Echos of Foresight

[Intro]
Van Gogh, Dickinson, 2Pac
[?], [?], Cobain, B.I.G
Those who seem to have more impact after death
These are echos of foresight

[Chorus]
Sometimes you gotta die to get acknowledged
First comes death, yeah, then they pay homage
When you all gone, that's when they all honest
Everybody gather round while I drop knowledge

[Verse 1]
Yeah, see I kill shit, fuck bein' modest, talk shit like I'm young Mike
Face it, y'all, you only get one life
This ain't baseball, you only get one strike
When you're out, you're out, there ain't no comin' back
So you better count what counts and then your money stacks
Look at what's in front of you, figure out what you're gonna do
[?] come attack
[?]
Ain't no plan to [?] stop us, see I'm a savage, now watch it
Now take a nap in the pocket, you never earn the sack
No, 'cause I run like that
Work like me and you can earn my stats, so
I just try to help it, step outside myself
And it'll work like that, oh no
'Cause you can try to give a helpin' hand, they just slap it and serve it back, huh?
Yo, discourage that shit, I'm in my early thirties, still on the [?]
When I was young, it was late night servin' sacks
In the trap, try'na get cash, I would learn the facts of life
Then I just learned [?], grew up
Turned around and said, "Nah, I ain't turnin' back"
Too much to do, ain't got a lot of time
When you're young, you get taught the grind
When I'm stuck, I know I gotta climb
I'm okay, no, I want 'em in the dirt, then my family get a major pay
It's ironically a curse in a major way
You'll probably get hurt most when you fade away
Ayy

[Chorus]
Sometimes you gotta die to get acknowledged
First comes death, yeah, then they pay homage
When you all gone, that's when they all honest
Everybody gather round while I drop knowledge

[Bridge]
Sometimes they don't hear what you say 'til you gone
But it ain't too late, 'cause they gonna bootleg
And they'll try to remake every little thing that you own
I'm just makin' it known
All the greats have been clones
Bunch of fakes in the game [?] names so y'all better move it along

[Verse 2]
Brainsick, keep it [OS ?], true grit
Architects to the game, got a blueprint
Treat your face like the moon, leave a shoe print
[?] kick your ass, leave a shoe in
See, I'm a shoo in and the the truth is
I'mma do this for my two kids
I am ruthless, keep movin'
'Til I'm stuck where my tomb is
Yeah, let me conduce it, I was young, I was stupid, once I knew it, I grew quick
Yeah, they wanna run with the movement
Now they drunk or they too lit
[?] 'cause they clueless
Y'all a bunch of [?]
What's wrong with this shit 'cause you mumble on
And dumb shit [?] your function
Engraved but your brains ain't function on
And I wonder if it's ever gonna get better, well it might
Sometimes great things must fall apart for better things to come together, right?
I'm reminiscing on the greats and the future they impacted when they paved the way
It's ironic in a curse in a major way
You'll probably mean most to 'em when you fade away
Ayy

[Chorus]
Sometimes you gotta die to get acknowledged
First comes death, yeah, then they pay homage
When you all gone, that's when they all honest
Everybody gather round while I drop knowledge

[Verse 3]
Tellin' only got me so far
Gotta do hard work, been movin' all my life, don't believe, check the flow chart
Your complainin' 'bout time and it kills me, kid, you got a slow start
Well start moving 'cause whatever time that I do have left, I'mma make sure I go hard
Yeah, hit the track and I'm lappin' 'em
Once I hit the driver's seat then you know I'm goin' top speed
Goin' hard 'til the end, make a song 'til I'm dead
Tryin' to ensure time can't stop me
'Til you see my snow angel in the concrete
I'll make sure I make moves in a major way
It's ironically a curse and it's safe to say
I'll probably be worth more when I fade away
Ayy

[Chorus]
Sometimes you gotta die to get acknowledged
First comes death, yeah, then they pay homage
When you all gone, that's when they all honest
Everybody gather round while I drop knowledge