[Intro Hook - whispered, immediate entry, no instrumental delay, dry and close] nobody knows me, nobody dares nobody can know me nobody cares Life is so hard people can't look up sometimes and that is why the universe saw fit to give me rhymes if you really think you do show me because as soon as you do that was the old me [Spoken Word - MC warm up, close mic, slight room] uh, look it's not pretty but it's true [Verse 1 - fluid flow, water-like, lots of space, let words breathe] if my friends ever saw me act in anger they would never come around that guy is dangerous they would say only safe place for him is in the ground (yeah) if my enemies could see how kind I am to my friends they would never be afraid he is just a means to our ends they would say we can play him for days but truth is, get right down to it people get what they earn, what they deserve doesn't matter if it's real kindness or something that just hit the nerve I'm not about easy living, I'm not about wasting my time the intensity of either is too much for both so I put it all down in a rhyme I just move through life like water I fit the shape the situation needs doesn't matter if it's raising someone up paying my respects or making someone bleed it sounds quite extreme but making decisions beforehand keeps the actions clean I think if you were hungry you would surprise yourself at what you will do and you would be shocked to learn they would do it to you too [Verse 2 - Beat Switch, second rapper, harder cadence, sharper, percussive, incisive] if you think this guy is kidding hes not if you think you can take him you get the box you think you can chase him kick rocks you don't have the space to contain him hes the whole block if you are anywhere near this where you can feel the beat and hear this it's not that this man is fearless he just over comes everything every wall, every winter, every reason to quit every version of himself he never thought he'd meet that told him this was it, curtain call he just didn't accept it he buried them all under everything he'd hide like dust WE RISE! [Hook - anthemic, layered vocals, choir swell] I already know me, I already dared nobody can know me you think you know me but I am not there everything every wall, every winter, every reason to quit every version of himself that told him this was it he buried them all under everything he built [Outro - busted radio effect, tape hiss, lo-fi filter, distant] Dare Dare Dare da...
