Statik Selektah - Stranger lyrics

I'm a stranger in my own world Darkness came down and took over [Verse 1: Astro] ‘Cause from the outside, the game looks lovely The women, the money, the cars, all this because of some bars? Tours everywhere, it's a miracle, lyrical sk**s pay the bills Senseless chicks let you get some feels Got your momma proud, let her see you rocking the crowds After the standing ovations, you take a bow You got it all now, people around you hyping The only thing missing is excitement, damn All that anticipation for the call but you could've waited Private planes, you feeling lost on them trips to Vegas In hotel rooms, momma dying like beans for some sugar from you But you got an album to sell soon, your stress at an all-time high No insulin still, you gotta pay your career that you've been living with Envisioned it when you was living with rats and roaches Now you got it but don't know how to approach it Associates is only around for good moments The checks in, they bring yes men and you know it Wanted to get behind the curtains, they finally let you go Only for you to realize the show is just a show And everything's set up by the stage guys When the executioner arrive, they apologize Boos and boos, what happened, you mastered in rapping This supposed to be your thing, you were supposed to be the king You did it on the corner with your homies, it was natural Should've took the weight off your shoulder but it's a sad show All you got is talent, thought spitting real made you a star But ain't prepared for the extra molecular The love is dead, son, you got sixteens Depended on the pen and the paper to get you the cream Wanted to shine through your lines but the business is danger And in today's game, the real MC is just a stranger [Hook: Astro] ‘Cause all I really need is the microphone And a dope beat, but, will that get me home? (a yo) I don't know man, I don't know man, I don't know man I don't know, I don't know ‘Cause all I really know is the microphone And the real beats, but, will that get me known? (a yo) I don't know man, I don't know man, I don't know man I don't know, I don't know [Verse 2:Skyzoo] Enough time in the ring to know you bring more than they ever brought So all of them better sing you praises when your flag get to waving in the wind Standing tall for it all and know that you've never been Dreams and ambitions and keeping your hands in it And how you say what you say but it seems they can't get it Nice enough to be crowned as corner king Living for the pen like all you know is you want a ring And then it all comes down from afar and everything that you saw is nothing like what you thought Truly yours, this whole sh**'s a facade, they go and send you their odds, hope that it evens out And if not, then pick a card, any card With the lights and the fame that you might've saw You knew, the dictators know nothing about what our corners do Try to win by any means at any cost, I promise, you see a scene and you won't fiend this any more Not at all [Hook: Astro] ‘Cause all I really need is the microphone And a dope beat, but, will that get me home? (a yo) I don't know man, I don't know man, I don't know man I don't know, I don't know ‘Cause all I really know is the microphone And the real beats, but, will that get me known? (a yo) I don't know man, I don't know man, I don't know man I don't know, I don't know