& THEN THE WORDS CAME & WITH THE WORDS CAME PAIN & THE HURT FROM THE FIRST GRADE BACK TO THE OLD DAYS I WAS PLAYIN GAMES ALL ALONE FOR THE WHOLE DAY TOGGLING Z-TARGET ON THE SWORDPLAY IT MIGHT ROT YOUR WHOLE BRAIN STARING INTO THAT BIG BRIGHT BOX AT CORD'S LENGTH SPEND FOREVER TRYNA MAKE YOUR OWN WAY JUST TO FIND AN 8-LEGGED SKULL HANGING IN THE DOORWAY NO WAY! THAT'S NOT ME GRANDMA HAD A STRATEGY GUIDE FOR EVERY GAME SHE PASSED ONTO ME I USED TO PLAY ON HER COMPLETED SAVE FILES SPIN BOWSER BY THE TAIL UNTIL MY PALMS WOULD BLEED SEE THOSE LITTLE CARTS OF DATA DID A LOT FOR ME IN OCARINA OF TIME I WAS TAUGHT TO READ NOW I COULD WRITE DOWN THE WORDS I WAS TOO SHY TO SPEAK WHEN I WAS WIDE ASLEEP & I COULDNT FIND A DREAM THEY NEVER LIED TO ME EVERY PUZZLE YOU FOUND HAD A SOLUTION AND YOU ALWAYS HAD THE TOOLS ON-HAND TO DO IT EACH DUNGEON HAD A CONCLUSION YOU SOLVED THEM FOR PROGRESS A LIFE-LONG PROCESS ONE MORE STEP TOWARD YOUR FINAL BOSSES STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE SPIRAL STAIRS OF THE TOWER YOU STARE AT THAT LAST DOOR & YOUR MIND JUST WANDERS TAKE A LONG TIME TO PROCESS LEVELS OF APPREHENSION THAT YOU CANT FIND OFTEN A YOUNG FAT BOY WHO ACTS QUITE AWKWARD A CRACKED VOICE WITH BAD CHOICES & POSTURE SAD OFTEN FEELIN LIKE I'M ONE BAD CLASS FROM THE COFFIN AS THE TEACHER STANDS BACK FOR ANOTHER MEAN COMMENT SHE JUST WATCHES WHY DO I FEEL LIKE THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS AWFUL? I SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE JUST HOPING I'D FIND THE DAY I'D OUT-THINK MY MIND I THINK I WASTED MY TIME NOW I'M TERRIFIED OF THE SUDDEN SHIFT IN PARADIGMS I'M SO SCARED TO DIE ALL ALONE PLEASE TAKE ME HOME

IT'S A BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL ILLUMINATING THEM WHITE BRICKS WHERE I LIVE IN THE NETHER I'M TRYNA KEEP IT TOGETHER USING MINIMAL EFFORTS LIKE SEVERAL PIECES OF SKELETON THAT'S SCATTERED ACROSS THE DESERT JUST FOLLOW THEM BLOOD DROPS ON THE SAND HOW I ROLL OUT THE BED, I'M FEELIN LIKE SARCOPHAGUS MAN YOU WINNIN? THAT SHIT WAS NOT IN THE PLANS ALL MY VICTORY'S BEEN WRITTEN I WRIT THAT SHIT IN ADVANCE THERE AINT A CHANCE! I SPEAK WITH PURPOSE HIP-HOP'S NOT FAKE YALL THAT'S PRE-DETERMINED EVERYTHING'S PRO-WRESTLING BENEATH THE SURFACE IF I RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP YOU YOU GONNA BELIEVE THAT IT HURTS SON DONT GET WORKED UP MARKS OUT OF ALL THE SMART GUYS IM LIKE THE WORST ONE I USED TO WISH I WAS DEAD NOW IM LIVIN 6 FEET DOWN DEEP IN THE DEPTHS ITS STILL DEADMAN INC YALL NEVER FORGET ON THE LOWER STEPS OF THE TEMPLE RAPPING FOR HATS FULL OF CENTS IM THE ACTUAL BEST SPITTER OF FACTUAL TEXT AFTER THE SET IMA JET & DIE AN UNNATURAL DEATH & WITH MY LAST BREATH I CURSE THE WHOLE INTERNET FOREVER FACEBOOK'S THE ANTI-CHRIST & TWITTER IS THE DEVIL IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEVER YOURSELF FROM YOUR SOCIAL TETHERS WHEN YOU WORK AN OVERNIGHT 9-5 & IT AINT A PLEASURE I STILL DONT LEARN LESSONS JILL TOLD ME I WONT THINK MY WAY OUT OF DEPRESSION & I RESPECT HER OPINIONS BUT I DONT LISTEN TO JILL BUT I BEEN THINKIN FOR A MINUTE & IM MISERABLE STILL SO SHE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT A LOT OF TIMES BUT I'M TOO STUBBORN TO BE A SMARTER GUY IMA BE DUMB AS HELL TIL IM MARTYRIZED THROW ME UP ON THAT CROSS & I'LL BE YOUR ZOMBIE-CHRIST DIGGIN THRU THE DIRT TO THE SURFACE I THINK I SAW THE LIGHT WE'RE UNDERGROUND NOW WHERE'D THE WALLS GO? I AINT BEEN SLEEPIN IN WATCH WHO YOU'RE SPEAKIN TO I'M NOT A REAL RAPPER I'M A STAND-UP COMEDIAN IT SOUNDS UNBELIEVABLE & YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT MY JOKES ALL JUST HAPPEN TO RHYME BECAUSE I'M A GENIUS TOO NO FOCUS WITHOUT THE PROPER DRUGS I WROTE SOME SHORT STORIES IM THE BAD GUY IN ALL OF EM 100% "GLORY WITH NO HONOR" RUN A REAL LIFE VILLAIN LIKE .... OH, THAT'S WHY THEY CALLED HIM ONE FUCK IT IM TURNING OFF THE SUN NO MORE GIANT BRIGHT BALL BURNING ALL OF US IM DONE IVE SEEN ENOUGH I SCREAM "ENOUGH!" ANYBODY ELSE NOTICE TIME SPEEDING UP? JUST DID SO IM SPEAKING UP LINE THE PEOPLE UP & FIRE THE SPEAKERS UP CAUSE I MIGHT BE THE ONE LIKE ON SOME NEO STUFF TALK FROM WHERE IM BLEEDIN FROM ON BATED BREATH WITH WHEEZY LUNGS & TELL EM ALL "LIFE IS JUST A GAME I GOT CONTROLLER 1"

REST IN PEACE TO SEAN PRICE IM A REAL WEIRD CASE OF WHITE RAPPERS GONE RIGHT IT'S ON SIGHT I'M ALL DONE PLAYIN GAMES I BEEN PLAYIN MY WHOLE LIFE BUT IM LYIN SON GOLD 64 WITH GOLD CONTROLLER LIKE IT'S MIDAS TOUCH SMASH THE START BUTTON LIKE SLAMMING INTO A FIRETRUCK JOEY Z: THE MOVIE: THE GAME: THE RAPPER THE TIGHTEST ONE I TALK LIKE IM A TITAN OF HIP-HOP WITH LOCKS LIKE A VIKING ALL GOLD NO WRISTWATCH CAUSE TIME'S FAKER THAN WHITE RACISM REVERSED OR TRYNA FIND AN HONEST OLD WHITE MAN IN YOUR BALLOT BOX IM BUSY SEARCHIN FOR A BALANCE OF MY MENTAL HEALTH & TALENTS THO NEITHER SCALE SEEMS TO HAVE A LOT BATTLED OFF MY DEMONS FOR YEARS IN A FOREST CLEARING ON TOP OF A SNOWY MOUNTAIN TIL ALL THE WAX ON THE CANDLES RAN OFF YOU SHOULD JOIN IF YOU CANT BEAT EM SO I STOPPED PLAYIN AROUND & BECAME THE KING OF MY DEMONS REST IN PEACE TO PHIFE DAWG I CANT MAKE A SONG BETTER THAN A TRIBE SONG SO INSTEAD I MADE SOME OF MY SONGS GATHERED UP SOME DRUMS FROM THE VIDEO GAMES TO RHYME ON LOW CHANCE FOR CONTACT PEOPLE WANNA HIT ME UP BUT I DONT RESPOND BACK I TOGGLED ON "DO NOT DISTURB" ON ALL OF MY CONTACTS IM BUSY MAKING BEATS & PLAYING WRESTLING PODCASTS THAT'S THE SOUND OF THE OBSERVERS THE LAST POD ON THE LEFT I MIGHT LEARN ME ABOUT A MURDER I KINDA FEEL LIKE IM CURRENT OUT OF ORDER FEELING THE HEATS FROM THE FIRES OF THE CRISES AROUND THE CORNER BUT WHATEVER THO LOYALTY'S FOR DOGS I'M A CAT GUY ALWAYS BEEN THAT SUPERVILLAIN BAD GUY EVERY CREW OF MUSICIANS I'VE EVER MOVED WITH GOT TOTALLY LEFT IN RUINS HUMILIATED & CHASTISED [MESSIAHCAREY] REST IN PEACE TO THE GRIM REAPER THE GRAVE COULDNT HOLD ME THAT'S YOUR SIGNAL TO DIG DEEPER LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THE ETHER JEEPERS CREEPERS WHERE'D YOU GET THOSE SEIZURES? NOT A SINGLE BIT WEAKER I BURST OUT THE EARTH RIP THE TAILS FROM THE CRYPTKEEPER I HOPE YOU BROUGHT SOME BIG SPEAKERS CAUSE IM HERE TIL THE GATEKEEPER STRIP ME OF MY VISA A REAL PIECE OF WORK AND UP NEXT ON THE MENU IS A SEASONED JERK THAT WILL STEP INTO THE VENUE & SEIZE YOUR TURF TELL THE ENGINEER SHUT IT DOWN PLEASE DISPERSE WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? I DUNNO I'M ON TREES LIKE A LUMBERJACK IF YOU AIN'T LOVIN RAP? I FUCK WITH NONE OF THAT SUFFERIN SUCCOTASH I GOT FUCKS TO SUCK ON TAP

[LIVFREE] I CAN SENSE THE FEAR IN YOUR CONFIDENCE FEAR IN REMARKS YOU GIVE YOU DISH OUT THE PETTIEST OF SPONSORSHIPS PETTIEST OF COMPLIMENTS PETTY IS ALL YOU GIVE SO PETTY IS ALL YOU GET THAT LOVE FOR REAL TO YOU SO WHO AM I? BUT DONT FORGET THAT LOVE FOR REAL TO YOU SO GO AHEAD AND SOAK IT IN SOAK IT IN BUT DONT FORGET JUST LEAVE ME WHERE YOU LEFT ME ALL I NEEDED WAS MY NOTE & PEN AND ALL YOU EVER NEEDED WAS SOMEBODY TO COME NOTICE THAT YOUR SHIT DONT STINK BUT LET ME TELL YOU YOUR SHIT DO STINK SO I'MA SWERVE RIGHT OFF OF THAT LIKE MY LEFT DONT BLINK THEN I'MA SWERVE BACK IN IN MY LANE I'LL STAY BECAUSE I SENSE THE FEAR IN YOUR CONFIDENCE HOLD UP I KNOW YOU BEEN AT IT FOR A WHILE DAYS TURN INTO YEARS & THEM YEARS TURN INTO HOURS FEELS LIKE YOU WASTING LIFE WASTING TIME WASTING LIGHT THE SUN IS GOIN DOWN BUT THE MOON IS COMIN ROUND & I SWEAR IT GIVE ME POWERS JUST GIVE ME BOUT AN HOUR TWISTIN UP THE FLOWER INHALE THAT SHIT THEN EXHALE ON THEM COWARDS

IS A VILLAIN REALLY A MAN? OR A SAD COLLECTION OF MENTAL STATES? STAY TUNED ME & MR. FUJI WILL INVESTIGATE BACK IN THE 7TH GRADE I USED TO PRETEND I COULD MEDITATE LEVITATE AND BEND SPOONS THEN SET EM STRAIGHT IT'S CRAZY WHEN YOU BREAK FOR SO LONG THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL BREAKS THEN WHAT? GET OUT THE CAR? OR DO YOU JUST SIT & WAIT? TAKE A BREATH DEEP IN YOUR LUNGS WE MOVIN ON NEW SONGS NEW SCHEMES GETTIN RUN I AINT WROTE A BAR IN 2 MONTHS GOT ME CHEWIN THE INSIDE OF MY MOUTH TOO MUCH IM LOSING MY FANBASE I AINT AROUND ENOUGH? IF YALL REALLY WANT ME YOU CAN SCROUNGE UP THE MONEY

I STEP THRU THE GATE LIKE "HELLO COWARDS!" I WROTE THIS WHOLE RHYME ON A PILE OF YOUR THROWN TOWELS I GUESS I CALL THIS STAGE "THE OLD TOWERS" AN IVORY STAIRCASE DECORATED WITH GOLDEN FLOWERS ALL MY SAYINGS ARE SO SOUR HOW I VAPORIZE THE MIC LIKE IDK MY OWN POWERS STABILIZE THE HYPE & I MIGHT DROP A WHOLE ALBUM BUT FIRST GO BUY ALL MY OLD ALBUMS FOR A THOUSAND BUCKS EACH ALL THESE OTHER RAPPERS SPEAK IN NONSENSE & DECEIT THEY EITHER COPY WHAT'S POPULAR IN THE STREETS OR THEY SPIT A WHOLE BUNCH OF MEANINGLESS MULTIS & JUST PRETEND IT'S DEEP LEARN MORE FUNNY JOKES I HATE NERDCORE BUT I EARNED MORE MONEY SO IDK ANYMORE THE WHOLE GAME IS A JOKE IT'S JOEY Z64 YOU CAN JUMP OFF OF THE LADDERS HERE THERE'S NO FALL-DAMAGE IN THIS GAME YOU DONT HAVE TO FEAR JUST MAKE IT THE TOP IT DONT MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHO YOU RAP FOR THE WHOLE GAME'S GOAL STAYS THE SAME SCALE THE PLATFORMS TIL YOU MAKE IT TO THE TOP GOTTA MAKE IT TO THE TOP SO YOU CAN JUMP OFF NO DOUBLE JUMPS WATCH YOUR STEP KID OR FUCK IT UP AND END UP LIKE THE REST DID DEAD AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT BOTTOMLESS PIT WHERE ALL THE RAPPER SKULLS FALL AFTER CALLIN IT QUITS I COULD NEVER AS MY VOICE, BRAIN & BODY EXIST I WONT EVER STOP TALKIN MY SHIT I AM FOREVER IMAGINE ME FALLIN OFF & NOT CONSTANTLY GETTING BETTER NOW IMAGINE IF I STARTED GIVING EFFORT THAT'D BE WILD VOCABULARY SO VILE TRIED TO BITE YOU COULDNT STOMACH IT CHOKED ON YOUR OWN BILE THROW THE SKULL TO THE PILE WITH THE REST OF THE BONES THE ENDLESS EXPANSE OF NO-PASSION EMINEM CLONES R.I.P. MARSHALL JR! YOUR SPIRIT LIVES ON THRU BAD RAPPERS IN THE FUTURE FUCK IT IM THINKIN YOU CAN CHALK THAT UP AS A W YOUR SOUL IS FOREVER OR AT LEAST UNTIL THEY COPY ANOTHER DUDE

THE KNIFE AGAINST MY THROAT SAYS UPLOAD MY BANDCAMP THIRSTS FOR BLOOD SO IM BLEEDING OUT SLOWLY & IT"LL NEVER BE ENOUGH WHEN MY VEINS RUN DRY HEAR MY BONES GET CRUSHED TIL THE DUST PILE'S BLOWN WHEN THE WIND PICKS UP RESPAWN & THE GAME GETS HARDER STILL COPYCAT RAPPERS GET DELETED WHEN THE CARTRIDGE TILTS IM MORE HARD TO KILL ALL HEART & SKILL LITTLE BIT OF LUCK & A LOT OF WILL MEANWHILE YOURE SCARED OF YOURSELF IF I RAPPED LIKE YALL I'D BE EMBARRASSED AS HELL I DONT TELL FAKE STORIES LIKE JACK & THE BEANSTALK IM SO COMPLICATED LIKE THAT AVRIL LAVIGNE SONG & I SEE THE WAY YOURE ACTING LIKE YOURE SOMEBODY ELSE WANNABES DONT WANNA BE HELPED IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN MY WHOLE VIBE'S INFAMY TIME SKIPS A BEAT YOU GET CLIPPED THRU THE FLOOR & DIE INSTANTLY I DONT WRITE SYMPHONIES I TALK IN BIG CIRCLES TIL I EARN THE MIC'S SYMPATHY IT'S ALL ME I DONT RAP ABOUT GENERIC SHIT I TELL THE TRUTH I TELL A LIE IF IT'S HILARIOUS THE SCARIEST PART OF MAKING SHIT IS SHARING IT TO THE UNCARING INFINITE ART HELL THAT WE'RE BURIED IN IT SUCKS & I WISH THAT I COULD QUIT BUT I CANT MY SAVE FILE'S CORRUPTED FORMAT YOUR DATA OR PLAY ANOTHER GAME FUCK IT FEEL THIS SHIT IN YOUR RUMBLE PAK MOTHER FUCKERS WE'RE BRINGIN THE RUCKUS BACK WHERE MY CONTROLLER AT? RUN IT BACK FUCK AROUND GET YOUR THUMBS DETACHED SCREAMIN OUT "WHY GOD?!" SEE ME TOUCH THE EDGES OF THE SKYBOX DEFTLY NO CHEATCODES WEAPONS HELD AGAINST ME NEVER PROSPER GET TURNED TO LOW-RES DEAD MEAT

EVERY SHOT COUNTS GOING ALL OUT YOU GOT 3 & YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO SHOOT EM ALL DOWN TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS & END UP ON THE HARD ROUTE I BLACKED OUT, CAME THRU & TORE MY OLD BLOCK DOWN HEAR THE LOST SOUNDS I DROPPED THE MAP LIKE 3 LEVELS BACK THAT SHIT'S GONE NOW & IM FOREVER REMORSELESS I GUESSED A BUNCH & ENDED UP INSIDE THE ENEMY FORTRESS KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN? WE'RE ALL ONLINE DEBATING OUR EXPLANATIONS ALL THESE COWARDS GETTING COURAGEOUS IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GAME & HOW YOU PLAY IT WE ALL BEG FOR VALIDATION FAKING ALL OUR FEELINGS & REMAKING ALL OUR FACES NOBODY'S GONNA MAKE IT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE GAME & HOW YOU PLAY IT HEART TETHERED TO THE SLEEVE NEVER SEEN ANY FOREST AS MORE THAN COLLECTIONS OF TREES I FEEL LIKE IM THE LEGEND IN MY OWN MIND MY SAVE WILL STILL BE THERE ON SLOT 2 WHEN MY SOUL DIES TAKE ME BACK TO THOSE OLD TIMES BACK TO MY OLD ROOM ON A BEANBAG NO LIGHTS I WAS PLAYING THAT OCARINA THE WHOLE TIME CAUSE GAMES FELT LIKE THE ONLY PLACE I WAS CROSSING THE GOAL LINE STILL AINT SEE THE FINISH THO I BEEN CAUGHT UP CHASING SECRET GOALS ON HIDDEN ROADS EVERYBODY GOT A PRICE FOR THEIR NOSTALGIA THE SHIT YOU USED TO LIKE AINT THE SHIT YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF EVERYBODY WANNA DIE FOR THEIR NOSTALGIA I'D HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENT WERE I PRIVY TO THE OUTCOMES OUTRUNNING MY DEATH RUNNING OUT OF INCENTIVES MAYBE IM STILL WAITING FOR THAT "THANK YOU FOR PLAYING" MESSAGE WHAT IF I NEVER GET IT? FUCK IT I MIGHT GO TIL IM ICE COLD WITH MY EYES CLOSED I TRIED SO MANY TIMES TO GO AWAY BUT IM HERE BACK IN THE GAME ON THAT SAME SAVE FILE FROM A LONG LONG TIME AGO EVEN IF NOBODY KNOWS I'LL KEEP RECITING MY RHYMING POEMS IN MY MIND ALONE I'LL STILL TURN THAT SCREEN ON & PUT THE LIGHTS LOW I DONT GIVE A FUCK IF I GOT ONE LIFE TO GO