Notorious

(He's a big man... who's used to handling big problems)

[Sense MC]
Notorious, Sense MC... Whiney

I still do this for the art, no pretend bits
Been out 'ere on my own, the last ten years
Friendxit, I tell you only the truth
I been homeless so long I made a hole in the booth

S'got a hole in the roof, but I've always been the rhyme king
Loads of other MCs but we don't do the same thing
Our styles are not similar, yeah
You know my name from nowhere in particular

I dunno if you noticed
Last ten years I've dropped nothing but goat sh*t
Had the keys to the game, thought "fuck it" and broke it
'n since then I've left nothing unspoken

I write for you if you're stuck in a hole
Lookin' at that big pile of nothing you own
A lonely old man, stuck on a throne
The emperor is naked but covered in gold, so

MCs come to me seeking validation
While I'm looking down the barrels checking calibrations
The main barrier's imagination
I'm carrying a banner of retaliation

And that explains when I spit at a party
All these little Daniel-sans are getting Mr. Miyagi
I wax on, I put it on wax
I script all these lyrics on the back of the [?]

I'm a whole decade ahead of the game
Take a microdot trip down memory lane
I kept my face covered, they remember the name
I remember nothing, 'cept how the medicine taste

Now I'm famous, 'cept I'm not... my name is

(He's a big man... who's used to handling big problems)

Yo, who makes it look as easy as this?
I'll give your favorite rapper 16 reasons to quit
They talk about deep and never seen the abyss
Well, I just never settled, like chameleon skin, alright

Alright, skip the tedious bits
I made my excuses like I needed a piss
I chase dragons like they really exist
And I told more lies than the media did, see to your scripts

The echoes of the past
Serious gifts, I should let go of the bars
I should've known better, "it was never gonna last"
I think, watching Guinness as it settles in the glass

They're sellin' heroin on Mars
Like, it's only human
I check for signs of life
No improvement

Money grows on trees, it's no illusion
You fuckin' know it's me, there's no confusion
I'm the only one that talks like this
Livin' life by a torchlight

Kids, don't do what I do
Or do what I say
Just find what you love
And do it today

If you feel the same next day, do it again
'til you see your life all beautifully framed
My perspective keeps moving away
'til there's nothing left to see except the music we made

And that's the legacy, that's the body of work
You see me? I never found God in a church
I'm not the sort of man that's gotta come first
And I won't tell a story that you've probably heard, but still

I been fightin' since I dropped on the Earth
And I think something might've gone wrong at the birth
I'm not quite sure yo, my memory's hazy
And I'd love to talk more but I'm incredibly lazy

I'm out