Pride

Let me set the stage for this artistic expression
This young man has many forms to impress them
From comedy to rap, and even the piano
But try as I might, and I do what I can though
See I was just a young boy, with a tender age crawl
Music has always been my center stage call
Playing and singing for anyone who would listen
My cries weren't heard looks like I was exempted
Exemption from damnation, from all of this torment
Arguments in my mind are getting pretty boring
Showing you a side of me that usually stays pretty dormant
It's harder than it looks let's not get too poignant
See this started as therapy, but you're calling it heresy
My kindness a courtesy killing them with severity
While you're counting that currency, now she's calling me currently
Just hold up now wait and see, now we're making my ministry
Though I live indifferently but am I a different me
How many rappers have died twice? Ha! Let's make it three
Ha! Let's make it three, ha
I'll make it

Raised as a hero, but prepare to meet the villain
You're amazed by the zero, I was born in Cerulean
Catching and Hatching, Ketchum couldn't compete
The master met his match, lyrically incomplete
Not incomplete, done with incompetence, you thinking I'm mean
But we started so young, spotting evils in our screen
So I'll use my skillfulness the underdog's never seen
This hero's a facade I was born a fiend
I'm a mischievous man, learning my manners from Lucas
To this day I believe the force, binds and connects us
Take a seat young Jedi, it's time to discuss
Sentience is a choice, but self-awareness a must
Patience with the red pill, seeing where this goes
But like Reynolds as Deadpool, I'm aware of which I chose
I don't often tell lies, but you don't see this grown nose
Pinocchio isn't the only one with a tell that shows
Heroes are born, but I'm a legend in the making
In a league of my own and I'm done with the faking
I'm Shaking up the game with a superhero mentality
And forgetting the fame, I don't live in reality

See, we know what you're about, and I'm glad that you found it
But this car that you're driving, it's getting impounded
Two drivers can't work so who will end up on top
The Ravenous Richie or The Latest Spider-Flop
Cause my heart and my mind are two separate thoughts
Connecting struggles to these puzzles, trying to connect all these dots
So I'll focus on my growth, and how I could help others
I outta find a way to impress all my brothers

This book that we're writing won't make sense to a lot
So whoever is listening, give me your best shot
Confidence in my craft and I'm not even a craftsman
But I've got these words you need to go out and craft them
So Richie let's show them what a back and forth looks like
Gemini is a sign, and I'm bringing it to life
They think that I'm kidding, believe me, that they're messing
So, what do you say to those that give you their blessing

With Superheroes being ever so uplifting
Let's see if comic books can have a new ending
The days of the hero have long been lost
Call me "The Beginning of Winter" Richie brings the first frost

Cause pride is the sin that I choose to wear on my skin
Finding use of my pen now this paper's wearing so thin
As I turn to these men who turned into a has-beens
While they sip on their gin and remember a time when
They had pride