing No matter what happens here Me you're not tricking Communion wine sipping You know that times ticking You love the way I rap Rap messiah spitting (uh) Rap messiah spitting Look I said I'd never run again They pretend to be impressed They just threatened by the changes And when the money comes I'll be switching all my neighbors I used to call her Efpac she blow away my pain If you get the reference then you need prayers To hell with naysayers And all you say don't touch my skin layers To talk of under my skin Let a big man think The words that I said you should let that sink Think twice and then let your ego shrink And then maybe you could learn one or two things And earn a place at the table then we share a drink