[Chorus]
When the beat is on
The heat gets thrown
I step up to the microphone
And speak this poem:
Our father, who art in heaven
Aloe be they name
When I reach this zone
To each his own
We gon bang the beat
Till the speaker's blown
[Verse 1]
Only two n***as love me for real
That's my pops and the mic that I wield
If I was older [?]
But I never had to k** nobody
But enough drama find me, then I will probably
Do something I'mma regret, not cuz of the guilt
But because I'd lose the castle I built
And the life I created to support me from
Familiar fake friends who k** your dreams
And steal your things and watch mistakes
I tell my new soldiers to drill
Drill sergeant watch me all up [?]
We pa**ing the week
And slowly they can't hold their own weight
But what it take to be great, they ain't got it
Lord pray for their sake
I have no sums for y'all
No extended palms for y'all
All I got is reasons why now ain't the time to fall
Get your head stronger quickly
I only got room for what feel[?] to take with me
This ain't the end all be all
We all in the same ship
I want you see to all that life has to offer
The places to take your daughter and to[?]
Private islands for loved ones
So when life's done, you can honestly say
You wouldn't have wanted it any other way
At the end of the day
From deep down inside, you could say:
It was all so much better this way
Let us pray
[Chorus]
When the beat is on
The heat gets thrown
I step up to the microphone
And speak this poem:
Our father, who art in heaven
Aloe be they name
Thy kingdom come, they will be done
On earth
As it is in heaven
When I reach this zone
To each his own
We gon bang the beat
Till the speaker's gone
[Verse 2]
Get a pencil and a paper, draw a four-line square like a box
And to the left of that box, put a dot
That's the spot where I be thinkin' a lot
Unconventional thoughts
The kind of reason a philosopher's got
Speaking of scientist talk
You don't ever wanna test with
Intelligent, poet's got more than one way to make sense[?]
It's the animal in me
So many of 'em see me [?]
Recognize sometimes, it's all about the benjis
Put the game in all a frenzy, since they thought I was gone
For good, I'm too good to abandon my own hood
Understand, I let it be understood
Take a cla** on it
This is my lap, Lady Luck, put your a** on it
You handing out deals like that? I'mma pa** on it
Independent mind a criminal, put some cash on it
Aloe Blacc-ism they can't see my vision
Picking colorful words with a rainbow prism
I can't go to prison, them bars ain't friendly
Only bars that I stand behind is where my pen be
So ... [?]
Supporters on the outside and letters too
Tell me how you're doing, what's new
Why? I'm incarcerated bodies, words I steal
When I speak, dudes get envious and girls get chills
[?]
You can take a spoonful of sugar with it
And when you better, tell the world that a brother did it
[Chorus]
Our father, who art in heaven
Aloe be they name
When the beat is on
The heat gets thrown
I step up to the microphone
And speak this poem:
Thy kingdom come, they will be done
On earth
As it is in heaven
When I reach this zone
To each his own
We gon bang the beat
Till the speaker's gone
Thy kingdom come, they will be done
On earth
As it is in heaven
[Outro]
Man: They're going to make obedient little citizens out of us
Woman: Who are? What do you mean?
Man: Society