Handbook - Measured Intelligence lyrics

[Hook 1: Supreme Sol] Intelligence isn't measured by academics living in this distorted Bastille with no anticipated future, there is no try either we do or we don't, and note we all will feel pain but someones felt it before, its evident the 1% has us by the cranium verbal shottys aiming em we are the rage against the machine what I tell you, there is no try either we do or we don't, and note we all will feel pain but someones felt it before IT'S ON! [Verse 1: Supreme Sol] As the years begin to fill the infinite void unemployment is steady rising in Florissant MO I'm barking at stores jobless, I'm 17 so that means exploiting drug money's always an option but I don't bother to toy with government shipped products I promised back when I was 4 rejoicing over good luck and kindness at 9 I found out I was blinded 8 years later here I am, conscious enough to decide where my life will be decades from now High School JR talking bout dropping out. It's funny how they broadcast music that's steady dumbing us down imagine the f**ed up peers I hang around taking out the trash in fact my dad is completely incompetent as a father without honor and fails to compensate, constantly investing in his supercharged Impala so I contemplate and search for a replacement, but what real man select an object over his kids to re-polish just stop it he obviously has no idea that that sh** is idolatrous. Hip-Hop was just a dream after all, I want to make a living off this but its never easy, some people love me and most mistreat me and yeah...I get collaboration requests weekly but at some points it begins to feel tedious please send me a genie this weekend cause when your mouth stumbles its worse than feet, that's what my ancestors told me this microphone is powerful yet dangerous, work could turn a desert to a garden even strangle us I'm glad that I was able to discover my destiny just to be past the Pinnacle is a smidgin of the recipe my very steez cannot be matched I love you all from my fam to the culture to the addicts and to any seddity emcee I'm quick to release the Kraken yo here's a toast to the pioneers everyday I get newer can't believe these stupid reality shows amuse raise your fist stick out your chest with your head held high and live the moment of PEACE when no one has to die...this is HIP-HOP(3x) and ya don't stop [Hook 2: Supreme Sol] (2x) Intelligence isn't measured by academics living in this distorted Bastille with no anticipated future, there is no try either we do or we don't, and note we all will feel pain but someones felt it before, its evident the 1% has us by the cranium verbal shottys aiming em we are the rage against the machine what I tell you, there is no try either we do or we don't, and note we all will feel pain but someones felt it before IT'S ON! Intelligence Isn't Measured by Academics!