Mind Games - K.A.A.N.

[00:34.89]Eh, uh huh
[00:37.27]Lawd, Knowledge
[00:41.27]Uh huh, eh
[00:44.20]Off with they heads again
[00:45.57]Lost my philosophy
[00:46.97]Blood from the guillotine drips causing a shallow puddle
[00:49.34]Watch it trickle down to the gutter to please the peons
[00:52.12]Going inside a cluster of thoughts, they all negative
[00:54.59]My attention span isn't vast, it's vague and vulnerable, yes
[00:57.44]I feel the test of character, I can't continue to fall
[01:00.14]These passages passing judgement like relics wrote 'em theyselves
[01:03.09]Religious leaders and hypocritical seekers that read a chapter and only take from what they can gain
[01:07.41]My frame of mind is fine in sanctity, it's sheltered from hate
[01:10.25]I state the obvious for some, I feel like most can't relate
[01:12.89]Embrace the pain I took from solitude like love to the youth
[01:15.63]I get in the booth, I'm moving and getting a boot
[01:17.30]I said that I'm searching for truth, living aloof
[01:19.18]So why are you looking confused?
[01:20.15]I do whatever I choose
[01:21.07]I've been aware of the consequences and the repercussions
[01:23.14]Complicated cousins I will cut 'em off
[01:24.27]I am self efficient so it's **** 'em all
[01:25.75]And if it ain't about you then don't get involved
[01:27.07]I am working to make it all possible
[01:28.28]I can overcome the obstacles
[01:29.80]No one is living this life but me
[01:31.13]Story like I'm Mephistopheles
[01:32.45]I wanna sit for a second
[01:33.47]I don't think anyone listen
[01:34.38]Taking a moment, I'm making 'em realize that it's my time and I want it all
[01:37.17]For the simple fact I'm on another level
[01:38.50]People talk but they ain't really ready
[01:40.02]I could give a **** about a failure
[01:41.53]Never sorry and I tried to tell ya
[01:42.49]Confidence, that shit can get ya killed
[01:43.93]Death in dozens over dollar bills
[01:45.34]Shit get realer when the rent is due
[01:46.60]Anything for you to make it through
[01:47.88]Destitution ain't a ****ing option, it's a ****ing problem, I'ma find the answer
[01:50.72]You pedantic with your pessimism
[01:51.73]Do revision on your attitude
[01:53.19]Motivated, tryna make it happen
[01:54.68]This life's a game but I like to play it
[01:55.90]Satanic forces wanna hold me back
[01:57.25]But I been focused on a holy land
[01:58.61]Like a resurrection out of Nazareth
[01:59.71]And I'm a labyrinth with this rapping shit
[02:01.41]I been maximizing all my potential
[02:02.56]Like expose a loss and don't show a win
[02:03.72]But I chose to live with my list of sins
[02:05.15]If you listening, I make it obvious
[02:06.67]I can't contradict for no dollar sign
[02:07.70]I don't feel connected to a net worth
[02:09.11]So I keep pushing and I hope it works
[02:10.43]I feel like I'm running in place, nowhere to escape
[02:12.01]I'm stuck in a vigorous chase
[02:13.33]Illicitly setting the tempo and pace
[02:14.50]I never settle for less, expressing emotions I used to repress
[02:17.33]The lyrical fashion in which I confessed
[02:18.15]I fight for my sanity, I will contest
[02:19.53]But nevertheless, I'm working, admitting my stress
[02:21.45]Finding a way to relate, these people are fake
[02:22.84]They giving me hate like a fade
[02:24.10]As though I should pay attention, you don't get a mention
[02:25.86]Measure me by the man that I am
[02:27.03]A nigga that's playing his hand
[02:28.79]Now you understand, I do this shit without no help
[02:29.84]Self-appointed poet pushing limits
[02:30.66]Putting my all into every sentence
[02:32.13]Sanctified by the all mighty
[02:33.51]Very focused is the way you find me
[02:34.77]Meeker man'll give a pissed opinion
[02:36.50]Bitter life, and better life created
[02:37.69]Innovative boy to say the least
[02:38.67]I've been a ****ing beast, I'm off the ****ing leash
[02:39.98]But I will not retreat, I don't care for it
[02:41.60]I accepted the life that I chose so I stay composed
[02:43.38]But niggas ain't feeling me tho'
[02:44.45]Lawd
[02:45.56]Knowledge, nigga
[02:47.92]Dave West on the beat
[02:49.39]Uh huh, uh huh, lawd, eh