[Verse 1] If I could turn back the hands of time I'd go back to '89 where I first learned to rhyme Before committing crimes in the inner city tribe Yo I stayed in KY where I was afraid to aim high I designed a rap state of mind, cla**mates hated mine Saying I was wack, read between the lines, I would reach down Put some love in it cause it's coming (from your heart) I take it serious with this art See I'm the kind of [?] to move up Elevating as I rock steady, my job's heavy From all these wannabe caught up in the time Caught up in a trend but I'm a trend setter The [?] There's rap clowns in [?] The wack flow disease is contagious, they don't know the time My rhymes 45-percentered by the Lord Divine [Hook] My mission is to keep (turning) every single bad (time) Into something good, (turn) the lights on (Time) to show my neighborhood, (turn) d**h into life (Time) traveling with the light, (turn) the light's on (Time) to move something, it's transforming (Time) to stop warring, (time) to stop crying (Time) to start forming then come and join it And start a fire then walk through it [Verse 2] Rhyme traveling, thoughts are battling To sprawl out when I fall out with the adversary [?] pattering, spinning like Saturn It's time for me to shine like something out of the ordinary As soon as your song come on the radio, I'm turning Beef is real, what are these little kids learning? If you could see what I'm discerning You'd be like "it's time to speak life and and keep it right" Too many people wanna keep it real They don't know they turning they backs on they families And they hood, we should be embarra**ed Cause we live in a perilous time There's cats getting locked up and they shrug But some don't know no better, they out to get the cheddar
Turning their best friends into arch rivals I go back to the future just to parley with Doc It's time to put all that [?] rap to a stop like [Hook] My mission is to keep (turning) every single bad (time) Into something good, (turn) the lights on (Time) to show my neighborhood, (turn) d**h into life (Time) traveling with the light, (turn) the light's on (Time) to move something, it's transforming (Time) to stop warring, (time) to stop crying (Time) to start forming then come and join it And start a fire then walk through it [Verse 3] Your hardwired punchlines like Vitamin MC Look your whole composition malnutrition See I'm a style inventer invented before He ascended He mentioned that souls would be saved just by listening Control the crowd like the golden child when I dump The kind that I invested in, this is worth more than Trump Money success no guessing long as it's coming from your heart And s**er emcees don't want a part like There's clones coming from the rap factory Turning the industry sour whacking up the beats Overnight celebrities heavily saturate the game Time to take it back in His name and show these lames How to walk without platinum chains and diamond rings Turn your skin green, Cream of Beats is my creatine Your evil deeds won't last, you're running out of time Hazard with the battle rhymes, hit you like it's hammer time [Hook] My mission is to keep (turning) every single bad (time) Into something good, (turn) the lights on (Time) to show my neighborhood, (turn) d**h into life (Time) traveling with the light, (turn) the light's on (Time) to move something, it's transforming (Time) to stop warring, (time) to stop crying (Time) to start forming then come and join it And start a fire then walk through it