For the Love

Don't question my love for what I do
Since my terrible two's
innate how I create from within comes
without a doubt a penchant for penning my penny
thoughts til I got a better life a bonafide profession
been taking lessons
On my game up and comin I been chasing
comeuppance no tux or cufflinks no bluffs or hoodwinks no buff to my ink don't blink
I'm battle-worn my saddle worn like the pony express
this journey arduous recognize I'm blessed though
I'm feelin like a ten ton truck rollin over my chest
the west taught me to persevere in the desert severe
Sage outlines horizon lines so fast you can see the very ticking of time
that's how I know life is short for sure so I'm doing what I love til I reach God's golden shore

Weekends - Gave em up
Girlfriends - Gave em up
Grind until we shine because it's for the love

You know I stepped in the ring cuz it's worth the fight and I could see it everytime I closed my eyes at night
So to the people that believe that my potential isn't finite I'm gonna shine bright still gunning for the limelight
I wanna watch it grow, mature and take form
So I feed the seed of my dreams and make sure it ain't just the cream I been doin this for
because the folks with the money get the problems more
No I do it for the challenge and to rise above like a pod under pressure
coming outta the mud and I'ma stick with my decision
through sweat tears and blood
through the feast and the famine the drought and the flood
So to anybody eager while I laid in wait I appreciate the love and the space to create
but I'm about to go big from a nascent state so why don'tcha pass me the hammer while I claim my stake

Weekends - Gave em up
Girlfriends - Gave em up
Grind until we shine because it's for the love
Paydays - Gave em up
Fancy things - Gave em up
Everyday we working cuz it's for the love

I wanna shout from the rooftop of hip hop, hip hop, hip hop
I wanna dig til we hit bedrock, bedrock, bedrock
(repeated)

I put the magic back like bippity boppity boop this troop gonna swoop
like a coup de tat like mardi gras gonna party til your face is raw
we might even get crazy in utah say hoo-rah say hoo-rah
get up get down like a seesaw yeah
don't diss your esophagus you better scream jump up and pump
your fist now shout from the rooftop of hip hop dig til we hit bedrock (repeated)
Now shout from the rooftop of hip hop Hip hop never died and it won't stop
We survivalists and revivalists
So we strive with this Deep down in the jungle of the common man's struggle
comes a voice from within saying not to give in just get up again
So I'll bust down the door, take over the floor
And let the world know what I'm doing it for.

Weekends - Gave em up
Girlfriends - Gave em up
Grind until we shine because it's for the love
Paydays - Gave em up
Fancy things - Gave em up
Keep on making music cuz it's for the love