Feet Don't Fail

My feet hurt – knees weak, head heavy

but I won’t stop, muscle like a mustang Chevy

trudging on this path, though it doesn’t feel steady

I asked God for guidance, He told me I was ready

steady grinding, see I’m putting the work in

it’s hurting, these rappers just skin-deep like Jergens

nursing their wounds like a bottle of sorrow

already told you, I’m building for a better tomorrow

you can follow if you want but I’d rather that you stand with me

walk with me, talk with me, make a plan with me

but it’s evident, most kat’s are hesitant

getting out their comfort zone – something that they never did

no Foundations, they’re standing on some gelatine

ya’ll can keep faltering, man – I’ll keep getting in

doubters wanna try to assail me,

with their arrows impale me

I’m praying that my feet don’t fail me

HOOK:

Marching on this path, and I can’t turn back and-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

I’ve come too far now to back-track and-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

I’ma stay driven, living out my vision and-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

Cuz I ain’t gonna flop unless my feet stop, so-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

Feet don’t fail

spit scripts flipped like Christ-Bale

ya’ll need to get the fuck off my set!

the crusader with no cape or cowl

straight up like Simon Cowell

while most full of shit like Colin Powel

if you could see the motivation my steps

you’d understand I’m standing for the children that ain’ even took a breath yet

to leave a legacy for future generations

there’s destruction in stagnation so I focus on creation

elevation, I rise to overstand the situation

even though my feet are blistered and sore, I’m more patient

but not waiting for my destiny to come

the drum, I’m addicted to

the beat is the vehicle

the mic. is the conduit

speakers what I’m speaking through

as long as there’s a 5% chance that I’m reaching you

I’ll keep writing rhymes on the daily

knowing that I’ll prevail, see

believing that my feet won’t fail me

HOOK:

Marching on this path, and I can’t turn back and-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

I’ve come too far now to back-track and-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

I’ma stay driven, living out my vision and-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

Cuz I ain’t gonna flop unless my feet stop, so-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

Even when my head’s the heaviest, remember this

progress is almost never effortless

but struggling ain’t a requisite for gettin’ it

matter fact, forget that – I’m being it

what I wanna see in the world, I set free with it

the microphone that is, like a cyclone in the midst

of the biz of this rap shit,

respect I amass it

platinum not plastic

the status quo – surpassed it

so now I stand out like a Jew amongst Catholics

hip hop’s daily bread

I’m feeding what your soul’s needing

what’s been neglecting through years of mental inbreeding

you might have to rewind that, but let me explain:

your life’s an expression of where your mind’s at

my minds on gratitude

benevolence in my attitude

and transformation of the world; no it’s not a platitude

I’m on my track, you’d need a train to derail me

I’m focused and I promise that my feet won’t fail me

HOOK:

Marching on this path, and I can’t turn back and-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

I’ve come too far now to back-track and-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

I’ma stay driven, living out my vision and-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

Cuz I ain’t gonna flop unless my feet stop, so-uh

I’M PRAYING THAT FEET DON’T FAIL ME

When You've Seen Hell

When you’ve seen hell, sometimes the world don’t seem as bright

sometimes you gotta look harder just to notice the light

when you’ve lived wrong for so long, it’s hard to live right

when you drift far from God, faith is hard to ignite

when you fall hard, sometimes it’s hard to get up again

when you’re consumed with yourself, it’s hard to find a friend

I’m speaking from experience, I’ve been down that road

and trust me, I can easily be an asshole

but I define myself by the principles I stand for

while most of these rap-fucks are gassed like an aerosol

like a bunch of lost-ducks, no-one’s taking care of ya’ll

this is Revelations dawg, I’m just preparing ya’ll

don’t look surprised when you think the armageddon’s come

I ain’t talking biblical, but history is cyclical

not a nation, one race, together indivisible

long as we don't acknowledge that, people will be miserable

Hook:

(When you’ve seen hell) Sometimes it changes everything

(When you’ve seen hell) your brain rearranges everything

(When you’ve seen hell) you lose sight of what once mattered

(When you’ve seen hell) cuz what matters in the present’s that you’re world got shattered

(When you’ve seen hell) it’s hard to see the world the same

(When you’ve seen hell) you realize that life is more than a game

(When you’ve seen hell) in the midst of it I felt I was worthless

(When you’ve seen hell) but I on the side of it I found my purpose

When you’ve walked through the pits of hell, understand

taken hold of your demons with your own two hands

something shifts in a man that’s not easily reversed

what’s worse, you start feeling like you’re damned or your cursed

at first, I thought I had it all in control

after supressing my soul long enough, it took its toll

found myself toking and drinking more

homicidal thinking more

constantly at war with myself and feeling raw

like my skin was ripped away and my flesh was laid bare

I woke to a world that didn’t care – left me gasping for air

getting closer to the end, losing breath

in front of me: jails, institutions and death

thank God I was shown another option to the left

I was told I had to climb steps

I did and never looked back

because the fact of the matter is that

I’m blessed to be alive, that’s why I spit it on the track

Hook:

(When you’ve seen hell) Sometimes it changes everything

(When you’ve seen hell) your brain rearranges everything

(When you’ve seen hell) you lose sight of what once mattered

(When you’ve seen hell) cuz what matters in the present’s that you’re world got shattered

(When you’ve seen hell) it’s hard to see the world the same

(When you’ve seen hell) you realize that life is more than a game

(When you’ve seen hell) in the midst of it I felt I was worthless

(When you’ve seen hell) but I on the side of it I found my purpose

You can’t see me

might see my flesh, but can’t see me

believe me, courage it takes just to be me

the spiritual essence is hidden behind where the flesh is

I’m a vessel though I realize I got a unique perspective

we don’t see things the way they are

we see things the way we are

and we are, whatever we make of ourselves

chasing after paper while we’re spiritually raping ourselves

like we want victory but don’t wanna take it ourselves

living contradictions and humanistic fallacies

I won’t, let my circumstances dictate my reality

cuz I define my life through my cognitive ability

you can do it too, most don’t want the responsibility

freedom is power and it’s like Ben Parker said

responsibility’s the access, most walking dead

the truth is palpable in my lyrics, thicker than corn-bread

I’ve seen hell and heaven and they’re both within my own head

Hook:

(When you’ve seen hell) Sometimes it changes everything

(When you’ve seen hell) your brain rearranges everything

(When you’ve seen hell) you lose sight of what once mattered

(When you’ve seen hell) cuz what matters in the present’s that you’re world got shattered

(When you’ve seen hell) it’s hard to see the world the same

(When you’ve seen hell) you realize that life is more than a game

(When you’ve seen hell) in the midst of it I felt I was worthless

(When you’ve seen hell) but I on the side of it I found my purpose

Dream (feat. Fenaxiz)

Fenaxiz:

Truth is stranger than fiction, certain things I couldn't make up

But straight up, I'll try to paint a description

Of the pain that I'm living, my brush strokes are blood-soaked

The pad is my canvas, my model's the blunt smoke

I see through, tracing my journey through life

Early on, I learned snakes in your circle will bite

Because most wanna block your goals, but never walked the roads

You walked, it's always those who talk the most

So I stay on point with whoever I'm connected to

Pursuing my dreams with only a selected few

A child of tomorrow, I smile through the sorrow

With my eye on the sparrow, I'ma fly like an arrow

To hit all my targets, I'ma give it my hardest

Ignore the obstacles then get it regardless

Anything's possible, don't quit what you started

All praises due, can't forget where my heart is

HOOK:

They told us we should plan, told us we should scheme

they told us we should work but they told us not to dream

told us how to live, said we shouldn't cry

told us to conform, they told us to live a lie

told us we should all agree – but I don't

said to fall in line, but I'm saying that I won't

(cuz) I'm standing for something greater than we've ever been

so till the day I die I'll be living out my dream

dream, dream, living out my dream

until the day I die I'll be living out my dream

dream, dream, I gotta live my dream

until the day I die I'll be living out my dream

MC FÜBB:

My rhymes that pierce through facades of superficiality

through verses I'm creating my reality-

technicalities irrelevant

unseen the way I'm getting it

talk about the future but the past I'm not forgetting it

I used to think my art could be perfected

then I realized my eclecticness

was so diverse that in reality, there was no requisite

for what I'm doing in this world, being on the precipice

cuz every moment passed creates a genesis

of space to live into

the calling of these fiends, I won't give into

begin to - see the facts about myself that's keeping me limited

most don't wanna look at that shit

but I be living different than kids

ain't no fast food, I'm spittin' lyrics that'll stick to your ribs

most can't see how gifted it is

how mentally lifted it is

ripping and giving the truth, delivery the proof, of how prolific it is

set it, I check it, I rip it, I wreck it, I said it I'm not who you're guessing it is

rhythm attacking, I'm asking, how the fuck you gonna be messing with this?

HOOK:

They told us we should plan, told us we should scheme

they told us we should work but they told us not to dream

told us how to live, said we shouldn't cry

told us to conform, they told us to live a lie

told us we should all agree – but I don't

said to fall in line, but I'm saying that I won't

(cuz) I'm standing for something greater than we've ever been

so till the day I die I'll be living out my dream

dream, dream, living out my dream

until the day I die I'll be living out my dream

dream, dream, I gotta live my dream

until the day I die I'll be living out my dream

MC FÜBB:

feeling like we off course, and at the end of the rope

still committing Holocausts, I got the antidote

lyrically I'm poppin shots that hit you like a Molotov

even when I'm speaking from emotion I ain't coming soft

never been on top, so how I'm falling off?

I committed to this path now it's too late to call it off

life is a blessing, but it ain't always sweet like Hagen Daaz

every single demon that I ever faced inside, dawg I fought it off

everybody chasing green with speed like methamphetamine

half the population zoning out like they on Ketamine

peoples' wings clipped, it's bananas like a magazine

saturated numbness like it's kerosene and gasoline

matches in the left hand, right hand Vaseline

cuz people getting fucked like predators who be snatching teens

this is my perspective, you don't gotta follow after me

but if you standing with me, then you stand against catastrophe

HOOK:

They told us we should plan, told us we should scheme

they told us we should work but they told us not to dream

told us how to live, said we shouldn't cry

told us to conform, they told us to live a lie

told us we should all agree – but I don't

said to fall in line, but I'm saying that I won't

(cuz) I'm standing for something greater than we've ever been

so till the day I die I'll be living out my dream

dream, dream, living out my dream

until the day I die I'll be living out my dream

dream, dream, I gotta live my dream

until the day I die I'll be living out my dream

In the Face of No Agreement (ITFONA)

How you gonna relate?

I’m living life without a second to waste

these dreams I gotta chase

spent enough years running in place

consequences I faced

I spit out the bitter taste

and on the other side of suffering I found God’s grace

sprayed like a can of mace in my life

and owned the fact that most the time, I created my strife

realization pain sharp like the tip of knife

like suddenly being thawed from being frozen in ice

forget the roll of dice

it’s a choice that I made

to never ever go back to that place where I stayed

statistically, I shoulda never seen this year

so realistically, I’m only moving forward from here

cuz it’s a gift to me that I can even breathe this air

here’s my gift to you, I hope that you’re receiving this prayer

and I ain’t holding back nothing

half of ya’ll that say you with me really need to stop frontin’

and if you with me then stand tall

otherwise don’t stand at all – come on

Hook:

In the Face of No Agreement

staying focused on what I believe in

at times I feel like I’m losing

I gotta keep moving – keep moving on

my aim’s to put a stain in the depths of your brain

so next time, instead of pulling that trigger, you act sane

I speak truth, get looks of disdain

cuz the facts are unsightly like piss-stains

they spit game

most of these kats, (yo) they spit lame

I’m tryna get your soul unchained

and that’s church

most people on earth try to prove they self-worth

not realizing they’re no better or worse

and that hurts

to an ego that’s designed to protect the self

but self-worth is a myth, that represses the self

thru hip hop I’m expressing myself

just professing the wealth

that God gave me

it’s not all gravy

most human beings are intellectually lazy

and wonder why life seems crazy

ya’ll amaze me

a moment of clarity like Jay-Z

or alcoholics when the past is ghost like rap clichés

we create life today, that’s what we say

so ya’ll can get with that, or get off the freeway

Hook:

In the Face of No Agreement

staying focused on what I believe in

at times I feel like I’m losing

I gotta keep moving – keep moving on

in the face of no agreement

feel like I’m bobbing and weaving

from deceiving thoughts and demons

staying focused on what I believe in

through the seasons I stay true my vision without a reason

thieving heathens try obstructing my path, I’m still breathing

the only real obstacles I face are in my own mind

externally the world is my oyster, a gold-mine

we can be run by it or own time

and Noyz came at the right time for this rhyme

so sublime

years past since smoking a dime – my mind’s clear

I ain’t running from nothing – I stand to face fear

world’s been waiting for me to appear, now I’m here

hip hop’s train of thought, yo I had to commandeer

I just peddle on this bike of life and God steers

eyes wide and I’m listening close with both ears

before I put pen to pad or I pick up the mic

I stay conscious of the fact that I’m reppin for life

you may or not think that’s significant

but my prolificness when I’m spittin it is strictly magnificent

we can create a future ya’ll can see with me

word is bond, whether or not you agree with me

Hook:

In the Face of No Agreement

staying focused on what I believe in

at times I feel like I’m losing

I gotta keep moving – keep moving on