This is the first song from the new hip hop collective from Chicago, Work In Progress.
It’s accompanied with video from another Chicago group, WRITERSWEDNESDAY.
The beat was originally produced by Jake One. Notice the two samples at the beginning and end of the music video.
[Verse 1: N/A]
Hero of a planet that's not even mine
I'm hated for my certain state if mind
Don't let your thoughts cross the border
My ego will run you over like range overs
I'm staying true to myself
So fuck everyone else
I'm In a mental Health, advanced
Opposite of trance
I leave em off the wall like vans
See I'm the man with plans
Schemes so grand like casinos
I'm staying lethal
[Verse 2: Quentin Beck$]
You can see the intent behind every sentence I indent
It's well-meant and prevalent that I represent my environment
I'm intelligent competent and of course self confident
That's a small percent of the cement in my resident
It's evident that I spit bars with eloquence
I'm so excellent at leaving bodies in the past tense
Momma said sound of silence is better than bullshit
So if you're irrelevant keep your mouth zipped
[Verse 3: N/A]
What I fathom is more haunting than phantoms
I making mad moves like tantrums
I'm perusing a dream and I'm not asleep
I'm taking steps so steep
I need some air bubbles on the bottom of my feet
I don't even where I'm leading
But I feel my demons pleading
Feeling evil I got this pen bleeding
Yo I be nicer than pedals in the meadows
See I pull string like Geppetto I'm puppeteer your mental
Work-in-progress released Hunger Games on Sat Mar 29 2014.