Wise Man

[Verse 1]

Can’t tell if I’m a paradox or a hypocrite

If I care too much or I don’t give a shit

If life’s passin me by or if I’m livin it

No I don’t know my all and I ain't givin it

My mind’s locked up and I only got visitation

So I only got limitations but I refuse to move if it’s gon be an imitation

I see too much of that in my generation

Seek treatment wit alcohol, refuge in pussy

Blah, blah, et cetera, et cetera

You know the story: conflicted artist tryna shine through the darkness, wanna act but ain't sure what his part is

I ain't tryna bore you

They like “Craft, don’t get gas, we ain’t tryna floor you

But your skills ain't normal, you got the keys to the portal” and so on and so on

But I’m bored dude, that’s when a wise man said, “Let me warn you”

[Chorus]

I know it’s hard just to wait sometimes

But when nobody gives, you gotta take your time

If this who you be for sure, then spit til you can’t even breathe no more

And just be ready when it come around

And just be ready when it come around

And just be ready when it come around

Come around, come around

[Verse 2]

And I said wise man, wise man, I’m tryna devise plans

To make em shake my hands, spit hotter than cayenne

But when you bored, it’s hard to find wheels to grind

And I’ll try the best that I can and I can

Soul is tumultuous like the Middle East

So I ran from defeat but now I rack up beats to destroy cause my skill is real

So elite, I’m too groovy, so on a jive turkey I’ll feast

Only a fraction of my faction see my vision

And I be distracted by indecision

But fuck that, I’mma subtract some of society’s divisions and make em see that shit just don’t add up in the times we live in

I might be crazy but who are you to tell me?

Shit, you not credible and ain't a single rapper out here that’s not edible, long as you got genitals

I got a problem, I state it, I’m not federal

Wise man told me don’t hold my tongue

“You’d be amazed how time go by, son”

So I got my mind on the present like a child on Christmas Eve

Eyes on the future though I be in a different league than most of my peers and contemporaries

And I just wanna bring the real to the contemporary

Humanity is complex, we were meant to vary

But that don’t mean that these new wack rappers are legendary

Wise man said “Hold up, Craft, I feel what you sayin and I know you mad

But before that fire turns to resentment and starts to haunt you

Take a breath and let me warn you”

[Chorus]

I know it’s hard just to wait sometimes

But when nobody gives, you gotta take your time

If this who you be for sure, then spit til you can’t even breathe no more

And just be ready when it come around

And just be ready when it come around

And just be ready when it come around

Come around, come around