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I mean, I realize that in order for anything To change in the bigger picture, Us as the dots that connect it should focus On aiming for a higher self, You know, each individually in order for change to Happen. That way I think all of us can And should contribute 'cause once we successfully Change within, I believe the world outside will too. So I wanna know, like, Like what's your perspective on that, Nip? Um, I think as human beings, everybody Has a natural Gift and a natural passion, but then you go Outside and you get influenced and you, and you Feel pressure from, from what's going on outside. Right. And so, you know, I read one time Like, "Would you rather be at war with yourself And at peace with the world, or at peace With yourself and at war with the world?" Wow. And that was powerful for me, you what I'm saying? Facts. And, uh, you know, Keep, keep doing your thing. Respect and love. Yeah. It's that feel good flow 'cause it just feel good like that. Feel me? Come from lower class, really by the Masses. Dreams of owning property out there in Calabasas. Tryna own it. We ain't have it, we would take it. Ain't no way we asking. Product of the struggle, these are forcefully Created habits. Chosen. I ain't taking no fronts. Nah. Ain't no handout cheater. You talk that tough talk, but couldn't walk a Step in my sneakers. Like. Used to smoke reefer, then let Mary know I Don't need her. Paranoid, I visualize the Grim Reaper. Shine up. Different caliber, just thinking About the pain it took to get here. I'm thanking God for bringing me this far, but I don't stay here. Hell nah. You can feel that you were chosen. Tears shed, hearts broken, keep my eyes wide open, Uh. Eyes to the clouds. Never see me sad, baby, ain't no looking down. Loop around my city, you can see I run The town. Swim, I never drown through peninsulas and Sound. Keep it moving and stay motivated. Haters never would've seen it and I know they Hate it. We gon' pray, stay out the way, And run up more of this paper. We gon' pray, stay out the way, and run Up more of this paper. More of paper. Yeah. Blood relations don't mean family to me. It's either this side the other. You decide where this should be. Choose. I got love, but it's hard to show It. You know it's just how it go when They barely shown it to you. Neglecting it like it's not important. Just to cope, I had started writing my thoughts Down. Got me feeling profound way before the Know-how. I knew. It's still therapeutic when I write rhymes. Did wrong, but I never try to right mines. Nah. Hanging with big steppers and hard bodies. Right after my show, handing out hard copies. Then back to wrapping dimes and dubs. Never spend it at the club, instead stacking it Up. Facts. Real as fuck, I stay sober 'cause I never like running. Never put on a facade Just like them suckers that's fronting. Introverted, I be by my own. Born alone, you die alone. Pour my heart into these verses, bust it through The microphone. Eyes to the clouds. Never see me sad, baby, ain't no looking down. Loop around my city, you can see I run The town. Swim, I never drown through peninsulas and Sound. Keep it moving and stay motivated. Haters never would've seen it and I know they Hate it. We gon' pray, stay out the way, And run up more of this paper. We gon' pray, stay out the way, and run Up more of this paper. More of this paper.