Surprise it's the boy who lived It's the West Chatham Santa with some toys to give A .38 Special I call noisy cricket I got a chain on now called Roy G. Biv It's the new New Edition Like Poison Biv Bell DeVoe It's time to make that noise again |Lauryn Hill| say she seen Me on |The Voice*| again But this the |End Of The Road|* like |Boyz II Men| You Betta, |"Use your pen, baby| |Use your heart, child| |Where your viewpoint?| |Where's your art style?"|* Sometimes a teardrop can make your heart smile Looking for a sign and He* sends a star shower* Fresh off surviving the |coup d'état| The music stop you just might lose your spot No fairytale* endings if you lose the plot Its written in the notebook if you forgot It's a |love letter|* I used to hate math used to love letters They had me in the class with the dumb niggas This nigga come to class with an umbrella Ditch* school* Daywalker I'm a |sun dweller|* Until I met a |Brother Mike|* He said, "Young fella, |Everybody dies| |Some* write poems"| So I raised* my right arm and I said, |"Right on"| Put my name on that |Don't Give No ****| list America's own* niggas |You Can't Trust| list I got |Sig Sauer| called |MC Hammer| I got a chain on now called |You Can't Touch This| I said, *I gotta figure out a- "huh?" Gotta figure out a way to get this money by tomorrow If you know me it ain't funny anymore if you owe me ain't no running anymore Oh life will be Just you believe in You IGH! Put on that full armor Learned that from my mama She said Life will be Just you believe in you Separate the waters It's a fleet of oceans liners star-side Shake* it for Star Line Work it for Star Line Work it for Star Line And we back.. Look mama I seen a star Big and pretty and it ain't that far Bright and Bold and Black like me and it's right in the mirror I'm shining hard The last time that my check got commas My whips got horses My chains got blinders Teachers got laptops The kids got binders Celebrity barber My stars all lined up 3 went platinum The 1 went diamond I had an F minus but that's behind us My pen on paper worth millions of dollars Shout out to the fact that they still ain't signed us No contract No fine print No lease No co-signment I emptied the safe for a case I ain't never been broken but you don't know how broke I been Tell me how can you now afford to file divorce The child support The back door take the trial to court Either I'm the best or these times is good There's only two reasons this shit could rhyme this good Heavy is the crown I'm ahead my time I left breadcrumbs when I read my rhymes So if I catch a red dot to the dome they'll find me with a note on my head saying, "You read* my mind" The pen gone flow God I'm your vessel Now bless my soul God We gone wrestle The |Writings on the Wall| baby It's a fresco It's a |death note| It's a manifesto And We back IGH.. Oh life will be Just you believe in You Put on that full armor Learned that from my mama she said Life will be Just you believe in you Separate the waters It's a fleet of oceans liners star-side