Punch - Fear lyrics

[Intro: Sample] The first step, before anybody else in the world believes it, is you have to believe it. There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A [Verse 1] I was suppose to die as a baby boy Breathing complications, try'na take Venetta's joy Rosaline's pride, but even as a kid I refused to be denied That coincide with my whole drive Nothing was given, everything I have I had to fight Like life depended on it I'm more relaxed for a moment, line 'em up Who want it, It smell like fear, don't it Creeping in the soul of all opponents In a position to my existence I see the bigger picture My only competition staring at me in the mirror And he won't get the best of me The proof is in the pudding, TDE got the recipe We all got the telepathy one connected mind Collectively intertwine is the god particle of rhyme [Break] Greatness, is not this, uhm, wonderful, esoteric, elusive, um, god-like feature that only the special among us uh, will ever taste. Ya know, it's something that truly exists. This is what I believe, and I'm willing to die for it [Verse 2] I'mma swing big, I'mma miss big I was born to take the shot at the end I'm only seconds in to my second verse and I don't need a second win I'mma die in here first, leave the booth in a hearse Dehydrated, my thirst is unmatched like a lapse and my heart bursts The earth shall fall, I ran out the orbit before I forfeit The big-bang-theory in reverse, I'm on the pulpit with a four-clip But the tool spit j**s, like a bar mitswa into the dark heart of a Hitler Yeah, it's the return of the shape-shifter Can't box me out I'm way quicker, may with the bach Lean you like light liquor This is Steven Tyler, this is Keith Richards Band of Gypsies, Jimi Hendrix, I'm movin' pictures Project scriptures, written in the DNA of real n***as William Nickerson, garden livin' [Break] "I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic, you know? While the other guy's sleepin', I'm workin'. While the other guy's eatin', I'm workin' [Verse 3] I'm more [?] than John Gotti, minus the head And paparazzi taking flicks over my dead body More Beamer than Bugatti My sniper rifle aiming from the Eiffel Tower than a pump back six shotty I'm more billionaire Cosby Probably the illest n***a who ever considered the future in rap Ali, I fell back and kinda pushed it to the side But I felt guilty, Nas said Hip-Hop had died So I swallowed my pride and compromised Started structuring hits, murder by design Flow like the wind blows, sit back and gather my info Staring out my project window and put that over instrumentals Now I'm instrumental Savage for a reason, it's not coincidental The planets are r in line, combined with the mind of Dr. Frankenstein Hip-Hop is alive [Break] Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What's the point of being realistic? (Just put up a barrier) I'm going to do it, it's done, it's already done. The second I decide to do it it's already done. Now we just gotta wait for y'all to see [Verse 4] Never dreamed of getting old, had plans to live forever We hustle to get dough and never change for cheddar It's sort of a paradox, when the aim is to get better In order to get better, we gotta change forever But in a day, may these words ricochet And find a shady spot to lay in your brain and generate The type of thoughts that inspired the greats I'm Jimmy Paige on a stairway to heaven, Led Zeppelin A rock god, a rap legend What's my dream, the projects suppressed it Artist expression, but anything short of aggression just wasn't effective I traded in my own progression for acceptance Sold my soul to fear, then I bought it back within seconds Intact, no questions it's a wrap Now my presence is illustrious like the Heavens above Pour a gla**, n***a raise y'all cups [Outro] We didn't grow up with the sense that where we were, was where we was gonna be. We grew up with the sense that where we were, almost didn't matter. Because (you were becoming) we were becoming (right) something greater