Duel World

[Verse 1]
Yeah
On guard, on God
I remember boxing in the front yard (Oh, nah)
Nobody had any headgear on our palms
Worn heavy in them sweaty 16's
Our arms more spaghetti than in Em's 16
(Oh Lord) He wanna harm me when his Pop's is looking on (Oh, nah)
On 'Nam I swear the Army robbed him of his every charm
Front lawn he's drinking and hollering "Let's get it on..."
His son was thinking that sparring me would get a nod (Oh, nah)
I sneaked a three in from the one
I quit instantly thinking if we bleed then we was done
He didn't see it as a win but he couldn't see them as they come
And as I turned to try and leave he then hit me in my sternum
I wasn't breathing, bent heaving, seething, needing a moment
He was beaming, chest beating and bleeding from the nose
And yet the feeling of defeating me was fleeting as he rose
To see his father drunken sleeping and its goes

[Chorus]
Born with a pen in a scene for a sword
You will know it's me by the king on the floor
We living in a duel world
We living in a duel world
When you meet a swordsman greet him with a sword
Save all that poetry there for the Lord
We living in a duel world
We living in a duel world

[Verse 2]
We living in a duel world
I'm in love with two girls
One wants me to fight for her
The other in flight for her
They tell me I'm bright
But I still ain't got a light for the darkness in my mind
Where I find I'm never right for them
Yeah, that's the problem with anxiety ignited by them
They can solve it by absolving 'cause it's my problem
You see the pressure to please means the pressure don't cease
But with my pen I am your Caesar now pleasure me Queen
Outside the pen I am neither a jester or King
I rule nothing, a ruler who can't measure a thing
Even my joy puts me in debt, man, I can't leverage a thing
I bet in hell they sing how love's a pleasurable thing
They try to sell you a ring only to profit on the process
Not the loses nor the onset of the nonsense
Talking all that "sickness and in health" taking pictures of themselves
Then they pick on someone else when they get nauseous, come on

[Chorus]
Born with a pen in a scene for a sword
You will know it's me by the king on the floor
We living in a duel world
We living in a duel world
When you meet a swordsman greet him with a sword
Save all that poetry there for the Lord
We living in a duel world
We living in a duel world

[Verse 3]
Yeah
Sometimes it is what it is and that's that
Sometimes you give what you can't get back
When you put your heart on a line, that's flat
Now when I put my heart on a line, that's rap
Yeah, sometimes as kids we just want to attack before our guard is intact
When we don't know how to give or how we ought to attach
Eye of the tiger the fire with fire
Until we all there tired at the end of the match
And at the end of the match sits my hand at a safe distance
With a pen imagining we could behave different
Is it really brave or just escapism
Kids play adults play, you know, hey, listen
Sometimes it is what it is and that's that
Sometimes you give what you can't get back
When you put your heart on a line, that's flat
Now when I put my heart on a line, that's rap

[Chorus]
Born with a pen in a scene for a sword
You will know it's me by the king on the floor
We living in a duel world
We living in a duel world
When you meet a swordsman greet him with a sword
Save all that poetry there for the Lord
We living in a duel world
We living in a duel world