Decline

[Skit]
"Now arriving in Philadelphia, it's the last stop, thank you for riding the Swelly Express"
"Damn, yo, I just woke up, son, that was the craziest dream ever, dawg, Black Thought came through and gave me some advice and got on the track, some Hollywood shit"

[Verse 1]
They waiting for that decline
Pray that I lose my mind, they never want me to shine
But I observe that, trouble, I will serve that
Ear to the streets, never will I give the curve back
Still moving at a velocity
Still sensing the animosity
Hate mail is what they send me
But I separate letters like an apostrophe
Colossal, he
Didn't come the same, musta had two angles, he was isosceles
But now I'm Socrates with philosophies
I'm in my tree house, please don't bother me
And now it's looking like hella smoke
Underage, they letting me pass the velvet rope
And this life getting reckless
Feeling like a lone star, Texas

[Chorus]
Uh huh, I know what's on your mind
You don't think that we gon' shine
I face you to prove you wrong
Thought I was weak, I tell you I'm getting strong and
This time, it's gon' be different than the last time
Swear I'm gon' turn this from a hobby and a pastime
Tomorrow's gon' be better than today
And this'll wash the pain away

[Verse 2]
Could you cheer for me when you see me?
Had to follow my dreams and they could not believe me
But, you see I need it for the cake, I go
Like today on your TV and the radio
Retro '80 flow, hood made me crazy, though
Put in work with music, but the school made me lazy, though
Why? That's 'cause I couldn't write enough rhymes
They say that hip-hop is dead, we bring the vital signs
Never tripping, I'm on a different grind
Bring slaughter to your houses, a young Nickel Nine
See, now tell me, would you get me wrong
If I told you in the studio I met Solange?
If I said I command it like it's the Pentagon
Hating on, even on the roof I'm upper echelon
But, still forever we shine
Turn a negative to positive, I never decline

[Chorus]
Uh huh, I know what's on your mind
You don't think that we gon' shine
I face you to prove you wrong
Thought I was weak, I tell you I'm getting strong and
This time, it's gon' be different than the last time
Swear I'm gon' turn this from a hobby and a pastime
Tomorrow's gon' be better than today
And this'll wash the pain away