Transformation

Had to step away so I could undergo this transformation
No more entertaining those who come and go like transit stations
Rose and elevated, had to cleanse my soul, that's sanitation
Growth accelerated, that's what happens when a man awakens
Home is where the heart is, see, but I never had a home
The places I resided in were dead inside like catacombs
Fuck the status quo, I had to know to stand alone
At the age of nine I realized that this planets cold
Ten years later in this dark night of the soul
These bars I write are like starlight, they're bright and they're bold
Past traumas tried to kill me like a knife in my skull
But I'd have died before I'd have ever decided to fold
So I took my chances, rolled the dice
And vanished like a poltergeist
Odds were in my favor even when my head was full of strife
Locked inside that cell where even hell was cold at night
Consumed by dark thoughts, but my soul is full of light

Keep this beat going, don't interrupt my adrenaline
I'll blow like C4, I ain't give a fuck since a little kid
Livin' it up in Michigan
Innocence was rescinded
But in a sense was conflicted
By minutes spent in the system
Major understatement
The painting my mother painted
Brought pain in a hundred ways
I'm anxious to finally say
That I'm grateful for all the grief
Cause it's helped me find the real me
Waiting to fall asleep
But until I do I'll still dream