1ABVE Sessions: Illmac 2
[Verse: Illmac]
Uh, rest in peace Proof, I let this beat loop
You and Dilla made Life from it and now that seems cruel
We search for peace and a piece too
That’s what we most wanted like Snoop and Pac in them three-piece suits
Eat shrooms and watch how the streets move
Thinking ain’t shit sweet, they’ll kill a clown like Sweet Tooth
So I don’t fear another man if he bleed too
Homie got stabbed in LA and didn’t bleed blue
Roses grew from concrete and we got street roots
But I see the trees in richer soil can get reaped too
We all get dеalt a different hand and gotta regroup
Now what wе do wit’ it we get to pick like spring fruit
Shit is different now, naw shit ain’t different now
As a kid I didn’t listen, and I don’t listen now
To all that bullshit that y’all spit, bicker and bitch about
My head’s just in the clouds that I billowed out
Smooth criminal wit’ a crooked smile, thought he had it figured out watching y’all mimic styles
Guess when I did it it didn’t count, did it or didn’t it?
Homie dig around, can’t miss my prime if I’m in it now
Can’t miss a shot if I give it, bow, rockets big as Yao
Tryna make my city proud, like Mo-B my brody I wouldn’t be shit without
Swim around in concrete shoes surprised I didn’t drown
Always knew how to get to the paper just took a different route
Y’all MapQuested directions and had to print ‘em out
She told me send ya’ location, she tryna pin me down
So much of myself has been lost that ain’t getting found
I’m just a work in progress, tryna see my whole circle progress
I ain’t perfect just the perfect project, that means I’m working on it
Sometimes hurts to digest, can’t communicate feelings that I ain’t learned to process
Meditate on that
We careful who we let relate, a lack of acceptance is where we’re separated at
Can’t let down our armor, it’s never safe for that
I guess our passed-down traumas our generation gap
Damn, Miles Davis in my headphones
Blue in Green, feels like a picnic at my headstone
If I failed at loving you then I was dead wrong
Try to learn to love myself and just get friend-zoned
This feel like late nights, brake lights reflected off a wine glass
Life captured in a time lapse
I know I been distant lately and that’s my bad
A lot of lows, this year hit me wit’ a high pass
Feeling like the fly in Beetlejuice, this whole town’s fake
And yesterday’s prices ain’t my now rate
See me age like wine now, it’s sour grapes
Thinking if you leave me you know you gon’ have to downgrade
I been down bad, while my accounts great
I felt the sky fall, this dark cloud stayed
Told my demons I ain’t even in the mood to chill
Can’t get seven figures focused on the rumor mill
Respect the shooter word to Zoodeville
Infinite youth, more than music it’s a mantra that I truly feel
I got past life scars, waiting on them wounds to heal
Feel like I held my breath so long I went and grew some gills
Everybody scared of death ‘cause they assume it’s real
We all connected at that moment when the truth’s revealed
I ain’t scared of dying, try it better shoot to kill
Watch my soul use my body like a human shield
Treat me like I’m dead already, old soul had to resurrect me
The same hands you shook when you met me, erected Göbekli Tepe
Spent all night in the lab and left the session when my breakfast ready
Got a, chip on my shoulder plus the necklace heavy
Went from selling reggie to Doctor Sebi medi curing epilepsy
I’m out for presidents to represent me
You ‘bout spending Benjis then we can chop it like a veggie medley
Seen fools chew pills and shoot krills
‘Bout my chicken like Lou Will and Du’s Grill
Shit is too real I popped the blue pill
These are the times word to Dru Hill, I’m thumbing through bills
Singing ‘how deep is your love for me?’ under my breath
Feel like I deaded so much drama, nearly done it to death
Nonetheless, better myself, self-centered tryna center myself
Couldn’t’ve said it better myself
Dust settles I’m extinguishing flame, long as I got gasoline in the tank
Conquer worlds like Pinky and Brain
Treat me like Kang when you speak on my name
Timeless, they come and go, I’m he who remains
Illy