Insusceptible Growth
August 22nd, 1998
21 Years I done hit a milestone, now replay the Highlights
From in the backroom with the Night Light
Yeah, came a long way
I came a Long way from the good and the bad times
Now I gotta buckle down, stay on my grind
As I build a Blueprint for the Young Minds

'Cause they just want us down
They wanna see us 6 feet deep in the ground
They don’t wanna see Growth, they don't wanna see change
They just want a black man in some new clothes wit' a foreign whip
And some Diamond Chains

So I go against the grain, bringing new pressure
’Cause I know one day
You're gonna get the text while I'm on 85, gotta move
Still Consistеnt from my youth
Been speaking real, tryna make a changе
From the Storytelling to the things I done witnessed
Still in the Kitchen as I paint the canvas for a bigger picture
But I know it's gonna take time
But being patient is Second-Nature just like the Flow, so unorthodox
Jumped off the beat so I won't stay complacent in the same Matrix

So will I break the cycle?
Can I break the Chains?
Will I make it to my destination?
Nah n****, you should already know
I'ma take it all the way to the very last day

Wearing all black in my Dark Knight feeling
When I speak the truth, they don't ever wanna listen
But I gotta break the news
You gon' feel me anyway when the words are articulated
From a greater knowledge to the acronyms
Word play so Immaculate

But I’m not flowing for the hell of it, just to stay relevant
Like a "One Hit Wonder", now you wonder where he went
This is Survival of the Fittest like David and Goliath
You gotta be a CEO to the Rap Industry
Stay Independent, be a Black Sheep to them other n****s riding waves
But I chose to be the Earthquake that cause a Tsunami

But I don’t need the recognition or the paparazzi
Like have you noticed?
It's too many Clout Chasers looking for a camera just to be seen
So I took the Underground road and paved my own route
While I’m still in the basement
As I'm building the blueprints for a bigger Foundation
I still haven't took a breath since I dove in the deep end
Deep Blue Sea, just hit 1, 000 feet Scuba Diving
But I might break the record
I mean honestly I'm still Humble, but I gotta be the Lion in the Safari
Now they say I’m too dominate
But this is only confidence, even though I move quiet and not with the flexing

I know my position, so misdirection in the Guidelines
As I put on for the world and while I go and get mine
So practice what you preach
'Cause I'ma always be Selfless Til the End of Time

So will I break the cycle?
Can I break the Chains?
Will I make it to my destination?
Nah n*****, you should already know
I'ma take it all the way to the very last day

To the very last Day!
Til the End of Time
Slow it down, Rewind, Indeed
This is NMR Til