I Am

I am a genius insidious
Inside a hideous city
That disfigures pretty
Dreams, mere moments
That mask the bitter
The litter when you walk
Are the lost hopes of the
Godsent, I'm a monster
In the deep, when I sleep
Then I'll repent bent on
My own ascension
Not rent, job or a pension
I've spent most my attention
Sellin honor to get a mention
When in rome, you find the throne
Beware of what omens do
Maybе I could reign if I knew what the
Romans knеw, a chosen few, will stay
Colder than frozen dew in a frost
You lost if you can't cover the cost of clues
Upon lift off some get tossed into the stratus
Others drop like stones, they lay in a heap of maggots
If we believe in magic then we can retrieve the stars
I'm not looking at a facebook for updating my status
So here we are, bright lights, and knife fights
Daymares and night frights, in a den of thieves playin nice

I am falling back to earth
I am falling down the well
I am falling for the trap
I have fallen into hell

I am

(I am rising)
(I am falling)
(I am rising)
(I am falling)
(I am rising)
(I am falling)
(I am rising)

I am rising to the sky
I am rising sunshine
I am rising in the light
I am riding on a high

(I am rising)
(I am falling)
(I am rising)
(I am falling)
(I am rising)
(I am falling)
(I am rising)

I am a modern metropolis
Opposite of oasis
Positive and negative
Nothing will stay in stasis
Impoverished impossible
Ink blots spot the not so
Obvious potholes
Your sanity getting throttled
Courage in a bottle for many
Weapon of choice
Knowledge in a needle or pill
Controlled voice
The thrill of learning my curves
Convinced that you deserve
Every square inch, every
Fire hydrant and curb
You'll barely get a hint
Of the earth I'm stacked on
Some hustled, even put in the work
But that's gone
Livin so deep in the dirt, it's a grass lawn
You'd think they owned, desperate to pop
Like rap songs
Babylon the non de plum their coming soon
Survivors on the way so strugglers make room
Tired from the fire that looms, you turn to fumes
You are now consumed by death nothing that blooms

I have fallen to the depths
I have fallen through the cracks
I have fallen for their act
I have fallen to the black

I am

(I am falling)
(I am rising)
(I am falling)
(I am rising)
(I am falling)
(I am rising)
(I am falling)

I am rising like the tide
I am rising in their eyes
I am rising to the prize
I am rising watch me fly

I am

(I am falling)
(I am rising)
(I am falling)
(I am rising)
(I am falling)
(I am rising)
(I am falling)