[intro] ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [Verse 1 - Persuasive Pro] Tier two to the top but I tear through the layers Bare truth in the booth, I’m a prayer with a razor Brains like a database glitchin in the matrix Face it, I been chasin validation, blatant Maskin all the hatred with a cadence that’s contagious So high up I am runnin outta head room Been like this since the classroom Stayin a step of the devil so he dont entomb, Me, wait pause If the good die young that why I rock so many flaws Hearts cold waitin to see if that shit ever thaws At night I can hear thrashin and the gnaws Of hell hounds behind me Dont remind me I arose from the dark pit Now I rap like im the only one on the planet Gettin tired of tryin to compromise When I keep pocket knives An big guns under the fallen skies Waitin on God to chastise Cuz I told alotta lies Tried to be like Solemn wise When one complies With the strongest ties What applies As the vodka dries I operate like a small franchise When I saw em eyes Made me realize I love rap but the rock will arise [Chorus - Persuasive Pro] Tell me, Am I still someone you rock with Cause I am at the edge of it I am at the edge of it So tell me, Somethin I might as well be And Talk me down Tell me, Tell me, Am I still someone you rock with Cause I am at the edge of it I am at the edge of it So tell me, Somethin I might as well be And Talk me down Tell me, Tell me, Tell me. [Verse 2 - Soul L33k] Tell me, How you bury all your people and keep callin' it a phase? How you watch another mother lose her baby to the grave? How you tell a little kid that God's still listenin', When he asked Him every night and never got an answer back? Tell me, Why the bottle gets passed before the bread at the table? Why the pills got a louder voice than everybody able? Why my brother had to leave before he learned his own worth? Why the ones that needed love always seem to leave first? If a man can find peace while he's prayin' for change, Why's my faith feel weaker every time I say Your name? If You really count the tears that every broken soul cries, Why'd You count another funeral before another sunrise? Am I walkin' with the fallen while I'm prayin' for the saints? Why do angels feel so distant while the devil knows my name? Every step feels like a courtroom, every breath another case, I'm just askin' for a reason—I ain't askin' You for grace. Still wakin' from a dream feelin' less than asleep, Every night I close my eyes there's another soul to keep. I don't fear death, I fear dyin' unknown, Buildin' castles outta words just to sleep there alone. If tomorrow takes my name before tomorrow even starts, Will my songs reach the people that are livin' in the dark? Or will I just become another face they learn to miss, Another name on a stone, another prayer heaven skipped? [Chorus - Persuasive Pro] Tell me, Am I still someone you rock with Cause I am at the edge of it I am at the edge of it So tell me, Somethin I might as well be And Talk me down Tell me, Tell me, Am I still someone you rock with Cause I am at the edge of it I am at the edge of it So tell me, Somethin I might as well be And Talk me down Tell me, Tell me, Tell me.
