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Lyrics

[Verse 1] If you Felt what I Felt Inside, you'll die of Hopelessness I'm gunning Rhymes that burst through Your Head, your Stance Emotionless These cotton picking Socialists, I'll have to Drill it through they Skulls And Breach the Hull, circling above are hungry Screeching Gulls That Peck the Bone, I am Better off when I am Left alone Was only 15 and on the streets I chose and left My Home On Foot I roamed, Spray canning german Cap a Whole Car Train tracks and Sleeping in the Park, my Speech was Vulgar Picking seeds out Nickelbags and Chuggin on a Cisco Was never down to go to the Club or Dance at Discos Had no time for that, my Time was Occupied Outside surviving While people in my age Bracket, living Right and Thriving Pants were camoflauge, Jersey City central ave at Burger King Asking for a napkin wrote in Pencil, trained to Murder things Abandoned buildings, polaroids of Ho's that Gargle Cumshots Pork fried rice in the Kitchen, the Sound of Gunshots Smoked at Reservoirs, hopping on the Path train To Journal Square Ran Across some Skeletons, I had that want to shoot the Fair I'm fucking Here, In the Middle of it all the Smog and Brick Overweight single Mothers quick, to Go and Slob a Dick I'm in the thick, still haven't left this place I never Will It lives on Inside of me Forever and Forever Will This How I Feel, but Listen i ain't never Really had a choice I became the Change in the world that i want Became the Voice [Verse 2] Now listen to the sound of the Words and Focus on the Tone A natural the First time, I Ever touched a Microphone From lab to lab, trooping it No cash to Even catch a Cab Things were looking Bad and the Metropolitan skies were Drab A deeper Drag, spitting in a Cipher trying to Smoke for Free I checked into a Group Home, that Winter was the Coldest G My brother found out, that I had no Place to rest my Head Was malnourished skinny as Fuck crashed at his Place Instead Then one night, I heard some Chatter someone knocking at the Door Went to open up was on the Floor, I'll tell you what i saw Was KRS yucking it Up, My brother Chi Chi wit em Talking They was Down to Record, he teaching Speaking Rhythm Had a Couple rhymes in my Head then spit them Acapelle My Teacha named me Beast on the Spot He said "You spit so Well Is that You?" He pointed at my Back pack and Sleeping Bag "Leave everything even them dirty pairs of Sneaks you Had" "Your Skill is now Suffice I grant you Temple Hip Hop Membership, I choose you as a Student to Guide you in my Apprenticeship" The day i Left i took a Vow of Poverty, no Bags where Shlept Thinking back on Every single dirty Floor the Beast has slept But Nevermore my Mind is Birthing Everything i Self Create I'm Beast 1333 one of the Rapping Greats I'll Show the World exactly what I have Inside, I do Proclaim The Entire World will know my Symbolism and My Name [Verse 3] Completion of my Studies made the Grade and Founded Templars Tracks becoming deeper type of Rhythmic spoken Memoirs They catching on a Thousand new Fans for every Track I'm on This has to work, ain't No going Back to starving Vagabond The name is Large, gathering the Troops in Front I'm taking Charge The Pool that i was Drinking from Diminishing to Faint Mirage To this I'm Privy, Blending in and Walk amongst the Crowded City Timbs are gritty, Broke ain't nothing Pretty, Weathers always shitty Time to Rise, Every time i look in to My children's Eyes I want to Make sure that Provide for both them Little Guys What Kind of World? Did I Sire Both of Them to Live this Pain? Daddy won't allow it by the Blood that Flows inside my Veins I don't Complain, I Take it Like a Man, Progressing moving Forth When they Chef the List of who the illest Rhymers from up North I'm always there, in that Top Ten, there's no denying I will Change your Life Filter Perception or die Trying I'm not one of Them, by Merit of my works I'm in another Class My Chemical composition bond in Beakers till it Crack the Glass Surpass you Fast, we living in the Last, Your ass is Grass I Pass, Knowledge down the Pipeline to Fix ya Like a Plaster Cast My reach is Vast and I will be Here longs they try to Hide the Truth My music speaks for Me, it's My Music I left Behind as Proof This ain't a Goof, I won't be appreciated Until I'm Dead Take advantage that I'm Here to Guide you Past the Bumps Ahead