[VERSE 1: Noah Caine]
Sacrifice is the first and the last step
And I'll be doing this
From my first to my last breath
So I'm improving since
Every rep in my chest flex
To show the power of God
Represented in man's flesh
Spent forever in search of my last test
I'll never be done
This a job that I can't stress
Ever since a youngin'
Infatuated with d**h
Not dying but the fact that the ghetto's
So complex
Families familiar with felons and fallen fathers
Made statistics out of potential
Overachieving authors
A riddle told to me by
Professors and college scholars
Was are you a talented artist
Prepared to die a martyr
What gutter do you rep
And will you live to see tomorrow
And would you be willing
To bet it all on your deepest sorrows
A couple gold chains
And a rollie with some models
A beautiful facade
Whenever we need to borrow
'Cause we
[Hook x2: Noah Caine]
Living our lives
Some living a lie
Pray for forgiveness
Then we capitalize
Look in the mirror
What you see in your eyes
Put the truth in the lesson
And the lesson survives
[VERSE 2: Noah Caine]
We up here battle demons on the acropolis
Just to show them how a prophet
Be saving Metropolis
Scorch the Earth with the fire
Burn a misogynist
The problem is we living
But we don't know what the gospel is
It is obvious I'm a proper psychologist
With knowledge at my disposal
Like a multiple scholarship
Life's a beautiful struggle
And that's if you acknowledge it
In astonishment
I prefer to toast to my accomplishments
Running in these circles
We did it form the beginning
When I was little my momma
Would try to stop me from sinning
Dinners was so limited
Christmases never had a feeling
What was so appealing
About living around the k**ing
Still we hope these villainous stories
Will make a million
Live my life and tell it to you
As one of the realest
Blood sweat and tears
Prerequisites for the dreamers
Or maybe consolation prizes
For champions defeated
When we
[Hook x2: Noah Caine]
Living our lives
Some living a lie
Pray for forgiveness
Then we capitalize
Look in the mirror
What you see in your eyes
Put the truth in the lesson
And the lesson survives
[VERSE 3: Noah Caine]
Picture a person taking their last breath
Now envision their soul living past d**h
Premonitions that I've been given
Ain't pa** yet
Like on the microphone
I am the son from Nazareth
Heaven or Hell they say you can manifest
By your decisions on this planet
I'm planning and I finesse
Intelligence intricate
Spitting it limitless
Definitive characteristics
These attributes I possess
Tryna elevate in this system
That's how we're brought up
Government manipulation
Condition you for the slaughter
Through the generations
Placing self hatred upon your daughters
Tell your sons to go to war
To program them from taking orders
Re-a**imilation as a civilian
Leaving them caught up
Inhale exhale drug harder
Preserve your essence
So your descendants will travel farther
Now forgive me for my sins
As I drown in this Holy Water