All I need is two turntables and a microphone
Dance on graffiti but the mic alone
Gave voice to the youth of the black and brown
Let's here it for the boys cuz they back in town
With new ideas and an old approach
The traditions are missing from coast to coast
Showing vital signs, new viral vines
We aim for the top, but the bottom line
Is dope rhymes and beats
Redesign the streets
No time to sleep and less time to tweet
I get it while it's hot and the gettin is good
I do it for the bloods and the crips in the hood
Who need to see the light before they see the lights
Pulled over at night and shot on sight
See life ain't all about black and white
It's you on you
It's wrong and right
The songs that I write ain't meant for twerkin
I do it for the people lost and soul searchin
Working nine to five minimum wage
And the new supervisors who fuel their rage
Feeling stuck in the cage from financial hardships
Big student loans and daily car trips
This is the new hope the son's are at again
The real are vanishing
It will be challenging
To rub against the grain style and face the pain
You got nothing to lose and less to gain
Yeah you persevere
Stand and face your fear
This is the new perspective they hate to hear

I can't tell you from me
You can't fail
Let's just see

Yeah I'ma testify
Put it on a song they'll arrest your guy
And the best can die
DJ Khaled no longer valid
Status quo
The average joe get cabbage dough
This generation is grab and go
And the crabs are slow but still pull you down
They change your rep
Redirect your sound
So the best MC's live underground
Where the slums are found
And their ?
Where the suits and the ties are afraid to lurk
And killin MC's is a day a work
No Maybach purse
No polo plugs
It's dope on the beats
And beats by Gradala
I don't gang bang and I never sold drugs
But if you need a beat or rhyme just holla
I'm in the house but I'm in here to ?
I do it for the sport
Never for a dollar
You either love the game or you don't even bother
Bands make her dance but a man treats her proper

I can't tell you from me
You can't fail
Let's just see

Everybody's trying to play Heizenberg
But to keep my word is what I prefer
If I keep my word and still make some bread
That keeps me ten steps ahead
? on the pen is what lies ahead
For young black men who don't use their head
If you use your head and you choose your words
That just makes you a bigger threat
See everybody wants to impress they dogs
But nobody wants to be the teachers pet
See the blacks in this country were bread for labor
The blood in my veins is Robinson Major
Built to last
Built for ?
But my mental state is what grants me favor
Hate me now and then thank me later
When you take your place among world elite
Drop ? on the beat
For the fools? in the street
So you can have a seat with the tools to compete
Your skins not the issue sex or status
It's all about the habits you put into practice
I'ma let Matt bring the hook for you catfish
I pull the reel and cornmeal like catches

I can't tell you from me
You can't fail
Let's just see

The new perspective
The new perspective they hate to hear

I can't tell you from me
You can't fail
Let's just see