Hallmark

[Verse 1]

We're living in a space frenzy

Seems like only yesterday when everyone was friendly

And brand new J's were the only reason to envy

'Til people grew a heart

Then got it broken, that pain was heavy

But that's what made 'em ready

Had to change views, situations adapted

The pain was in your face and in your place, you reacted

Everyone you attracted, simply cause of your passion

Became some kind of fashion just to be part of that shit

I know who I owe rations to and that's exactly

Who will clock the time in every race inside this track meet

Dreams larger than Zangief

Strength that you can't beat

Look he's tryin' to talk says Thumper about Bambi

Crushes over Sherry, Destiny, Qaiyah, D'Angie

That's my starting quadrille

So if you ask me, then that's me

Started as a drummer, musical road runner

And I seen I had potential to be huge and own summers

Visions of meeting Villaraigosa in Saragosa

And I'd teach Ms. Estes something for all the things that she showed us

We all could find something to get off our chest, so what

They asked me for the mission and the real me showed up, showed up

[Hook]

Feels like every thought I ever told myself to hold up

Is the reason that I am finally 'bout to grow up

So put this in your car then take this as my hallmark card

Go on and on and on

It feels like every time I ever told myself to hold up

Is the reason that I am finally 'bout to grow up

So put this in your car then take this as my hallmark card

Go on and on and on

[Verse 2]

Here we go, word to my Audubon days

All the way to San José

Those memories feel just hours away

I got towers of things that remain

On top of my brain

I just knew I'd make it to Denver some way...

Word to Rahim

And that's a safety statement for ya...

Vacant paces never pave the way, I pave it for ya...

They can change the way you think

But never change it for ya

If beauty's in the eye of the holder

I made Sephora for a girl with great decorum

Slap boxing... comparing hands with Vincent

Mr. Framtpon was vicious

But Hitman had the hit list

And LuMo had the beats in San José

Remember when I met ya

But we never went back

Cause we recorded during lectures, uh

[Hook]

[Verse 3]

Ahh... can you hear me now? (2x)

Said can you hear me now?

Shit I'm dressed in success and I'm 'bout to wear it down

This is the silent awareness effect

I'm engineering me and I am in here in the jet

And I made the mission back

Let me explain

In case you didn't get where my head was at

Planned it, orchestrated, waited...

Through the pain in which made a beautiful painting

For a musical statement...

Made cuts for everything I cut in case I'm too abrasive

They asked me for concrete evidence

And I paved the pavement

Knew you would make it if you tried my dude

This is what happens when you decide to fly my nigga

Goin' against the odds despite the size my dude

Diving inside the clouds like the sky's my pool

Put time and effort inside to exercise my

Mind and defy the physics of fear, I gotta rise my

Nigga, defy the physics of fear, I gotta rise my dude

View the spectrum of the world like a collage

Through these eyes

I came into this world tryin' to live a life of

A vision of what you're epitomizing

Not realizing that if we're alive, then

Nigga we are Zion, that's only if you're striving

To keep it real, tell me if you're feeling real

Your brother like Rugrats

I'm your twin whenever you're Phil & Lil (feeling little)

Shit comes alive in the midst of your passion

Only thing missing is an address

With a mansion to seal the deal

So if you ever decide to approach me with the question

I'll tell you my biggest lesson's learned from everything I feel for real

[Hook]

[Outro]

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