Like you never

[Verse 1]
For every five steps forward I take ten steps back
I love the music but can't see where its at ?
Strictly fast food runnings
How we supposed to adapt
How we supposed to raise kids to that
And I ain't blaming no one its starts with me
Before heart failure theres clogged arteries
We were usually on point no archery
Creative to a fault
Like an art degree but something happened.. it kinda like a takeover
The sampling law changed
The looping of the breaks over
Tho corporate theres nothing pretty about this makeover
Pay for play and now you influence what we say
We even let you walk off with the deejay
Its hard to hear a single scratch on records these days besides the cliches
Somebody got to keep up traditions
Its a new day but still something is missing I mean

[Hook]
Thats what I'm telling everybody (I'm like you never)
Thats what I'm telling everybody (I'm like you never)

[Verse 2]
And now the new school is no school
Cos everybody and their mama knows protools
Writing raps and recording bad vocals
Being a star is more than being anti social
I'm more than boastful
I'm hopeful of a brighter tommorrow
Used to weaving words together other writers can follow
I hear anger in music but the message is hollow upon further inspection you can see whats been borrowed
Foreign ideals of real bluffing to do with nothing now we reinvent the wheel
Caps get peeled as we slip on banana skins
Stuttering stammering should have been fannie -loue hammer - ring
Instead we are glimmity glammering
This struggle is a headache plus anadin
Mic check even breathing is challenging
The music is a powerful thing especially when its used to boost the power within but you dont hear me ha!
Thats what I'm telling everybody (i'm like you never)
Thats what I'm telling everybody (i'm like you never)

[Verse 3]
I had my palm read
She told me not to leave this alone
So I miss real artists like nina simone
Full of integrity never to keen to be cloned
Thats why the need to be different
Buried deep in my bones
Cos swagger never paid bills just skills
I guess I took the long road mountain plus hills
Turntables and mic cables love from the crowd is more important than the right label
And I dont want the 90's sound back
But you can't deny the linn drum really sounds wack
Just living thru the movie but not feeling the soundtrack
Not trying to be bourgie but not trying to be round that
I grew up in a brown black facade so I'm not trying to act like I'm that large
But I'm trying to rap like I'm that guard when its comes to culture I'm pulling raps card like a placard

[Hook]