Just know if you don't relate to me I don't relate to you neither Aotearoa raised But the UK is where I was conceived in Nigerian DNA But was grown in the belly of Rewa If you don't catch my drift It's the south of the city of sails, in New Zealand This country's got Black history My life's in chapter one Read it I remember not knowing about that word they would mention “Nigga!” Was it disrespect or was it twisted affection Confused about why it was used with an A among brethren But an E with the hardest of R’s when shouted toward my direction Looked at the rappers on TV and saw some resemblance Looked at mirror and all I could see was resentment Couldn't talk in my mother tongue but Korn and Slipknot were speakin my language So I copped a Pearl Export and started to beat out my anguish Skills on the drums made it simple to switch from metal to rappin Every cadence I played on the kicks were the syllable patterns As I Lay Dying, with Nas, Eminem and some Killswitch Engage were my standards Blended in with the goths and the gangsters, double the blackness Music fiend, I dreamed of going to college, pursuing Jazz But there was some African expectations that weren't cool with that Hah, damn I fought with my Momma, argued with Dad He said engineering gon’ pay all your bills nigga, do the math With my ADHD that degree felt like playin on advanced mode During every exam, I was thinkin f- like a crash code But I'm grateful, cos if I didn't do it, life could have been a Fiasco Put that technical knowledge in rap flow, now it look like I could be a Fiasco They talkin’ bout “Is he a rapper or is he a teacher? “ I'm hearin I cannot be both from folks who ain't either My whole life been a battle ‘gainst fittin a mold, and this is my Ether Just know that if you don't relate to me, I don't relate to you neither

Yeah, I’m neutral whenever they negative I know what projection is Plus I'm A.D.H.D Im positive that they are not where my attention is I am not violent But I got honor And I'll be defendin’ it Swing at me, I'm puttin’ you to sleep Homie these hands are a sedative All of you dummy rappers are a target I'm Legolas Where I'm from, a witch doctor might spin your block Not talkin’ bout Tetris The most popular sport is embezzlement it's what most senators have a medal in But you cannot call us corrupt though 'Cos we learned all of that from the westerners I don't need no signing Wouldn't slide my pearls to swine And it's all timing And being consistent That'll get you across the line And not resigning when your mind is undermining Each one of your milestones ‘Cos they didn't get the recognition Talent don't depend on witness Homie, I been cross examined They found that I stand on business Between us I’m puttin’ some distance Yeah Got a lot on my plate But when I am finally done eatin’ they’ll clean up my dishes Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Went from five zeroes to no zeroes Did empty shows Then back we rose to packed seat rows My tax sheet shows The cash deep bro But I hold it loose ‘Cos I know that it don’t Fulfill that hole existent in souls Makin’ us crave more til we behave depraved like zombies I’m just on a wave, tsunami Some of y’all haven’t hydrated properly Call the waterboy, Boucher, Bobby Take your gift and train with heart Or don't be mad they mistake it for hobby Do the math ‘cos a little bit often is better than Going hard but hardly They ask me how I do it all? Time management Where do I put it all? File management How are you stayin’ loose? Mind management How are you stayin’ true? Pride management Nobody grills you if you sit in they rear view It's usually ‘cos they fear you in truth Or they revere you Either way don't be giving a… Yeah Only be down for critique from those who wanna be liftin’ you up I only sit down for a drink with those who are constantly fillin’ my cup Some of you shy from beef I'm comfortable bringin’ it up A lot of em write they tweets But kittens have bitten they tongues Whenever I ask em w’ssup Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Polymers Poly Fast forward this tape now This world, my playground This bird, uncaged now This game, on chain down Ted Talks, I’m on stage now My book sales floodin’ paypal My insight they citate now Yeah (Let’s go) Homie if you want it then you gotta choose it If you say it then you gotta prove it Don’t relay it to the stupid They gon try to tell you that it can't be done Because they couldn't do it One thing that my momma do is pray into it Somethin’ that I learned about them hater dudes is If they aggravated you de-escalate it If they violate ya then you lay in to ‘em Tough as stone We get cold when it's time to rumble All my goals got big scope I ain't talkin’ hubble Ain't a soul on this globe that could make me fumble If you still don't know Then your lobe must missin, frontal (Dummy) Vision so tunnel It could be ten feet low They’ll try to get you condemn me though Is he real? They be so petty bro I’m speakin’ the truth if it ends me Flow is so ill there is no antidote Stick with the flock, my plans erode 'Cos if you a sheep then you can’t be GOAT

Don’t know why you look astonished I do exactly what I promised I shine so bright I'm causin' problems It's just my photonics, like oooo Of course I’m accomplished The Spirit of God my accomplice I, don’t know why they self-conscious Must be my photonics, like oooo Don’t be surprised when they call me the greatest I am phenomenal just embrace it No, there's never gon’ be a replacement I'm the only one Don’t be surprised when they call me the greatest I am phenomenal just embrace it No, there's never gon’ be a replacement I'm the only one The hurt always firmly resisting the self affirmed Round me, hatred of self unquelled only gets yourself burned Tell me something compelling that's not about all of the wealth you earned Too many jet to propel the purse But plainly don't know what self is worth Too many cops thinkin' bullet shells expel mental health concerns Lookin' at some Christians It's hard to figure out if heaven or hell is worse It’s always them folks with the quietest actions speakin the loudest words Cos of my action, now I’m known around the earth Don’t be surprised when they call me the greatest I am phenomenal just embrace it No, there's never gon’ be a replacement I'm the only one Don’t be surprised when they call me the greatest I am phenomenal just embrace it No, there's never gon’ be a replacement I'm the only one There's no way I'll Sell my soul for gold or higher profile The goal’s to build a legacy chateau style I'm makin' moves they can't do like Simone Biles They say that I'm the new professor Like deGrasse and KRS have fused together The ivy leagues are using me to lecture Why do I just keep producin’ under pressure? It’s consistency I have turned potential into probable then obvious then history If I said I’ll do it, I’mma do it There ain’t nothin’ contradictin' me And to all my critics I’ll say If you don’t got no skin in the game Then you’re inner’s exposed And it’s shame What a shame Don’t know why you look astonished I do exactly what I promised I shine so bright I'm causin' problems It's just my photonics, like oooo Of course I’m accomplished The Spirit of God my accomplice I, don’t know why they self-conscious Must be my photonics, like oooo Don’t be surprised when they call me the greatest I am phenomenal just embrace it No, there's never gon’ be a replacement I'm the only one Don’t be surprised when they call me the greatest I am phenomenal just embrace it No, there's never gon’ be a replacement I'm the only one Oooo, must be my photonics What you talkin’ bout? Must be my photonics

Call forensics Listen Yeah Where I'm from, you might end up like the kid of Sinatra You'll needa barter for your wig with a dollar Cos them brothers quick with the silver, like Wanda And if you got an X on your chest, it ain't Wakanda They marvel when I state I'm from Anambra Like, “why you hidin’ way down under?” You ever seen the game get stalked by a hunter? This ain't a game no more, it's just hunger Some of these AK rappers are the biggest cappers on the planet So I have to put ‘em asunder Yeah I rap with an accent But on the average your actions show that it's actually Blackness you plunder Then it was your women Who stood up when your skipper threw slurs And threatened that they'll do what they did to ASAP’s crew to me Didn’t hear a peep from you Seen it before though, I know it well Praise the culture but the people they can go to hell So quit sayin’ nigga in ya songs And cling to ya own lexicon Yeah, hold ya L Brain big I'm acetic to all these basics To racists I don't shake fists Or pray for patience They're patients who need facelifts So it's urgent care I engage in I'm playin’, but the Lord knows if they hit me up, it changes Do not get my numbers and my lines conflated I've said “Free Free Palestine!” for ages But also in Sudan genocide is ragin’ And in the Congo you can find the same thing And nobody tries to say this But they thinkin’ when the Africans die It ain't quite as heinous I'm sick of us vs Jamaicans Or fightin’ with BA’s It hurts relations Face it, all of that external labellin’ In turn, makes internal hatred That's a body (That's a body) They better call forensics What should we do? C-C-Call forensics (That's a body) They better call forensics Call forensics Call foren- (That's a body) They better call forensics What should we do? C-C-Call forensics (That's a body) They better call forensics Call forensics Call foren- Ancestors were polygamous Maybe why I'm wedded to all these different forms of rhythm And ways I could deliver it And I teach an emcee to be more deliberate and less frivilous When they spit their flow and lyric and Just consider it maybe sit with it for a minute and They'll probably sound much less ridiculous Way I eat these rappers I don't need no extra vitamins Neurodivergent Feel like I'm coded so I do everything perfect And if I don't, I might go into a recursion I think everyone got a little bit of circus But some of y'all are clowns Can't relate to such a person I know everyone got a little bit of serpent But I'm tryna crush mine Some are tryna serve it Homie, what's a punchline If you aint got a purpose? You can make a butt wine I can make the Earth spin on its axis Bout to change the world Right now I'm gettin’ practice Got Jacob Collier, he followin’ and tapped in Even Lupe had to get in on the action That's what happens when you move Within your purpose And do everything That you said you would pursue Don't get confused What exudes out the mouth of many dudes Never matches what's exhumed That's the archaeology of dookie talk Quit talkin’ furious like Paul If you won't do the walk And don't forget what I'm about, cuh A loud speaker but the waves I make are louder Pedestal heroes lookin’ planer on the ground cos Hah Guess I've elevated More selective with the people that I celebrate with And more attentive with the things I fill my dinner plate with Body’s a temple and sometimes you gotta renovate it We ain't the same class Review the weights In case you end up like Drake who wanted Beef And not like J who acted meek Because he knew the stakes Talk wise or chalk lines accumulate (That's a body) They better call forensics What should we do? C-C-Call forensics (That's a body) They better call forensics Call forensics Call foren- (That's a body) They better call forensics What should we do? C-C-Call forensics (That's a body) They better call forensics Call forensics Call foren-

Woah Them be salty Salinity is for the ocean Can see they level is below me They don't even know me Woah Them be salty Wasn't aimin' at you But if the shoe fits, then Kobe! Kobe! Them be Woah Them be salty Salinity is for the ocean Can see they level is below me They don't even know me Woah But them be salty Wasn't aimin' at you But if the shoe fits, then Kobe! Kobe! Yeah Check ya tone if you approach Why you want beef with a goat? Doin' it since I was four Reapin' what I had to sow If you been doin the least Why you expectin' the most? Bun a Ice Spice flow Lemme demonstrate the heights I go Direct result of lifetime growth Y'all witnessing a highlight show Dad told me"This is life, F.I.F.O" Mom prayin' that the limelight glow Elevated from the life I know Penetrated like a wifi node Teachin' niggas how to write tight flows Universities are like my home They said that I am reachin"We don't need theory to rap" Probably why you get bodied by features The difference is I'm on the field They be the kids who shout from the bleachers Might take off my belt and leave em with stripes Like they been sponsored by Adidas Cos them be so Woah Them be salty Salinity is for the ocean Can see they level is below me They don't even know me Woah Them be salty Wasn't aimin' at you But if the shoe fits, then Kobe! Kobe! Them be Woah Them be salty Salinity is for the ocean Can see they level is below me They don't even know me Woah But them be salty Wasn't aimin' at you But if the shoe fits, then Kobe! Kobe! Yeah P after MV Smart niggas don't envy You can only live rent free In a head that is empty That's why they don't forget me My rent be high Battlin' fools is friendly fire They visit a zoo, that's family time When I'm in the booth, I vandalize Greatness and I, we We have been fraternizing Ten years married to boo When we in the room She still an aphrodite Nobody rappin' like me They in my comments so asininely I just hit 'em with a block Cos I don't be givin' a hater free advertising It's not just the flow, I I got the math behind it Askin' me questions cos I'm the professor And I got the answer like Allen Iverson That's probably why Woah Them be salty Salinity is for the ocean Can see they level is below me They don't even know me Woah Them be salty Wasn't aimin' at you But if the shoe fits, then Kobe! Kobe! Them be Woah Them be salty Salinity is for the ocean Can see they level is below me They don't even know me Woah But them be salty Wasn't aimin' at you But if the shoe fits, then Kobe! Kobe!

Yeah Ayo Gather round All my people on code, locked in Cryptography Midnight, ink to mahogany I'll be damned if I'm troubled by a wannabe If you see us fold, then you watchin’ an anomaly My people on code, locked in Cryptography Midnight, ink to mahogany I'll be damned if I'm troubled by a wannabe If you see us fold, then you watchin’ an anomaly My people on code, locked in Cryptography City house, village homes Motherlands, to the clouds, to the globe We are damned, disavowed and disowned But to tap ain't allowed, it's the code Tired of the old When the tyres hit the road We’ll retire and dispose Suit and ties who oppose what we tirelessly grow I don’t advertise what I own I just advertise what I know It’s asinine when you gloat It’s classist and I can’t align with them folks If you’re gassin’ us to resist But want passiveness in approach It’s cowardice under clothes Strip down and it’s status with the quo I’m the baddest with the flow It’s unanimously known I could say that with Diana's lasso wrapped around my throat It's an infraction to myself to give a half and not the whole Dawg, I'm African, don't make me get my ancestors involved God's gift is stamped on me, I'm Okechukwu And I don't need brands on me, my name is FUBU And not to be confused with Anansi or voodoo Nah its juju in my nation It's the kind of doodoo that you do not wanna play with And if you do do it on an occasion You might get that doodoo upon all your generations It bonds to you like Connery Only way that I'm xenophobic Is cos surrender’s a foreign notion I've never known it or given motion to quittin or an apology The thought of it is comedy Cos we be on code, locked in Cryptography Midnight, ink to mahogany I'll be damned if I'm troubled by a wannabe If you see us fold, then you watchin’ an anomaly My people on code, locked in Cryptography Midnight, ink to mahogany I'll be damned if I'm troubled by a wannabe If you see us fold, then you watchin’ an anomaly My people on code, locked in Flyin’ business class upon these planes of parallel existence You can tell that we've resisted every hell and each condition It became a kind of ritual to excel in each position Every time they held us down We never fell into submission Swung from high to low Now back to highest is the mission Duck alliances cos of the biases within them Some of them will lie or just cry at the lightest criticism Producin’ they truest colors like a light within a prism Or a white within a prison Nah I know that they just followin codes Like cops, when people of colour involved Stop Kinda like prey and predator hydrate together at the watering hole You heard it somewhere, you swear But never did care to think of it logically though That's what we call privilege If that stirs the hate in you You're cooked, and prolly bigoted “But Blacks can be racist too!” F**k outta here with that gibberish The fact is if you separate your ego from your pigment Then perhaps it wouldn’t take a little rap for me to trigger it Aura feelin infinite Homies want some proximity To cop them just a little bit But I'm constant with the discipline And they probably couldn't stick to it With epoxy resin in the mix I am just built a little different And I distill knowledge Then I pour it til the brim filled Then I'm drinkin it Wonderin where anybody this filled with the spirit is Or maybe this skilled with the rhythmic They takin’ it low but we stay high That bit is binary Cos we be on code locked in Cryptography Midnight, ink to mahogany I'll be damned if I'm troubled by a wannabe If you see us fold, then you watchin’ an anomaly My people on code, locked in Cryptography Midnight, ink to mahogany I'll be damned if I'm troubled by a wannabe If you see us fold, then you watchin’ an anomaly My people on code, locked in Cryptography Yeah Locked in, cryptography Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah And I’ll be damned if my people gon’ fold Cos my people on code, locked in

Rain on the roof Background sounds for the flames we produce The morning counts down And we stay til the noon Encased and consumed And my lips still tastin’ of you God's more than a myth and I'm faced with the proof Remember when we used to behave so aloof Emotional chess, we was playin it cool I would wait for your move Then attack with ya favourite food And a place with a view Galaxies collide Our stars went to war like Vader and Luke Sparks fly, spaces intertwine We was pavin’ the route to the present day Age we accrued and the pace has reduced It don't make a difference we remain full of youth Aside from a lil bit of pain in the glutes Lower back, hips and an a ache in the tooth But I'm down for the ride Mercedes or Sub In a plane or canoe Chalet with a lake or a crate with a roof Even if we fight, it's okay when we do Either way I'll be stayin with you It’s my physiology Lovin’ with my whole body If you take good care of me I promise to do the same It’s my physiology Lovin’ with my whole body If you take good care of me I promise to do the same Look On us I'm placin bets and I'm never foldin You injectin perpetual seratonin Straight into my head and heart And my very bones And you is part of my destiny, child And that's on Kelly Rowland Yeah I'm sure as hell And I put heaven on it Ain't a problem that we didn't really have too much in common Got me high upon a mystery concoction Intoxicated, your body be the toxin Almost saw the light like I was in a coffin I was sick in love with the illest mind And that's word to Hopsin Had a thing for your soul Loved the way our convo evolved We played intellectual water polo Words bouncing off the surface As we sunk below Caught them undertones Was under no impression to slow You defined the line, wrote it on the wall Put me under oath, crossed my heart to die Though I thirsted I put it all aside (Damn) Til that night it all culminated My coins in your arcade And your space I kept invadin’ Your lights illuminated My mind was stimulated We kept on replayin’ it Both our bodies polyrhythmic Sync’d, interlocked and twisted Skin on skin causing friction Anxieties are lost and distant The future lookin’ optimistic It’s my physiology Lovin’ with my whole body If you take good care of me I promise to do the same It’s my physiology Lovin’ with my whole body If you take good care of me I promise to do the same I'm avoidant and you anxious That mean sometime I don't give voice to all my passions I just ponder and I imagine what you thinkin’ Whiler you stressin’ that I anguish So the comms a lil messy but we manage Besides we collabin on the actions To dismantle all them patterns Cos therapy costs more than platinum But when I get the opportunity Then I'mma milk it like prolactin Cos I'm committed to growin and healin with you A moment of realness with you Is worth more than an eternity hoein’ And even when you forgive You never air your conditions like a Fujitsu That's why I can never hold nothin against you We good We wash and tumble Then iron our flaws out Keep both our cups full So we can pour out That's why we stumble But never fall out Let’s pop that cork out And give a toast to the good, the bad The tears, the laughs The love, the lust The trust and the bank To flights, and rooms To homes, to lands To God, to us To rum in a glass Shout out Appleton estate For helpin’ us celebrate It’s been a hell of a decade This king ain’t gon’ abdicate HIs queen ain’t gon’ check no mate It’s black and white how we’ve played It’s my physiology Lovin’ with my whole body If you take good care of me I promise to do the same It’s my physiology Lovin’ with my whole body If you take good care of me I promise to do the same

You ever ponder your demise? When the fight’s withdrawn And lights have gone out from your eyes The moment when they mourning and they realise That you only gon’ be livin’ on in the mind ‘Til you fade there too And your grave ain't new It often cross the mind like She’yaa’s tattoo Reminds me to be mindful what I pray into In what I hope to be And what I aim to do Cos I know that most of what I obsess Over ain't that deep And the cash excess will not follow me To the life that's next So I don't A-B what I have against Any man's proceeds or what he possess Gotta be content But perpetually unsatisfied with the character inside And the legacy I plan to leave for the family of mine So I'mma shoot for the moon ‘til my fate and I collide And among the stars is the place that I reside Woah, woah One day we’ll be celestials Mmm, one day we’ll be celestials (One day we gon’ all turn to celestials) Woah, woah One day we’ll be celestials Mmm, one day we’ll be celestials I know that getting older is something that we supposed to But it’s funny how I’m gratified when my daughter grows But agonize when the folks do She reminds me of a life to look forward to They remind me of the life that we gon’ lose I ain’t ready to be eulogizin’ Not before they see me realizin’ Every prayer that they been recitin’ I know that it’s gon’ be Godly timin’ I just hope it’s on the horizon Inadequacy been petroleum for my drive But it didn’t deplete as I clocked up all the mileage Like I hoped it would So I had to park that mindset Cos I got so exhausted and tired Of that pressure Of tryna measure up by all measures Or never treasurin’ all of my own treasures But love is high octane It’s gon’ make this thing run better ‘Til I cross the finish and drift on into forever And then I’ll be celestial Woah, woah One day we’ll be celestials Mmm, one day we’ll be celestials (One day we gon’ all turn to celestials) Woah, woah One day we’ll be celestials Mmm, one day we’ll be celestials My mom said don’t let me catch you flauntin’ Just know the grave puts that in check Kings and pawns return to the same box in the end Rich and poor can both be too broke to pay respect Time ain’t hoarded Live your life like your days are spent You’ll afford to Pay the bill on your date with death Just make yo bed Watch the talk that’s comin’ out your lips Is you really speakin’? Or are you lettin’ fear be your vantriloquist Talkin’ bout some “wait, what if I miss?” It’s better that you try than you die saying ‘what if?” That’s why I keep big steppin’ on this road Movin’ intentional And if you step on my toes You gon’ need medical One thing about these seconds, they go So it’s inevitable One day we all gon’ be celestials Woah, woah One day we’ll be celestials Mmm, one day we’ll be celestials (One day we gon’ all turn to celestials) Woah, woah One day we’ll be celestials Mmm, one day we’ll be celestials One day we gon’ all turn to celestials We all become memories then galaxies One day we gon’ all turn to celestials We all become memories then galaxies That’s what we’ll be Celestials

It's time for some real talk Yeah I always had stratospheric visions Gassin myself to fly out the atmosphere that I lived in Nigerian home, so the cabin pressure was hittin At times it was a mission to navigate those conditions And like My attitude started dippin Aight, enough with all of that aviation word-ism I figure you get the image I needed to spread my wings And travel at Mach 10 directly into the winds of change Fast forward up to this distant age A lot of life is different But much of it's the same The plan for glitz and fame is a bit delayed I'm beginnin’ to think wait, have I missed the train? The ticket’s paid It's not like on my platform I sit and wait I slide on these tracks raw every frickin day Still my dream’s losin’ steam as it drifts away That'll drive anyone a bit cray It's a loco motive of sorts, comprende? Social media promo’s made me a sensei Now the music goes slow like Ken’s Hadouken wave Hadouken! Maybe its a skill issue But you can win a pultizer And niggas will still diss you Look I'll be real with you, I'll nil diff you Even my ink spills reveal I am not in a guild with you I'm six mil kilometers over hills from you And that's when I'm only being chill with you You know the drill I just got some ritalin pills issued Now I'm tranquil Grieving the life I could have had Damn Wait a minute You neurotypicals never told me how badly it slaps To not have to procrastinate or lapse to distractions Scrollin’ screens to overdose on dopamine just to manage thoughts Dawg, I could have been an astronaut Discovered mathematics laws as an afterthought Taught quantum gravity courses like Planck or Hawkins or Shroedinger I know this for fact, I'm sure Nah lemme give perspective to this babble There's lines of identity I perpetually straddle As Drizzy and Dot went at it I reflected on the angle That perhaps I'm not the Kendrick in this battle Cos if I'm tangential to every culture Who gon cosine me? There's an irony to Hip hop being the home I seek Cos even with three different passports It feels like a club that I pulled up to with no ID And I can hear em from the doors singin “He not like we!” Story of my life, and here's the plot I read In Igboland, I'm onye ocha In Yoruba, oyibo New Zealand, I'm tauiwi In Mexico I'm gringo In London I fit in until they listen to my lingo When it comes to Asia, them folks just call me insults Aussie, they say “who's guess?” US say Australian Could migrate to another world I'd still just be an alien When I'm rappin, they say I'm fakin’ it But if I use my accent, huh “Now we don't relate to it!” So I'll stick to my habit And really I'm okay with it Cos no matter yo action Somebody will defecate on it Oh my god, that was cynical Nah it's actually what I'm feelin though I just needed one song where I could let it all out Anyway, let me sing this chorus You can go on and on lookin’ for fun But nothin’ at all will ever be Like home Cos right from the origin You have been a part of it And nothin’ at all will ever be Like home Yeah, that's real talk Torque Real torque Haha Nwanne, nnọọ So when you go an ụmụnna meeting And you give a speech Especially if it's heart felt Um, when you're done The response is usually “Nnọọ” “You're welcome” Yeah It's to say, it was a journey for you to go through all of those emotions And arrive at the destination of the thing you were saying So nwanne, nnọọ

Aht aht You this man You don’t know you’re supposed to have people helping you with all these things, right? Instead you want to be big man Big man things and do it yourself Damn, I do too many things You know what I mean? Need me a cloning machine So I won't be the only one on my team Cos there ain't nobody who do it like me But I don't got the means Need me a cloning machine So I can be the only one on my team (I can be the only one holding it down) Attention! Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Hope I didn't give that to my daughter If I did I hope she got aorta Cos this ain't for the weak Tapped into multiple streams Know that if I just poured myself into one of ‘em I would be king Send every beat straight to the morgue Flow so refined, I created a course Professor level when I lecture Exceptional when I create on a Korg Van Gogh how I paint with the chords Voiceover dude, paid just to talk Sell out a show in my neck of the woods Staff said it felt like a stadium tour Damn, I really be doin it all Mix and master my tunes But mastering one thing eludes me Ask myself “Is it somethin’ I'm choosin’?” Can't trust nobody to do what I'm doin’ Resolvin’ myself to be editing movies Capcut it, caption it, post and keep moving Check the to do list, on to the new thing Damn, I do too many things You know what I mean? Need me a cloning machine So I won't be the only one on my team Cos there ain't nobody who do it like me But I don't got the means Need me a cloning machine So I can be the only one on my team (I can be the only one holding it down) Give me a drum and I'll groove it Somethin’ to strum, I'll go stupid 88 keys and I'll move em Music has been like a drug And the ADHD keep me usin’ I play ‘em all In the intermission in between the gigs I would do powerliftin’ competitions Never win ‘em Probably cos I wouldn't put the hours into training And now I just carry the weight of my indecision At least I am brawn Not lean enough for abdominal contours I was in philosophical blog wars Fightin’ niggas bout God or Whether we should be pullin’ the lever And sacrifice one for the team Feel like on one of the tracks is a dream The other, a whole lotta different feats That I got the range for And I'm hella cold, but never peak The Himalayas got a name But Everest got prestige I'd climb it but Damn, I do too many things You know what I mean? Need me a cloning machine So I won't be the only one on my team Cos there ain't nobody who do it like me But I don't got the means Need me a cloning machine So I can be the only one on my team (I can be the only one holding it down) Let's talk about responsibilities Cos I got the massivest ones Nigga, I am a husband, father And a West African son Damn, I want that cloning machine So I can be several places at once Ten thousand steps everyday I get done Including the days that I run And during the day I slave for the funds My business, so I miss a day and the wages don't come No actually I been efficient and active Some of them payments persistently passive But still gotta fiddle with taxes WhatsApp from Mom talkin’ bout I don't answer Friend of a friend diagnosed with some cancer Prayin’ and counseling like I'm a pastor Damn When did I last go to church? Almost forgot there's a God who got answers Yeah Those some worms you don't wanna open the can to Yeah Born alone, die alone And don't got a crew who can give me some candour Tell me I'm doin too much for one man to Sit with me, help me come up with a plan too Nah Who am I kidding? I don't give no one a chance to Think I am so used to doing my dance Plus I'll never get to the task Cos Damn, I do too many things You know what I mean? Need me a cloning machine So I won't be the only one on my team Cos there ain't nobody who do it like me But I don't got the means Need me a cloning machine So I can be the only one on my team (I can be the only one holding it down)

Yeah, yeah Usually I love when sun sets colors over the plains But when it's settin’ on a dream Them colors don't hit the same Still remember when we practiced them covers to hit the stage The feedback hit my ears, encouraging to the brain It was the story of my climb, no denying it Maybe Aaron Pierre could play as I in my biopic Church prophesyin’ “It's just a matter of time with it” If God on board, I'mma surf the skies with it And won't settle for silver Took a couple dudes across the ocean Couldn't really pay ‘em but they viewed the motion I was makin’ waves We jammed the venues Crammed in bedrooms We had some issues But they showed me true devotion So I give ‘em praise Moms is on my case She want my breakthrough And always tryna find a way Maybe collab with Remy Ma or Olamide I said “You don't know how it works” She said “But I can pray” And she does it daily So it's never been about the pay I'd shout it under affidavit They say it’s bout the route and not the destination But everyone who says it rich, powerful or famous And they always leavin’ out that information This is partly desire, but mostly obligation to my own So the oath I made myself feel like a broken bone Speakin’ to the mirror with African parent overtones See your life, tryna draw water out a stone Oh no This stone ain't giving me water I know these sentiments are just makin’ it harder Oooo Guess if it comes to nada Astrogeology could make me a rockstar Oh no This stone ain't giving me water I know these sentiments are just makin’ it harder Oooo Guess if it comes to nada Astrogeology could make me a rockstar I know my tunes conflictin’ Tunes where I'm winnin’ Are just me tunin’ out my feelings Cos I'mma true musician Clothed in delusion that I'mma make it Eventually exposed as naked That's the reality of doin’ business One day we gon’ have to choose between two decisions Multiply your efforts or you can move divisions But if your attitude toxic You just gon’ make new emissions from your newer mission So what's next in Q’s vision? Told ‘em I got into my bag And there's nothin’ else that I wanna be swappin’ for a bag Look, I make enough to put the shopping in a bag I just wanna see real fruit before I'm rottin’ in a bag The nigga who wrote “The Get Up” I can feel where his heart is He said even if your soul’s bruised, don't stop regardless When you out on your shield You gotta follow where his lead be Cos even now you're whole, the thing no dey easy Love letters from my past to my current self Sayin’ you get better with age, don't put it on the shelf Guess I'm still holding on for him if nobody else But the rope feelin’ way thinner than it's ever felt Sometimes I wonder what he would do I already dropped a verse over some sneaker shoes Feel like this party about to die in a week or two Unless this miracle arrives, like a peekaboo So do I call it now or call it down the road? Sit down and eat the L, or order it go I know that when the heat is on, the stronger you can grow But I wonder if I'll ever beat some water out a stone Oh no This stone ain't giving me water I know these sentiments are just makin’ it harder Oooo Guess if it comes to nada Astrogeology could make me a rockstar Oh no This stone ain't giving me water I know these sentiments are just makin’ it harder Oooo Guess if it comes to nada Astrogeology could make me a rockstar I know I just prolly needa chill out for a minute Let this melancholy simmer down for a minute If you get comfy with your doubts for minute The devil gon’ trade you an hour for a minute Oooo And that hour gonna turn into a lifespan Then you kill the dream and resurrect some other life plans Whole time you was an inch from where God called you So why not let the show go on like a rockstar do (I’mma be a rockstar) Yeah Know that I'm one hit away and it gon be a KO Yeah A lot of them niggas got Spotify bots on they payroll Put a tortoise toe to toe against a rabbit We know the story, it's age old Your knowledge of music a day old I been at it since like I was a day old They sayin’ that technical rap is alive again Who you think openin’ coffins? Class be in session whenever they let the professor come out of his office Yeah Real scholars be tappin’ in like I’m carrying faucets How could I stop with my foot on the gas When I got about two thousand horses?