[Verse 1]
I've been struggling for quite a while...
Wrote too many songs for ghosts, the wrong approach
I think I need a dance, a biscuit, and a throng of hoes
I gotta lie to you... until I have the longest nose, which I'll poke into the rap business, because being a real boy ain't sh** when Geppetto has control, my pedal mash the flo', ho
I been had drive, been had heart, been had mind, blind f**
You think I have a Guy Fawkes mask on, must be anonymous
Me and my whole crew: The Legion of Forgotten f**s
In the face of gimmicky competition, a finicky audience, and Kevin Gates nom-nom-nom-nom-nomming bu*t
Too referential? Too late?
Touché, but you ignore material that ain't
So I'm either Walter Mitty, White, or Whitman
Whatever gets me listeners and attention
"Confused brown kid, drowned in his influence"
Probable internet review, but there's ten students somewhere in the world who's lives I saved brooding over beats I stole, so I don't know
You tell me my worth, you tell me why I'm hurt
And I'll keep tearing at my soul
[Hook]
This is the Struggleverse, I am the cartographer
I can show you 'round this place, I don't know the way outta hurr'
This is the Struggleverse, I am the cartographer
I know secret pa**ageways, I don't know the way outta hurr'
[Verse 2]
b**h, you guessed it
You was right, I'm an amorphous blob, trying to fit an archetype
My skin is dark light, I'm the rap Mark Price
You want me in a category; I find that rather boring
The dark matter's pouring out of my skin holes
Heart inkier than pen holes, rap's a pinhole
Forward slash thread; I'm half-dead, and it's hard-fitting in so I made my own knitting tools
f** your itty bitty rules, I'm The Itsy Bitsy Spider
f** whoever's rain it is, this is my hood, I'm Daniel Tiger, minus the cardigan, add gla**es and a scowl
But keep my pants off cause I'm extremely well-endowed
You frown at the rap trope, but seeing is believing
If I was a Crip, I'd k** myself promptly upon bleeding
That was commentary on the concept of loyalty
I ride for my friends, play them if you're ignoring me