The Baton (feat. Avelino & Knucks)

Yeah, started from zero But we never had zero ambition I saw it all before it came to fruition The fruits from my labor and vision meant I would never dwell at the place I was livin' I would rather make me a living while feeling alive I'll tell my niece about my dad She'd never seen him alive but I see him when I'm sleeping at night What's a guardian angel when there's a demon inside of your thoughts Sponsored by success and there's people that I would endorse So, I'm tryna see the whole team eat We was going OT now we go O-T-T for the money Clean up, I got OCD, from nights in the hood to an OBE Maybe-e, love is from the hate we breed 'Cause my blood cousin fuckin' try to make me bleed I won't ever let it go, son of a gun You won't ever let it go, I get it in and you won't ever get involved No bad energy, I wish the best for my enemy Mama told me that I should repent cause it would replenish me I said eventually, nothing set in stone 'till the cemetry I hope they lift me up after they bury me That's what you call legendary, Jay-Z, Big, and Dame Thats like G, Rollie and AV We're the same and if not, then we're to blame It doesn't add up, we're on the road to fame Money over problems, I was here for change They ain't ready for the war We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah Look at everything I bought All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah They ain't ready for the war We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah Look at everything I bought All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah I'm writin' this from my grave I've died and I've gone away My wife is in Holloway And Sky is on holiday If Kai isn't gonna rain I've tried, should I contemplate? The nights I was on the plane Providing what's on the plate If I couldn't stop the pain, then maybe I caused it If I couldn't fuck the game, then maybe I balls'd it But if you can't bring up your bae, then maybe you bought it 'Cause they thought you can leave Your change, you're enslavin' your orphan Or maybe I'm a slave to endorsements Maybe I took this paper ting way out of proportion Maybe it had me rappin' for the plaques where my Wall is but now I'm ghost they keep on saying I'm awesome "I used to love Wretch when he was broke way before the success Man, I'm talkin' F64 That's way before the dreads and all this Righteous Selassie bless, he was inna di ghetto, just him and Ghetts" Man, you don't know my story, you just know my glory I'm Shakespeare and Charles Dickens going Hamlet off me I'm Spielberg and Spike Lee cameras on or off me Man, I paint a picture like DaVinci, get a canvas from me But you have to pay cash money I'm already your Dad's son You see your father has stolen his raps from me Any clash that I have should be the Clash of the Titans, why would I? Battle with some shits when I could rap up your highness This ain't a problem, it's just simple mathematics, the minus I'm still above you even when I'm reclinin' I'm still above you even when I'm declinin' And if you get above me, it's because I decided I'm passin' the baton They ain't ready for the war We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah Look at everything I bought All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah They ain't ready for the war We're the yellow tape and the chalk, yeah Look at everything I bought All from the pennies from my thoughts, yeah