THE LEADER*

[Intro: P.Y. The Leader]
Yeah

[Chorus: P.Y. The Leader]
I am the leader, I am a god
I make the beats, I make the songs
I found my voice, took me too long (aye)
Where’s the respect, spawned in the Bronx
I am the leader, I am a god
I make the beats, I make the songs (woo, woo, woo, woo, woo)
I cannot rest, I cannot let (yeah, yeah, yeah)
All my persistence come to a halt (woo, hold up, wait, aye)

[Verse 1: P.Y. The Leader]
In the seventh grade with some failing grades
Was a dark skin boy, that's a failing shade
I hadn’t found my voice, I hadn’t claimed my name
Had a lot of hard times living day to day (yeah, aye)
Earbuds, headphones my saving grace
And all these dark thoughts I use to entertain (aye)
(Am I good enough, am I down the drain?)
And I had both feet chilling in the door frame
Knew I had to switch it up like girl with surname
Was thinking bout slitting wrists, washing blood stains
I was going through the motions; take the L train
Yeah, you think you knew pain, you was popping champagne (yuh, yuh)
Turning the mic on, voice like bed frame
I’m a work of art call me Citizen Kane (aye, aye)
I’m sweet, I’m sweet like sugar in cane
Was a head in the clouds guy, I’m a scatterbrain (turn it up, turn it up)

[Chorus: P.Y. The Leader & ELIAS The Editor]
(I am a god) I am the leader I am a god
I make the beats, I make the songs
I found my voice, took me too long (what, hold up)
Where’s the respect, spawned in the Bronx (deity, deity, yeah, yeah)
I am the leader I am a god
I make the beats, I make the songs
I cannot rest, I cannot let
All my persistence come to a halt (woo)

[Verse 2: P.Y. The Leader & ELIAS The Editor]
I don’t think this album too safe for the climate
My life like JetBlue, call me the pilot
I’m a Batman niggas more like a Robin
Whole career dead swear I seen it in a coffin (oh)
Niggas making art now just for the profit
I make shit cuz it’s from the heart, honest
Motor mouth going off like a speeding rocket (yeah)
And I’m coming for your neck like the lace of a locket (turn it up, hold up)

[Bridge: P.Y. The Leader & ELIAS The Editor]
I am a leader I am a god (woo)
I am a leader, I am a god
(Aye, yuh, aye, yuh, the leader getting started)
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah (aye)
Yeah, yeah, one, two (P.Y. The Leader)

[Verse 3: P.Y. The Leader]
Where you gonna go?
You gonna hit the road?
Do you have a vision?
Wouldn’t you like to know (P.Y. The Leader)
Yeah, I’ll find a way, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Find a way, find a way) (woo)
I’ve made my decision
I’ll go start a business
Watch my baby grow (woo, woo)
Make a couple albums
Not gon’ sell my soul
Am I gonna make it?
Only one way to know (P.Y. The Leader)
I wanna create
Wanna create, yeah, yeah
(I’m tryna create) yuh yuh
Yuh, yuh, yuh

[Outro: Maame Nyarko Owusu & P.Y. The Leader]
P.Y. The Leader
P.Y. The Leader, yup
Excuse my cough y'all, you know
I live a live podcast, aye
P.Y. The Leader
(You done?)
Nope, nope, nope
It’s P.Y. The Leader