The Shift

I been working on this paradigm shift
Back in the day, heard this minds a gift
From a very wise man my kin-

There are things you won't get
Cause your thoughts aren't set
I think that I was capable
Of vision for myself's what he meant

Still at times seem oblivious
Like I'm just the silliest
Person you met.

Though the rhymes
In my lines
All the time prove I really am
Epitome'a genius with a pen

Doling out the soul
Rolling out the notes
As I'm floating past the motes up to the castle excalibur toting
Got a vision so potent

I got a riddle if you focus
If you rowing your boat to the tune of the song
How does it end, I notice
Sing it back to me I'm open
Over that I kept on going
Now I'm finding new light as I'm zoning

Been through rough nights
And seen the morning

I seen tough fights
And killed the demons like Conan

I'm dreaming of money
A dream that I'm so in, it feels real
That's the realest of moments
The real deal feeling this focused
I know I seal deals
Navy seal in the ocean
At home killing beats in these robes and
I got soul like Jerk chicken off the stove and
And at the mango got some love for those owners-
Gave me a place when I was so close to hopeless

Owe so much to my roots
To this town
To the booth,
Still around
And it's cool
Cause I was down for the count
Cudi down and out
Now I found a new route
So I'll be racking large amounts
Rack, more than I can count
The solution was always to rap more until you bounce
My excuses and stalling they couldn't keep me on the couch
See through all em Had my conscious screaming out
How you gon waste away in your doubt?

What you about?
You reaching for a cloud or you stuck on the ground?
You tryna be next then now?
Or are you searching for clout?
Or are you working around
The thoughts of others
I was working it out

I saw success was a mind set
I knew the best of the best
I could spit I hadn't rhymed yet

So I set goals
MInimum rest oh
Killing the best flows
Adrenaline let's go

I'm in it since the get go
Winning so I bet more
Get it? Finna get so
Great cause I said so

Nothing in my way gotta jet so
Front with what I say never that no
Know that I'm the best yo.

I been holding this spirit
It's time to get grown

Flourish the skills
And legacy set stone

Nourish and build,
My sons big gold throne

Courage and will,
We'll get these minds honed

As Times Change, so will we
I can see the world shifting,
The tides turning
The clouds settling

With each generation we take a step further
Another, and another, until we find ourselves at a run
Sprinting for our future,
Wherever it may take us...

Razor sharp as the edge of a dagger
Blaze the yard walking out like I'm just so un-staggered

Raising arms against a future of labour
I carry on when the future looks haggard

If I get on Im'ma change up the flavour

Revolutionize mainstream rap
From the suit and tie A&R rep
Big Industry, little pay check
Three sixty fuck your deal yes

This moveement I'm grooving with is not some big flex

8 Bars on the clock,
Gotta kill it till it stop
bring em hip hop
But I'm proving it's art

It's far of a drop,
If I fall from the top
The risk is a lot
But I know I can't halt

So I showboat, roll through the stops
So I show off, hold the applause
This ain't no soda no coke
But I'm so shaken gonna blow up or not
But Im'ma show up on this tape like I been fated to pop

It's strange... Do you feel the shift?
Times change... I think this is it

Awooowoooo