Evolution (Clean)

Lyrics

Rise - "Evolution" [Emcee(s): Rise] [Producer(s): DJ Static] [Intro: Rise] Evolution [Verse 1: Rise] A word grew to be a bar, then a bar to a verse This verse grew to be a song, then the song to a thirst A thirst to a search for diverse persons to work It didn't work, so I became the persons I searched And practiced the gifts. Instead of buying jackets and kicks I needed shit that'll get me better samples and kicks And better audio and other things improving the sound Money and family can't mix like Honey Love and Doo Doo Brown So I don't borrow. 9 to 5, I come home and rap In open mics, hoping that they pull my name out a hat I need time to grow 'cause I could think and write like the man But I rhyme to the floor and muffle the mic with my hand I'm kind of busy now but try to always write when I can I got to make it, man. My face'll like nice on a van So from tapes to DATs, to features on tracks on wax Learn to blaze the tracks but leaving the past as the past And keep growing, keep flowing, moving on with no problem If not, I'd still be kicking my verse off the Lounge album Little more respect I'm getting now and it's about time 'Cause niggas knew I rhymed but they didn't know if I rhyme rhymed. Look I'm unsigned still now, but ask if I care. Evolved At high speeds from a tree seed to a chair So if you're doing what you love and don't believe in your fear ("You can go anywhere"). Now try to stop me if you dare I love rap now. It's not just a seedy affair The CD is here. You cease to believe in the rare This emcee that'll lead a crew that's deeper than hairs The weak interfered, but now you see the weak isn't here We learned to say, "Fuck cats that only recently cared" So beats are prepared—for weeks, we've been tweaking these snares And working out, running miles, punching meat in a freezer And grew to the point where now I only speak to your leaders You can't stop me, so rock me. The hardest'll pass You ran the whole nine yards. I went nine-and-a-half The length of the field, scored, did the Bird, kept running Then into the crowd to roars and applause. I'm bugging Sprint to the back row and down the back of the wall The same speed as before and still protecting the ball Controlling my breath, timing my steps, rhyming with depth Yo, Rise is wiling out. Yo, how much lines he got left? Well, I'm the main character and now this movie just started You wack rappers signed your death warrant soon as you bought it So welcome now to a mind state that's dark but still bright A lot of innovators now are hard to still like Yo, everybody falls, but that's not my story You've got to hand it to me—that's why my fans support me People that once ignored, bored, now they brag they saw me Rise, I'll elevate. Simple, self-explanatory