[Verse 1]
Innovative and highly favored while on hiatus
For all the stages promoters tried their best not to pay us
We made 'em pay up like Vegas, I say it all to say this
Survived on nothin’, the mental anguish, yet nothin' fazed us
I'm not a martyr, a maniac motivated
Whole life planned and automated, overwhelmed and inundated
Afflicted with the love of music, wired wrong with broken fuses
Born a vessel just to do this, stand behind what I have stated
Couldn’t sleep in the brown bag era, heavy as Pantera
The rise of the light bearer golden as our days at the 406
Core of this, through the trauma and the neurosis, uh
I was really with Prem' in the lab
Used to see what my haters would write, I'd read it and laugh
They were really just my peers under burner accounts
Now I tour with Sid Wilson, nightly burnin' an ounce, come on
[Verse 2]
For the future generation, I drop precious stones
My brother Baam rap like Son of Sam with a gun to dome
My drums are thunderin', Thor Gundersen
Impeccable without another sin, got 'em standin' in silent wonderment, uh
Infusin' sounds in a new dimension, I assume ascension
Universe will always listen, careful who you mention
Vandals pillagin’, vigilant virtue signalin’
Spark a filament, metal gear solid, live on like the villain did
Too introspective, now I can't turn my mind off
I meditate ’cause I'm trapped in a time warp
Maybe I'm there, the state of affairs
Maybe it's all really ego masqueradin’ as care
Or maybe I'd really rather suffer just so others are happy
But that's not how it works, I help 'em while they stay gunnin' at me
I don't comprehend and can't compute, I'm still the undisputed truth like Ali
They can't stop me, work ethic godly
[Verse 3]
Persistence is everything 'cause that's what the task is
Just made three life goals in a row, call it a hat trick
Move like an assassin, their mind couldn't match wits
Five grand in the wall, hundred and four in the mattress, uh
The way I handle bars make 'em backpedal
Act rebel, machine gun funk, watch 'em jump like black metal
Got enough albums in the vault, not a problem
Might take a decade off while steady droppin' 'em
Feet in the sand while I watch 'em ring off like a divorce
Handcraft each line cause the greats passed us the torch
Higher-level vibrations, I find comfort in solitude
Reside east of where I astral project in longitude
No more BPM, my tempo is rubato
Study Pensado, kill my ego yet bask in my bravado
Been a boss, been in awe, they've been at odds
Welcome to San Gennaro, I've outworked most of these gods
SAN GENNARO was written by J57.
SAN GENNARO was produced by J57 & Berklee Symphony Orchestra.
J57 released SAN GENNARO on Fri Mar 31 2023.