Kings (Pay Attention)

[Chorus: Open Mike Eagle]

Pay attention

You been late all day 'cause you in your own way

Pay attention

Don't stray, pay attention

Brain make an imprint, change the whole game in an instant

Pay attention

Pay attention

Pay attention, the kings are about to speak

[Verse 1: VerBS]

Yo, hello

A nigga is 25, feelin' like a grown kid

I'm spendin' nights at some places that I don't live

Surfin' on couches, squirtin' on blouses

Outside lookin' in, I  know I need to motion

To another chapter and move on

Be a grown man, but I'm all in these songs

Runnin' off a steam just from a dream

Geez, I know the economy's wrong

But, y'know

It's a marathon not a sprint

To my goal, gotta carry on like a pimp

With a stroll, and less is more

But when you dumb it down and say you're not Larry Cole

Spark of inspiration, you gotta grab it

Some people's hatin' when other people have it

Tryin to figure out how to reach a demographic

But the chosen content we exude limits rappers

[Verse 2: Open Mike Eagle]

Grown man thirty, so damn dirty

Millennial entitlement, blame Ol' Dirty

Kurt Cobain let his brains blow early

Gray matter spilled like a mango Slurpee

My pops never got his Kangol dirty

Red and white clean like a D. Rose jersey

Favorite Flip Mode cap was Lord Have Mercy

So I learned about the shady in the rap biz early

[Chorus: Open Mike Eagle]

Pay attention

You been late all day 'cause you in your own way

Pay attention

Don't stray, pay attention

Brain make an imprint, change the whole game in an instant

Pay attention

Pay attention

Pay attention, the kings are about to speak

[Verse 3: Real8]

Look

Last leg of the race, pullin' through the home stretch

Born in LA but I hadn't found home yet

See, home is where the heart is

And mine is rooted in freedom

But there is no particular landscape

And y'all cats missin' the mark

Your roots aren't deep and your vision is off

[?]

And two minute clouds

[?]

Hmm, is this considered art rap?

If so, Mike, take the damn art back

'Cause once the king speak as a matter of fact

These art jackets will attempt to miss the brain wash

So I'ma take an exit through the art shop and say, "Fuck rap!"

This is heart hop

I'm openin' strides on you niggas

Michael Johnson, gold cleats at the track meet

And you can push facades on yo listeners

But it's hard to really pose as an athlete

In the presence of the veterans

You ain't fresh, so how you think you 'bout to rock a letterman

[Verse 4: Open Mike Eagle]

Yeah, kept my eyes on thirty

So I don't get surprised when the skies gone murky

Jerk me and try, but I'm not [?]

High ambitions, but I ain't that thirsty

And firstly, the only way an [?] can hurt me

Is if I expect them to act other than earthling

I'm not the clown for which you are searching

I'm not nobody's puppet and I will cut their strings

[Outro: Open Mike Eagle]

Pay attention in order to avoid a lynching and then change the system

And then rearrange the rhythm in space [?]

Without grace, trippin'

[?]

[?]

Stay different

Stop cocaine sniffin'

Man, you trippin'

Macintosh says, "Think different"

Spank women

If you're-they're into it