[Intro] Ladies and gentlemen A treat for you tonight The conductor will conduct The orchestra in C flat Introducing The Conductor [Verse 1] My thoughts are clear, my mind at ease, everything's subjugated When I know I can please Catch you in a state, let your thoughts grow Articulate, well spoken, serene with the vocal I perform to incite, invigorate, open another angle Well-rounded, professional, robust in spirit Orchestrated by nature, still generating sounds that tell you exactly where I'm from Hood raised, still on the ground Time may elevate me, hand me accolades, awards Call me one of a kind, I'm mortar between languages Well-said, understood, strip away the ceremony Still from the hood Still, that's where I grew up Haven't lived there in a long, long time Leaving gave me room to grow It never extracted that state of mind Architect, creator, professional, virtuoso You know the name, The Conductor I'm real, I don't act it Authenticity doesn't require the practice That's him, Digi Curtain rises You know the show [Chorus] Subject matter Hear what I articulate Where I began and what I become Can coexist without debate Subject matter Language carries history Elevation changed my reach Never rewrote me (never rewrote him) Digi, Digi [Verse 2] Now that I have your full attention, hear what I came to say (Yeah) The beat is booming, sound is clear, but the message is why I perform this way No fear, far or near, I'm real enough to make the meaning clear People duplicate, put a foot inside my zone Big truck driver, hardcore virtuoso Block the lane, I might roll across your toes Figuratively, now you know, grow be an ally Recognize real without the shame Yeah, you good boy, I'll give you that But you got beside yourself and forgot my name Digi Let me say it again Let me say it again Digi Digi Figure it out before time decides for you Don't waste language on vulgarity Words become evidence of what your judgment couldn't do I'm on my way, you're not getting between me and my bag Saw that beautiful girl and wanted the ball No swagger, no finesse, so you arrived stacked Don't resent who I am Shakespeare had his language in the hood I am what I be If that requires no contemplation Say it, Digi Exactly, that's me [Chorus] Subject matter Where he began What he became Still me Now contemplate this If I grow, did I leave myself behind? Or did distance give me room to cultivate my mind? Origin ain't limitation, growth ain't betrayal Come from concrete, still speak in detail Refinement without surrenderin' my edge Wisdom ain't weakness, restraint ain't fear I can walk among scholars and recognize the cur Change a room through articulation, without disguisin' every word That's evolution, not erasure, know the difference Your past can be foundation without becoming your existence I remember where I came from, I just don't live there in my head Some carry yesterday until tomorrow never gets properly fed Not me, take the lesson, leave the weight, keep the character, lose the hate Build the craft, expand the mind, know when to speak and when silence says it better Winning ain't merely being known, it ain't applause when you enter Sometimes winning is becoming somebody your younger self couldn't yet envision Becoming still street, still articulate, still creator, still me Elevation doesn't require becoming somebody else's definition of elevated So what's the subject matter? Identity, growth, language, purpose, integrity I am where I've been, I am what I've learned, I am what I create Every chapter I survived gave the next one more authority to speak Don't measure me only by where I started, study what I became And if after all that you still forgot You know the name, Digi The Conductor [Chorus] Subject matter Hear what I articulate Where I began and what I become Can coexist without debate Subject matter Language carries history Elevation changed my reach Never rewrote me (never rewrote him) Never rewrote him (never rewrote him) The more I learn The more I understand How much remains to be understood That's the subject matter [Outro]
