Illuminate

It's been a long time
But i was doing right up in the wrong time
When ya merit only carried off a co-sign
You paling in comparison
And then it get embarrassing, when they ain't hold a candle to ya whole shine
...over time, funny how they go blind
Start blowing then they blowing up ya phone line
Trying to get up in the loop, nah ain't no vine
Slow climb, to the top of the ladder
Gotta find a way to get up in the popular chatter
Politicin internet poppin wit data
But that ain't what I ball 4, no walkin a batter
No free base, silver spoon
A pill, a shroom
And now man I could build the room
I got a lot of ppl now they trying to kill the mood
I feel the doom, and only love ell heal the wound
Ay
Trying to cross the road
Steady trying to find peace, like i lost the bowl
The blossom glow, but ain't nobody watch it grow
But when it bloom boom everybody got the rose
I stop to pose
While everybody moving fast forward why they can't just wait
They coulda ran in place
Instead now they getting married, or they having kids, and i can't relate
My plans at stake
And the clock still tickin, plot will thicken
I coulda ran away
But now it's too damn late, for the band to flake ,and I'm too much man to break
Pray hands in place
Realign wit the universe
Blind to the gloom, i shine when the mood occurs
Bout time i design what i do deserve
What you do up in ya mind what you do on earth

I wanted to rhyme like common sense
Did a joint wit Kweli, I ain't been common sinse
To find the prints, you gotta go and look at the tracks
The book of the facts, but i ain't trying to look in the past
I'm moving on, i'm trying to move the needle
Like I'm pushing heroin for the root of evil
My only goal is to move the people
Do it peaceful, do it legal
So i had to take time to rejuvenate
Soon or late it's gonna find what its due to make
You could hate you could hate
Get a rude awake
Through the shade i had to illuminate