Shadow Boxing - Reprise

I remember when I
Used to dream
I used to sleep and
Wake up with all of these
Ideas rattling that I wanna see
Manifest and become my reality
Crazy how six years later

I'm still at it
Still swinging these bars like axes
Still throwing clever punchlines
That knocks you off your axis
Still leave your world spinning
With writtens that I be craftin'
Still unassuming in person
You think you gettin' catfished
You still can look in my eyes
And see I got that passion
Still refuse to back down
Still about that action
Still painfully aware
That I'm a smart black man
Especially dealing with
All this racism in passin'
Still aware that racism
Is never gone pass and
They still remixing the term
More than JD and Diddy
They still gon justify their ignorance
With skewed stats and
As long as Fox News is active
There's gonna be a fraction of me
That thinks we ain't gon' never see peace
Still feel it'll get worse
Before it's better i think
But still got the peace of God
And its dwelling in me
so I'm okay showing y'all
How to shadow box demons
It means we still fighting

Ain't no time to be grievin'
Stayin' light on my feet when
Shadow boxing these demons
Shadow boxing these demons
God's got me, I see Him
I just gotta believe when
Shadow boxing these demons
Shadow boxing these demons

Hard to avoid my heart
Hardening from all of this
I had to James Harden it
And step back from the situation
All of this energy I'm wasting
With this empty faith that
is, oh so hollow and
I'm wearing it just to save face for
People that don't truly understand
What I'm placed to do
I might not be the greatest
But my music's irreplaceable
I put all my soul into
This so you can know it's true
'Cause you see that I refuse
To be ill-prepared and lose
Your attention cuz the lines I spit
With well intentions mention
Things that quicken spirits when it hit
Because I been there too
These lyrics that grip and move you
'Til you feel the room is spinnin'
'Cause it's so detailed
And all this time
You felt so minuscule
But see that's the difference
Between music that you hear with ears
And art that you can feel in here
That prove you not invisible
Stand up to whatever pressure
Or depression pressing
Change your perspective and
Shed some light on that
Don't let the shadows through

Shadow boxing these demons
Shadow boxing these demons
God's got me, I see Him
I just gotta believe when
Shadow boxing these demons
Shadow boxing these demons
Stick and move to the beat
When life is pressing, 'cause we keep
Shadow boxing these demons
Shadow boxing these demons
Don't let evils defeat you
Don't give up on your dream when
Shadow boxing these demons