HOOK 1st Verse: My philosophy is enigmatic an oddity I'm a prodigy always bringing havoc like mobb deep Check the rep dunny, money savage like wallstreet Livin lavish and godly with just my balls and my speech Anything else is extras, try to better my status They say words live forever, so i'm never gone vanish Can't measure the language, manage to stay self-defined It's all me, with no aids, like magic johnson in his prime The soloist vocalist, rock the mic, blow it to bits Suffolk County New York, no shit east coast where it is Grew up on this as the standard, with music so amped up Braggadocio rap flows and those delusions of granduer Out of this world, head so big, probably need two bandanas This dudes bananas, insane mayne, maintaining true candor No stupid propaganda , mindless banter, or fake stuff So if you feel it Stand up throw ya hands up and say what HOOK 2nd Verse It's Dave Z Non-Prophet, check my characteristics Always Philosophic, Most the time cannibalistic God of war, the hardcore, carnivore, animalistic Never stray from the topic, but at times jargonistic But if you ask me a question, I'ma give an honest answer The egotistic linguist, with a kick like habaneras A mix of Dom Irrerra, Che Gueverra, and Rakim Rockin em suede Tims , got a fade and a faithful grin Lookin' like a millions bucks, like that's what I play win A way of life, endorse vice, and I'm embracing my sin This the way it is hip hop, with a fun and edgy sound Heavy resound, tll every town, plagued with unsteady grounds My statements tend to astound, earn me pounds and props to boot Hip hop The roots - like Black Thought and Questlove hopped in the booth Writin rhymes like dropping a deuce, on the regs, yea strait up I'm nasty on the mic, but if you like it then say what HOOK

Intro "Settin it off" scratching Hook 2x "Settin it off, letting it off, beginning" " It doesn't matter what you say or what you do" "I ain't concern with who gone shoot who I'm only concern with music and who break thru" Dave Z Verse Lettin you know from the jump, I don't care what no one does Do my own thing give a fuck, holding it down blow it up rolling with an O.G. from Philly, the grown bore grizzly U know the thoughts shitty, core gritty still walk with me Sum it up I quote Biggie, I party and bullshit My words are artillery, my audios a full clip I'm gaudy with this music, till the audience lose it I'm the drunk Confucious bring a forty to Ruth Chris Cuz I don't care mothafucka if i'm bizarre and strange Your opinion ain't worth a dog shit like Artie Lang These mainstream duecebags got less swag than Charlton Banks While I intimidate more rich white folks than Harlem Gangs Rags to Riches, Riches backs to Rags, And I hardly change The competitions just turrrrible Charles Barkley slang I'm part to blame, hard to love, but even harder to hate But I don't care what they say, rather starve then be fake Hook 2x Side Effect Verse: Yea Side effect Dave Z What up Yo see I done seen it all & witnessed, heard applause endless thought surely by now ya'll would'a been lost interest but soon as I begin this that when ya'll saw the difference a lyricist about his business, apprentices sound horrendous compared to this underground vintage God tell em I don't care, what you spit or who ya friends is Don't nobody get spared, my penmanship relentless How the fuck you even dare, feel the wrath of my vengenge Side effect is a menace, smack geeks when I'm blending the words Cashin in they rap album, revenge of the nerds And even then I'm a writer whose a ten maybe higher with a pen my studio is like a den for Al'Qaeda You talking to a man who might kill for his Cuz I don't care, do the knowledge kid Milk and Giz I do whatever it is, I'm here to tell ya My desire for success is greater than my fear of failure Dog I don't care Hook 2x

Hook 2x "Uh, Get ya hands up, they can't stand us" "So, all hail the honorable, microphone phenomenal" "Live for it die for it, tear down mics put an out of order sign on it" "Back on the microphone your number one controller" Dave Z (The MC) Verse: Dave Z The Mic Controller, ill speaker licensed flow-er represent the culture, hold the globe up on my right shoulder Fight for the right to blow up, yea I got a psych diploma But in my core I'm a pure, Hip Hop and I might to show it Uncut dopeness, I'm cocaine to your baking soda with more appearances than Michael Caine and Abe Vigoda U know I stay devoted, your rocking with the best show stopping in effect, souls bopping in the flesh twist words and bend language work from a dim vantage Weaving slang between deep words and even deeper anguish But believe I vanquish, battle tested, urge to brawl build something up from nothing, only had my words and balls First of all, I thirst and crawl, hungry for that chance to scrap Secondly, I master ceremonies, and I manage raps encourage you to stand back 'fore I set the stage a flame Pistol Gang, Lab Ratz, cross over jab step fade away Game winner, Throw ya hand up, better stay with us Hook 2x Lantz Verse When the kid is speaking, yall get to praying like a deacon I hustle hard nine to five rhyming on the weekend (Cmon) I'll end a mothafuckas breathin for no reason I aim to be the lone star like flags and Puerto Ricans So while ya'll freakin..out, I was coming from the mouth as a force a nature like birds in winter flying south While ya loungin on the couch, I'm evolving Bring that Midas touch to everything that I'm involved in I'm getting too old to stand still, gotta push for that progress Aim to be the king of the hill, the king of the real Everyday bring the deal Cause on the mic, Lantz always sing what he feel It's like a picture on the wall, it's a work of art Aint a painting in a frame and its a work of the heart Ya'll can say it how you like the kids a jerk but he's smart It's like a movie gotta work for your part Yea I'm staying sharp like the throw of a dart Controlling Mics likes you dike control a Mario Cart Hook 2x Doap Nixon Verse: Yo, lets get this one thing clear If you got any questions I'm answer em dear Rule 1 I will not cross Doap Nixon I will not get my head blown like Pulp Fiction Rule 2 I will respect OPG I will respect them three letters like DMB I'm the best rapper, slash spitter Slash beat you to a pulp without my hand on a trigger I'm an intelligent nigga, Crypt tells me all the time I should be involved with much bigger project for the youth, albums out the booth if you ask about my country I got problems with the truth How does it feel when you think I niggas raw, till you listen to his shit and find out you thinking wrong This nigga aint raw we call him fugazi I finally know how Reef feels, fuck you pay me We get the dough and then we Patrick Swayze Fuck two thumbs up you crazy, I want both hands baby.

Dave Z I'm a mic fiend, with a shine like high beams So bright ya can't see me, so go and get visine I don't give a fuck got a million buck psyche Cuz I been getting drunk at the club with ya wifey I keep picking up fights, inviting a crime scene I been ripping up mics, and pissing on pipe dreams I was spitting it tight, as strong as a vice squeeze In this small pond, I'm the biggest of Pisces Dave Z the M. C. refreshin the memory Ain't the same dude I was, back when I was twenty But I will still drop you, If you get in my way Bumpin Cypress Hill like I'm a get it any way La-La-La-La - I'm a hip hop star Spit it hard, livin large, and shadow box with god been training everyday, and slay without conscious was rhyming when Big L was still saying ebonics Hook Dave Z I'm a scholar, lyrically a monster And I don't give a fuck, fearless as a mobsters My rhymes are self-defined, hear how I can prosper Although I ain't devine, no spirit or chakras clear out ya roster, make room for a max cat Like Donnie Walsh did for the Knicks, to attract Stat Got n get ya back pack, I'm bout to school ya now My hometown shootaround to warm up and loosen crowds Dave Z the M-C refreshen the memory Old Schooler Boom Bapper, Legend of the Nineties Brought into the future, to try to channel vibes of Kool G, Rugged Man, Rakim and Channel Live I grew up a nice kid, but screwed up how life is I worshipped Canibus, want a mic on my skin Non stop writing I did try to perfect the flow I have a way with words that'll perplex ya soul Hook Dave Z I'm an M. C. the last of a dead breed Passionate Energy, Smash mouth like Ed Reed Hittin you with the speed of two crashin bently You babies who rely, on ya moms to breastfeed I am independence, I mastered that pedigree Drunk bastard sipping rum, till my flask is empty Dishin out tongue lashin, so ya girls ask for me Non are handsome as me, the young dashing emcee Dave Z the Musician refreshin ya cognition Wielding the Microphone, with intellect and wisdom In depth lyricism, y'all are blessed to listen its the dopiest Genius, like the best of GZA I grew up on Wu-Tang, I will triumph for cream an Ill rhyming machine, I build, rise and repeat while most of this shit out, numbs ya mind like morphine I incite insight and electrify what it means Hook

I been around the business, fake dudes, the foulest bitches counterfeits, malcontents, that why's I'm now so nihilistic That's why my style rigid, proud to be a malice dipshit Kick that same gully shit, until the final hours ticking I ain't about the riches, that don't mean I'm staying broke I'm breakin molds, paving roads, and do whatever Dave evoke Hot as hades yo, I stay devote despite the elements Hard core intelligence, and we gotta fight for relevance I kick that underground shit, that clap like thunder clouds Hunt it down like hungry hounds, every I come around I'm so obnoxious, glorifying intoxication That's what you get from a rhymer trying to rock the nation I stock the place with liquor, Dave Z the modern ripper Do what I say, say what I do fuck if u got to differ This how i'm doing things, spicy like some Hooters wings Speakin the truth and i'm pollution' how the youth'll think Hook 2x "My way, my way Convertin' from hustling to rap" My way or the highway, stuck within my mind state You ain't like it fine than, yall can get out my way Marz Verse: I can write a thousand verses, walk to hell and come back and talk to god sons and try to teach em with facts its something necessary you can say it flows through my blood stream The Black Saint caught between the truth and some pipedream My life seems built between these sixteen bars But what my life means is something from the sun, moon, and stars don't underestimate the mothafuckin power of Marz I'm bringing rage on different level painting some hardships These soft pricks praying to the gods to be rich And I still know that they be checking for me watching my next move As life goes on they understand what i been through I may just be talking bout you, but see I'm stuck in my ways I know my hear wont change, I might for give but won't forget what you do but see I'm stuck in my ways I know my hear wont change, I might for give but won't forget what you do Dave Z Verse 2: I keep the faith in myself, only trustin' what I say Self reliant non-compliant, yea I'm stuck in my ways The government is sideways, fuck it that's why crime pays Opinions are like assholes, ask you how does mine tastes Shittin on these politicians, pinch a loaf on your votes Never need a hollow hope, rather speak than follow folks Politicin not my business, I'm too busy scholarshippin Ignorant Americans only care bout their dollar chickens The fast food generation, immediate gratification McDonaldization people seem to lack the patience We see it in the rap game, emcees trying to blow up wanting free beats and handout before they even show up I'm about paying dues, and I thank Marz for commin thru and pummel dudes who rummage thru that never had a fuckin clue it's been long overdue, a throw back to them rugged days Stubborn as a motherfuck, so what I'm stuck in my ways

Hook: How must I free, From anxiety what can this be, that keeps on endin me Colder than a wind, so when underneath my skin Fuckin' a remember when I had no anxiety I wanna break free, finally get some peace of mind from this Can't find the words to speak, can't hide from this environment Too preoccupied from the deprived mental vileness Till I'm violent, cast a side like a pariah is I cut out the messiah shit, I pawned my crown of thorns I'm a pugilist trapped in a war of a thousand swords But I withstand the storms, unscathed, by amazing smarts And I take on so much weight, sometimes I portray a god I like to stay in the dark, when I swim I play with sharks Yet I'm always on guard and I'm afraid of my own bark I'm afraid I'll lose control, no restraint once I start I'm parched for blood, yea it's fucked up, it breaks my heart I'm capable of evil, lethal with nothing to prove Just upset for my people, who been thru too much abuse Losin' my cool, asking myself 'where the compassion go?' Two wrongs don't make a right, but right now I'm not rational HOOK The tension got me acting vengeful, stressed and resentful Trapped in this dreadful mental prison, pissed and disrespectful Kickin out the nonessentials, just to keep my mind sane My mind frame is why change, when the worlds so conniving My hindbrain is fucked up, my cerebellums off balance Walk around with my dukes up, and I'm quick to show my talons Anxious and callous, I'm foul as a flagrant two Blantantly spew my hateful views, from crowds to vacant rooms Empowered to make it through, with the talent of stay true Fightin for scraps in the streets, with no heat, like vagrants do Don't give a fuck I'll break the rules, if it'll replace the gloom This shameless deuce don't deserve to rot in a cell, Rae Carruth I hate that I'm so consumed, with the pain you placed us through Wanna murder you, no conscious, stoned faced, I aint confused I know the deal, can't conceal it, see it for what it is And that's what keeps me up night, and got me feeling like this HOOK (scratching) "where them years go, where them old gold beers and cheer go" "The whole worlds evil, I just gotta live in it tho" "We comin' from the village of the unprivileged" "Made you believe theres no one really crazy as me" "I'm sick like that, cussin' often, insane man" "Parts of darkness descend and consume me" "Ya entire society rioting" "Pop a pill... chill, sit back, release my anxiety"

My mind is capable of sick shit, my views diseased, Accidentally kill a man, every time shoot the breeze An existential being, authentic truly unique You ain't as cool as me, eventually this dude will beast I'm up late losing sleep, abusing beats, not new to me I been there done that, comeback, review it studiously I'm top one, two and three, the god, undisputedly My mood temperamental, heavy metal like judas priest My mental beautifully ill, Skills you only dream of Don't need to act tough, mean mug, like these modern day e-thugs Ain't afraid to smile, ask your girl that's what she love My psyches a slut, I mind fuck till I see blood I'm sleek as V-W, but my thoughts torture these cats Rip to pieces by telekinesis, hand ya torso back The big boss of rap, tell rick ross he better fall back I killed everything in my path, and then scorched my tracks HOOK 2x: "Not ill like walkin in the projects with a nine Ill like moving solid objects with the mind" "Mentally sick" "Rhyme vicious, inclined to cause sickness" "Mentally ill, psychiatrical sickness" I'm mentally disturbed, a jerk essentially bizzerk. I set the globe on fire, every time I read a verse I'm a demon first, a killer second, and a beast third I speak these word with a passion that can fracture the earth Attack, I'm averse, bomb first, a cognitive torpedo I'm not gon be peaceful, obnoxiously incognito A mental freak show, deviant and pompous behavior With the fortitude of magneto and the prof xavier Dave Z the mind controller, explicit rhyme promoter Me and hip hop go together, like its lime and corona I ain't the highest roller, biggest spender that's not me I'm in the lab examining minds like autopsies They say my thoughts disease, I view my mind as gifted Survival Form, I'm making due with what I was given' And that's the definition, of skillful take notice I'm crazy mad ill yo, in kill mode and can't focus HOOK 2x Push mountains and shatter minds whenever I come lyrical never nothing simple, My rhymes un-fuck-wit-able, my mental capacity can overthrow gravity Levitate souls, with breath control and flow voracity Till I'm know for my audacity, I smash whack emcees Bring it back to the basement, N i don't mean rap city Fire automatically, without even packing heat Attack a beat with the tenacity of a rabid beast That's just me, raw etiquette, you can bet on this work horse I'm triple x hardcore sex, while the rest are just jerk offs That's why I smirk more, satisfied with the fact that I kill And you couldn't sleep on me if you OD on Nyquil Collect the proceeds cause I'm ill, the sickest man alive Try to psycho analyze my cycle of angry rhymes Yea I'm that arrogant guy, my ego's my only rival That's why nothing can stop me, I dictate my own survival HOOK 2x

Yea the worlds a piece of shit, murder disease, famine Political fervor leads to perjury, deceit, and branding Paint the picture of anguish, the beat is my canvass I speak for the oppressed, can't rest gotta keep at it Emergency planning, so I'm ahead of the curve standing on my own two, hustling and scrapping like Kurt Rambis On a personal rampage, v for vendetta music My mind warped, rise up, like Guy Fawkes, lead the revolution Takes a Legend to do this, who better suited than me Give a fuck about the industry, still do this for free Maybe lunacy, but i'm paranoid I'm losing rights Left or right, either or, it's all devoid clueless types arguing who is rights, and who's next for the troops to fight Meanwhile real people are dying, violence, shoot outs, heist Destroying beautiful life, for just the capital gain Turning my moderate mind, into a radical brain Hook 2x: I never back down, moving forward, chosen my fate I stand tall, march on, and I'll do what it takes Militant mind frame, Enemy of the State Revolutionary Me, Entropy of The State Nowadays it's all a joke, they try to purchase ya votes But I don't trust a soul any further than I can throw Check my murderous flow, speak the truth, ya heard what I know Pop rap stars aint saying shit, ain't got the courage or the stones I'm to irked to bone, when they claim its conspiracy rap When the fact, the poor feel like they should bring tyranny back Theres an escalating gap. the rich keep getting richer the poor keep getting poorer, is there a new world order Gotta protect our sons and daughters 'gainst moral slaughter But we over medicate, got hormones in the water Process foods, HD TV, gave ya kids ADHD But since I ain't mainstream, I guess you can't relate to me That's what the media feed you, to help keep you peaceful While hardcore cultured hip hop is perceived as evil But its for the people, by the people, yea what it sound like Yea i been around forever, I aint going down with out a fight Hook 2x Yea I'm angry all the time, question is why aren't you When society's fucked up and hip hop is garbage too Live in the land of the fakes where there's no market for truth What's politics when hollow tips hit the heart of the youth Pardon me dude, I'm bout to let the anarchy ensue Overthrow the system but they say it's a marxist view, More people are broke then not, look at the hardships accrued Twenty-four hour propaganda, can't stand watching the news Turn off the box in the room, shut the camera, kill the music Think about reality and fuck the glamour and illusions These elaborate excuses, used to control ya thoughts Gotta stand up for your rights and fight your corporate boss Cuz the bucks the driven force, corruption behind closed doors When their doughs at stake, the only time they show support This whole globe could be bought, theres a price tag on ya life Stand up the mic and share my plight like it's my god damn right

I'm not one for stuntin, prefer to rap with substance not your average puppet rapper, always actin tough its Not the way I role, I take control, and pack the punches Drunk Ass cat from Suffolk, All I do's attrack the ruckus Represent Strong I. vibe to boom bap percussions Since Jr High, making music in the back of buses Caused this lapse of judgement, all day havin grudges Cuz I spent my youth, cooped up in a ragged dungeon That's why my dreams squashed, can't seem to shake it off All day writing rhymes, Never please. p off It's starts to sound the same, people wanna doubt my reign douche my flame, make round about claims that I ain't a proud to say, I been about this game for countless days way before and MJ was touting Hanes I'll about face flip the script, bringin raw intensity Think back when hip hop had that thing called integrity HOOK 2x "I am what I what I am, cause that's all I can be" "Most people life controlled by the things they worship" "The fame, big house, money and the nice whips Is that what life is I thought it was priceless" Van G verse: Let me spit a couple bars so I could rep my clique two years asleep but I didn't even stop to think Theres no restriction to hold back now Theres more conviction to blow back cowards It don't sell well when your reach is limited Cause your record deal prefers being primitive so can you even compete with this I don't play the guitar but I got nice riffs See I'm the nicest to apply this and I decided to let you slide, who's on your side so don't call your neighbor better call the major tell em your the trader so you can be penetrated your a perpetrator, you like a sixth grader with no career goals and like a cheese grater your full of holes, cause you aint paid the toll and in the end you can lose your soul HOOK 2x I'm not about swagger, I'd rather speak with daggers Rather keep to myself, then meet and greet with maggots Bunch of sleazy actors, all playing jack the rappers Gasin each other up, Motherfucker crack the cameras Cut the T.V. off, reach across the freaking boundaries Think outside the box, hip hop where we keep it rowdy We pioneered rebellion now we selling cliches These days I'm bout to trade my mic for a brief case It sad to say, but hey, I'm god damn either way Still I stay Self Defined, Self sufficient, seize the day Never concede my fate, stay calm never nervous Never trade self respect for a blank check or purchase I'm rich in mental strength all the rest to me is worthless Refuse to fall victim to this concept of worship When man verse himself, that called insane to me But I stay up beat, speak free and preach integrity

Can't seem to keep my balance, everyday seeing violence speaking wild, all the while, I'm just trying to leak my talents My physique imbalance, blame it on the binge drinking Thinking I'm a fix things when yet again the bridge sinking I got severe delusions, like my shit ain't been stinking Fuck it this merely music, on the edge clearly tweaking Cringe and freaking this kid about to make the same mistake Rapping just to play the game, like juggling razorblade Humble by the pain I face, muzzled by the fate I chase Sleep is for the weak man, struggling to stay a wake Caught in Limbo, my poor soul and exhausted pencil Trying to write more rhymes, grind to extort more info I don't talk to bimbo, I only vibe with the truest Help me thru this, losing my mind when I write this music I try improving, but you tell me it's not good enough should loosen up, but I keep it in util my mood erupts HOOK Levi Verse You woke me up with a phone call know it all Doing back flips sounds like summersaults So persuasive, sure but evasive god knows what your doing in the basement jaws dropping in shear amazement every second that passes your aging pass the stage of trying to stage it as far as your concerned get to payment I been thinking of the rhymes to say it Just display it, tell the truth right now Grab the mic and announce it to the whole crowd Tell em everything my the real real proud Take the stage and continue with a second bow Get the show on the road and just head south Strike a pose and make my little mouth pout Leave em all off balance like I feel now HOOK Threw me of my game, piss drunk my thought derange Caught in this caustic game, all about the cross and chain I'd rather tortures brains of course it's gon cost me fame But I don't want it, I don't need it, I'lll shit talk the same short on change, flossin dollars is not my forte Been pinchin pennies, spittin heavy to get my songs played All day in the lab, born with the gift of gab With Levi on the hook, and I'm not one to miss a jab I stick and land, dodge and weave, hang like apostrophes Imposters plottin the same angle like an isosceles All this posturing is bogus, got me whyling like I'm hopeless All these roaches, approach us, but my style be the dopiest I'm a blow this mothafucka up, not just follow the motions It's all reality television and hollow motives But I'm scholar broseph, despite the chaotic surrounding and that my brain pounding, Ill always stay grounded HOOK

This for my nonconformists, rebels, hip hop reformists people that refuse to settle to that world accordance while the worlds in orbit, spinning on a slanted axis We live in blackness, spin zones and never granted access I stand here conflicted, wishing that I could make a difference But cash rules, n I'm too broke to even change the business They labelled me a hater, fuck it cause I probably am Hate the industry, the government, and society damn All these propriety scams, designed to pigeonhole us Most of us without a paddle up shits river floating, Refuse to live with roaches, not the bugs in my apartment but politicians and the big business they involved with That's why I blame my conscious, that's why I stay obnoxious and that's reason why the public hates, most hardcore artists Cuz real art exposes truth, and not just swagger kids That's why I rebel against the norms of the establishments Hook 2x I don't wannabe like everyone else, caught in that realm, can't think for my self I don't wannabe another spineless drone The Rebel for Self, Got a mind of my own Back up on the microphone, tapping like a Tyson clone Decisively write my poems, righteously take back my thrown Sacrifice my own, just to get my point across take away my everything, I'm rapping in a loin cloth Emcee thats represents a cause beyond hypocrisy No corporate strings attached, this is who I got to be Fuck the oligopolies, rebellious philosophy A revolutionary approach, when I rock this beat Hell of a moxie I'm probably the rawest act Rather swallow a sword than follow more bureaucrats Whose had enough of it, Democrats Republicans They don't speak for me, do they speak for you, the fuck is this? I'm just a stubborn kid refusing to lose my ideals Forced to work a 9 to 5, because my rhymes is real I grind with higher zeal, u ain't know my mind is ill Fuck You, Hows it feel. The rebels here Signed and Sealed Hook 2

It's like we grown together, never let the phonies sweat us End of the day u right there, and always know me better than I know myself, uh, but it's always healthy cause I need no help, uh but you always help me I brag I'm self sufficient, main reason you behind me I can survive hell conditions, long as I got you by me All the love you supply me, helped me be the man u see Remain calm and collected, no longer am I that damage teen I went from an-ger-ry to livin within a fantasy and moneys only important so I can get u everything u need I want the house, the kids, vacations and dream get aways And my music is secondary, even if it don't seem that way And I know I need my space, and sometimes act foolish But I need you in the place, a lot more than that, truth is I'm use to you, I rely on you being there n when you were not, I almost forgot how to breathe in air Hook 2x I feel unstoppable, when I got you, I got it all Top the world, me and you girl, and we will not fall We've been through sad time, the muck grime and tough spots But it all helped to define, just to how much love we got I know sometimes you worry, and I always tell you not to But I appreciate it, and understand when u say u got too It means you care and I get it cause I care a lot too And that's why when we argue I can never get too hostile And although I like to joke, u always know I'm quite happy I love it when I tease you, and you can dish it right at me My life's complete, you don't need to compete with no one It's been decided like u already hit the game winning home run N life has been so fun, eight years have just flown by N I know why, cause your amazing, well so am I But honestly I wouldn't be where I am with out you kid So I promise to keep loving you… and that's legit

HOOK 2x: RISE UP, RISE UP, Don't give a fuck, then get ya fists up RISE UP, RISE UP, Tear down the game, now Fuck the System, RISE UP, RISE UP, We going wild till we Triumph RISE UP, RISE UP, Get to flowing get the vibe up Dave Z Verse: Dave Z, The Modern Prophet, Hip Hop God of Logic Betcha bottom dollar I'm a Rise Up like Bottle Rockets I'm just a scholar rocking sweat pants and scuffed sneaks Feelin' like a million bucks, rapping like a smug beast Fuck ya thugs dreams, I'm hungry trying to get mines I'm just obscene, cause I'm struggling just to get by That's why I bust rhymes for people who don't have a thing Teens that never had a dream drug dealing clutching magazines That's why I'm proud to lead, this hip hop revolution Read the blueprint, bleed the music, Now its time for execution So who gon' walk with me, simply put we got to RISE UP organize, strategize, Galvanize and get are MINDS UP Time to Triumph, Reveal the Puppets, who steal from the budgets Break it down Feel the ruckus, build a new infrastructure And then sound the trumpets, all hail your new leaders Fuck a news leaders, I'm the truth brought to you through your speakers Mark Deez Verse: I'm a New York Knickerbocker, sippin Vodka Name some one else my age that's did it longer I spit it proper what you expect from me I from Georgia but I rep the east My only advice for you is to press play Listen to the verbal essay throughout the decade I just say whatever I have to say Its a Saturday matinee, have it this way been rappin for pay since back in the day I was smashing with the tactic to master the game It's my time this year, I'm a shine this year they hide in fear when I appear Cause my mind is clear, Me and Dave Z we what the game needs since day 3 you wanna play me, this aint PS3 this aint xbox I'm like GSP ill put you in a head lock HOOK 2x Mark Deez Verse: Your breath stops and now you tapping out maybe now you'll know what rap is about fuck the cash and amounts, thats you bargain about you a staggering clow, I'm Mick Jagger with sound I spit daggers, ya limbs fractured, patting you down I spit it savage the master is back in the town This the end of everything you can imagine Mark Deez, Dave Z, trump in all fashion Dave Z Verse: Lets get the people amped, chanting, jumping out their seats This a new world anthem, jamming, thumping down the streets Thats what hip hop needs, Scratch it, That's what I need To motivate my brain, elevate, and rise to my feet But I ain't the only one, that still likes that boom bap So I team with Mark Deez, and tightened up my bootstrap We march into war, with a sword and six pack Opening the door like Amare saying the Knicks Back HOOK 2x

I should've been more focused, spoken up and broke the silence I should stopped talking so stupid, and stop promotin' violence should think about what I say remain open to guidance Way too self-reliant, way too opposed to compliance put down the toasters, irons, replace the guns and the gats Used to fight for social change, should be more hungry for that I should probably drink less, ain't got the money or scratch And quite possibly think less, too high strung out on this rap I should show more affection, blessed by my friends around me Who never let me slip up or get sent to the county I'm fortunate, and honestly I'm proud of all that is Should've did more to make it, but proud to never call it quits Proud I rocked a crowd of six, at four A.M. in a shit bar When I had school the next day, they call it blatant disregard But I showed up, passed the class all while I mastered this art Proud cuz most people doubted I'd even make it this far HOOK 2x I always gave my all, scribing on my pen and pad I alway had it all, my girl, my friends and famm Yo Yes Yes Yea, I'm proud of the man I am I always had it all, the world in the palm of my hand I should've been more selfish, others time been more giving Should've been less conflictive, less vindictive, more consistant Should've did less sinning, more grinning, when exploring living Should've been less afraid to stray away from whats forbidden Should've stayed committed, too complacent hate to admit it But I'm proud of my ambitions, just trying to make a difference And I'm proud of the fact that rationale replaced tradition So now I'm proud I can withstand any and all conditions I can cause I know I can, demonstrating the strength of man, I'm up here baring my soul, dedicated to who I am And through it all I keep the world in the palm of my hand Can't understand how much I appreciate if you're a fan From the pen and the pad, came the thoughts and the dreams My musics about nothing, everything, and all in between A lot more than it seems, maybe I should've simplified it The games a fuckin battlefield, so I'm just proud I survived it HOOK 2x