[Verse 1: Zaz]
I'm the truth that's what I said
Paul pierce without a thread
Took a jumper another swish
I feel hot in the head
This game is dead
All these fake rappers
Saying that they're popping lead
I stay original so I keep it true to my head
Kendrick raised the bar high
I'm just tryna raise it higher
Got goals and dreams as I'm spitting this fire
In front of Madison square gardens squire
I'll never be a lyer
I'm the truth as a writer
I keep it real
This lock is sealed
Take all that hatred
Block it like a shield
Take in all the positive
And keep that fish reeled
Absorb all the knowledge
And keep it congealed
Never accept any of the hate
You can't let that decide your fate
And if I'm goin at this rate
By the time I'm 20 I'll be swimming in cake
[Hook: Zaz]
It's a Ode to the greats
It's a ode to the originals
It's a ode to all the minimal
Istic rappers out here kickin like some animals
I'm either the bird man or mannimal
Minneapolis rap Hannibal
[Verse 2: Zaz]
Spirits speak to me softly
Guiding me through my life
It's a mental hierarchy
I'm fighting my fights
Striving to be as influential as Paul McCartney
Rapping on human rights
Ben Franklin flying kites
I want to see all the sites
And discover the whole world in its true Light
In its true might
That's right
[Verse 3: Zaz]
Gotta lot of love for brother Ali
And what his music has done for me
His music is always created so exquisitely
And written so free
From all the stereotypical
Drugs hoes and sippin lean
I just have be seen
I just have to be heard
I just have to be keen
I just have to create
See this music I make
It's writing my fate
I hope yall can relate
[Hook: Zaz]
It's a Ode to the greats
It's a ode to the originals
It's a ode to all the minimal
Istic rappers out here kickin like some animals
I'm either the bird man or mannimal
Minneapolis rap Hannibal