Playin’ For Keeps

[Verse 1]
Yo, while other artists came to rent, I stayed and went from underrated to the main event
Lyricaly i went from (?) to Mercedes Benz
Made my first team while you made a bench
Still I have to work 24/7 just to pay the rent
But I maintain, ain't complaning, never made no sense
Cause I'm blessed with love ones who all gave me strength
They fight the bullshit when they got crazy tense
And for that, I will never forsake my freinds
Cause It's loyality for life till the day it ends
I don't follow, I create the trends
The game's intense
So back to pay, It's a great expence
But I do it for the people, that's the state I'm in
Write without a break, till I break my pen
Till I don't know where the night or the day begins
I'm dedicated, you can hate it but I play it to win

[Chorus]
"Professor P in the game playin' for keeps
Hot in the streets
The Illest, lyrical expert
It's on to the death till I settle the score"

[Verse 2]
I make music for the music's sake, give me some loops and breaks
And pay attention to the moves I make
I refuse to break, too much to lose at stake
For me to lose my faith and make some new mistakes, cause yeah..
I might have made a few mistakes
Back when my career was at a crucial state
I was a rude awakening, and better move your place
Cause now I'm hungry like I have nada food in days
I put my lifetime in between these papers lines
Cause at the age of nine, I fell in love with creating rhymes
But lately I've been feeling like I waste my time
Cause the game's so crowded, you can't get any space to shine (it's fucked up)
So I try to write bars, that escape the time
So they can put you in the 89 state of mind
Bad decisions, blurred my vision
It just made me blind
Listen, I was livid, pay respect and come to pay your fine

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]
Yo, uh, I treat the verses I write as if they're holy scriptures
But it ain't easy struggling on these road to riches
It'll take a long time till you know the business
Till you get strong enough to make your own decisions
Nowdays rap are similar to emotion pitches
Fact or fiction, it's hard to know the difference
That's why I write my music for those who listen
That showed me love throughout the years that I had no ambition
Who's supported me when I felt the most like quitting
They helped me find the pieces that my soul was missing
Now I shine like the stars in our solar system
And I'm back for my own position, the pole position

[Chorus]