1ABVE Sessions: Illmac #2

[Verse: Illmac] Uh, rest in peace Proof, I let this beat loop You and Dilla made Life from it and now that seems cruel We search for peace and a piece too That’s what we most wanted like Snoop and Pac in them three-piece suits Eat shrooms and watch how the streets move Thinking ain’t shit sweet, they’ll kill a clown like Sweet Tooth So I don’t fear another man if he bleed too Homie got stabbed in LA and didn’t bleed blue Roses grew from concrete and we got street roots But I see the trees in richer soil can get reaped too We all get dеalt a different hand and gotta regroup Now what wе do wit’ it we get to pick like spring fruit Shit is different now, naw shit ain’t different now As a kid I didn’t listen, and I don’t listen now To all that bullshit that y’all spit, bicker and bitch about My head’s just in the clouds that I billowed out Smooth criminal wit’ a crooked smile, thought he had it figured out watching y’all mimic styles Guess when I did it it didn’t count, did it or didn’t it? Homie dig around, can’t miss my prime if I’m in it now Can’t miss a shot if I give it, bow, rockets big as Yao Tryna make my city proud, like Mo-B my brody I wouldn’t be shit without Swim around in concrete shoes surprised I didn’t drown Always knew how to get to the paper just took a different route Y’all MapQuested directions and had to print ‘em out She told me send ya’ location, she tryna pin me down So much of myself has been lost that ain’t getting found I’m just a work in progress, tryna see my whole circle progress I ain’t perfect just the perfect project, that means I’m working on it Sometimes hurts to digest, can’t communicate feelings that I ain’t learned to process Meditate on that We careful who we let relate, a lack of acceptance is where we’re separated at Can’t let down our armor, it’s never safe for that I guess our passed-down traumas our generation gap Damn, Miles Davis in my headphones Blue in Green, feels like a picnic at my headstone If I failed at loving you then I was dead wrong Try to learn to love myself and just get friend-zoned This feel like late nights, brake lights reflected off a wine glass Life captured in a time lapse I know I been distant lately and that’s my bad A lot of lows, this year hit me wit’ a high pass Feeling like the fly in Beetlejuice, this whole town’s fake And yesterday’s prices ain’t my now rate See me age like wine now, it’s sour grapes Thinking if you leave me you know you gon’ have to downgrade I been down bad, while my accounts great I felt the sky fall, this dark cloud stayed Told my demons I ain’t even in the mood to chill Can’t get seven figures focused on the rumor mill Respect the shooter word to Zoodeville Infinite youth, more than music it’s a mantra that I truly feel I got past life scars, waiting on them wounds to heal Feel like I held my breath so long I went and grew some gills Everybody scared of death ‘cause they assume it’s real We all connected at that moment when the truth’s revealed I ain’t scared of dying, try it better shoot to kill Watch my soul use my body like a human shield Treat me like I’m dead already, old soul had to resurrect me The same hands you shook when you met me, erected Göbekli Tepe Spent all night in the lab and left the session when my breakfast ready Got a, chip on my shoulder plus the necklace heavy Went from selling reggie to Doctor Sebi medi curing epilepsy I’m out for presidents to represent me You ‘bout spending Benjis then we can chop it like a veggie medley Seen fools chew pills and shoot krills ‘Bout my chicken like Lou Will and Du’s Grill Shit is too real I popped the blue pill These are the times word to Dru Hill, I’m thumbing through bills Singing ‘how deep is your love for me?’ under my breath Feel like I deaded so much drama, nearly done it to death Nonetheless, better myself, self-centered tryna center myself Couldn’t’ve said it better myself Dust settles I’m extinguishing flame, long as I got gasoline in the tank Conquer worlds like Pinky and Brain Treat me like Kang when you speak on my name Timeless, they come and go, I’m he who remains Illy