Writing on the Wall
Hey, you wanted to see me, boss?
Yeah. Come on in, Sergeant Royal. Have a seat, man.
Okay
I need to talk to you about your retirement.
Here we go. Sorry, sir. You're not going to be able to talk me out of it, okay?
You guys are just going to have to survive without me somehow.
No, no, no, no. It's not like that.
Okay
Your retirement has been denied.
Denied?
Proposed charges in the case of the United States Government v. Sergeant Royal
How is that even possible? For what?
Look, look, that's all I know right now, all right
I just got word of it, and I called you immediately
I don't really know what's going on, but I do know the Office of Special Investigations is opening a cas eon you.
Like, OSI? Okay, so...
What am I supposed to...
Who can we talk to about this? Like, this is fucking crazy! I...
Listen, listen, listen, listen. Hold on, hold on.
I understand you're upset, right?
But until we know more, you might want to think about getting some legal representation.
Legal . . . For what? I didn't do anything!
This is obviously, like, some kind of mistake.
It's not a mistake, trust me. This is real.
Fourth offense: Larceny against the United States military.
And I honestly don't know how long.
Let's just say you might be in for a long fight, man.
I really think you need to get a lawyer
Fifth offense: Major fraud against the United States.
This is crazy, man. . . This is fucking crazy
Yeah
Last year of school
Time to show and prove
Gotta move out soon
Don't know what to do
Don't know where to go
My chances are low
Part-time, fast food job
Obviously I'm broke
Obviously I'm desperate
I need a lifeline
Looking through my options
Scared of what I might find
Scared to make the wrong move
I just need the right sign
Bet my last 50 cent I'd get rich or die trying
I can see it in my mind
Just another day
Recruiter probably spotted me a fucking mile away
One born every minute
Guess it's true what they say
But rewind this verse
I ain't seen no other way
What you think I'm a statistic?
Just another case?
That I ran this far
And now I can't keep up the pace
You think I'mma let another tear run down my mother's face
Even though I made it sound like this shit was a mistake
I got a curse to fucking break
I got a curse to fucking break
Yeah, I got a curse to fucking break
Yeah, I got a curse to fucking break
Result of my environment
Home of the first 48 and where the sirens went
Been looking for peace my whole life and now I'm finding it
That's why I'm still on my fucking job with this rhyming shit
Even in retirement
Life is what you make it so I've been on my designer shit
Make a mountain outta molehill and watch me climb the bitch
D-Mac told me you niggas making too much vagina shit
So he brought in a can of whoop ass with me inside of it
Every day I wake up is a good day to choose violence
Got these voices telling me to kill and I can't silence it
Doing too much shadow boxing
Now I'm tired of fighting it
Residing in my dark side and now I'm shining light on it
I weathered a storm and can't deny I was hiding it
When you hear my songs that's just me clearing my mind a bit
I'm convinced I feel the demons leaving as I'm writing this
Every verse is therapy
I invite you to try this shit
Even through the pain I got no regrets
At all, at all
Once you pull the trigger it's too late to call
It off, it off
Somehow I can feel the pride right before
The fall, the fall
But I was too blind to see you writing on the wall
Ay yo, Preme, I heard them saying you done, bro. What's good?
Tell them bitches never that
I'm too stellar at producing hella tracks
Telling facts plus excelling at going through hell and back
But this mindset I got I probably won't get it back
So this ain't the time or the place for all them clever raps
I'ma say it plain so there ain't no need for question marks
I signed on the dotted line cause I needed a second start
Right hand up to God I swore I'd obey and defend
I put my life on the line till my contract came to an end
See that was all well and good and never misunderstood
I ain't never feel entitled and never felt that I would
But when you're falsely accused and mentally abused
You might start to think that maybe you stayed longer than you should
You might start believing you ain't as important as you thought
You might start to wonder what the time you spent has really bought
If I'm who you say I am I'm still waiting for you to show me
But until that day comes you better pay me what you owe me, muthafucka
Even through the pain I got no regrets
At all, at all
Once you pull the trigger it's too late to call
It off, it off
Somehow I can feel the pride right before
The fall, the fall
But I was too blind to see you writing on the wall
In other news, local Air Force member Master Sergeant Idris Royal has been found not guilty
Bringing an end to an ongoing investigation that started back mid-2018.
Sergeant Royal who has been the subject of a four-year long probe
By the Office of Special Investigations
Under suspicion of several fraud and larceny offenses
Has been cleared of all charges.
A rare ending to what could have been an otherwise career and life altering outcome.
This is Vanessa Westwood, signing off.
Yeah. Come on in, Sergeant Royal. Have a seat, man.
Okay
I need to talk to you about your retirement.
Here we go. Sorry, sir. You're not going to be able to talk me out of it, okay?
You guys are just going to have to survive without me somehow.
No, no, no, no. It's not like that.
Okay
Your retirement has been denied.
Denied?
Proposed charges in the case of the United States Government v. Sergeant Royal
How is that even possible? For what?
Look, look, that's all I know right now, all right
I just got word of it, and I called you immediately
I don't really know what's going on, but I do know the Office of Special Investigations is opening a cas eon you.
Like, OSI? Okay, so...
What am I supposed to...
Who can we talk to about this? Like, this is fucking crazy! I...
Listen, listen, listen, listen. Hold on, hold on.
I understand you're upset, right?
But until we know more, you might want to think about getting some legal representation.
Legal . . . For what? I didn't do anything!
This is obviously, like, some kind of mistake.
It's not a mistake, trust me. This is real.
Fourth offense: Larceny against the United States military.
And I honestly don't know how long.
Let's just say you might be in for a long fight, man.
I really think you need to get a lawyer
Fifth offense: Major fraud against the United States.
This is crazy, man. . . This is fucking crazy
Yeah
Last year of school
Time to show and prove
Gotta move out soon
Don't know what to do
Don't know where to go
My chances are low
Part-time, fast food job
Obviously I'm broke
Obviously I'm desperate
I need a lifeline
Looking through my options
Scared of what I might find
Scared to make the wrong move
I just need the right sign
Bet my last 50 cent I'd get rich or die trying
I can see it in my mind
Just another day
Recruiter probably spotted me a fucking mile away
One born every minute
Guess it's true what they say
But rewind this verse
I ain't seen no other way
What you think I'm a statistic?
Just another case?
That I ran this far
And now I can't keep up the pace
You think I'mma let another tear run down my mother's face
Even though I made it sound like this shit was a mistake
I got a curse to fucking break
I got a curse to fucking break
Yeah, I got a curse to fucking break
Yeah, I got a curse to fucking break
Result of my environment
Home of the first 48 and where the sirens went
Been looking for peace my whole life and now I'm finding it
That's why I'm still on my fucking job with this rhyming shit
Even in retirement
Life is what you make it so I've been on my designer shit
Make a mountain outta molehill and watch me climb the bitch
D-Mac told me you niggas making too much vagina shit
So he brought in a can of whoop ass with me inside of it
Every day I wake up is a good day to choose violence
Got these voices telling me to kill and I can't silence it
Doing too much shadow boxing
Now I'm tired of fighting it
Residing in my dark side and now I'm shining light on it
I weathered a storm and can't deny I was hiding it
When you hear my songs that's just me clearing my mind a bit
I'm convinced I feel the demons leaving as I'm writing this
Every verse is therapy
I invite you to try this shit
Even through the pain I got no regrets
At all, at all
Once you pull the trigger it's too late to call
It off, it off
Somehow I can feel the pride right before
The fall, the fall
But I was too blind to see you writing on the wall
Ay yo, Preme, I heard them saying you done, bro. What's good?
Tell them bitches never that
I'm too stellar at producing hella tracks
Telling facts plus excelling at going through hell and back
But this mindset I got I probably won't get it back
So this ain't the time or the place for all them clever raps
I'ma say it plain so there ain't no need for question marks
I signed on the dotted line cause I needed a second start
Right hand up to God I swore I'd obey and defend
I put my life on the line till my contract came to an end
See that was all well and good and never misunderstood
I ain't never feel entitled and never felt that I would
But when you're falsely accused and mentally abused
You might start to think that maybe you stayed longer than you should
You might start believing you ain't as important as you thought
You might start to wonder what the time you spent has really bought
If I'm who you say I am I'm still waiting for you to show me
But until that day comes you better pay me what you owe me, muthafucka
Even through the pain I got no regrets
At all, at all
Once you pull the trigger it's too late to call
It off, it off
Somehow I can feel the pride right before
The fall, the fall
But I was too blind to see you writing on the wall
In other news, local Air Force member Master Sergeant Idris Royal has been found not guilty
Bringing an end to an ongoing investigation that started back mid-2018.
Sergeant Royal who has been the subject of a four-year long probe
By the Office of Special Investigations
Under suspicion of several fraud and larceny offenses
Has been cleared of all charges.
A rare ending to what could have been an otherwise career and life altering outcome.
This is Vanessa Westwood, signing off.
Credits
Writer(s): Idris Royal
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