Life After Mental-Grits

[ti:Life After Mental] [ar:Grits] [al:Factors Of The Seven] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Life After Mental - Grits [00:33.70]I keep comin＇ at you [00:35.38]Lyrical raptures capture you [00:36.71]Only if your soul is ready [00:38.21]I comin＇ after you [00:39.39]Bodysnatchin＇ you and dismantlin＇ your crew [00:41.64]It＇s Tennesseeans wit nouns and verbs agreein＇ [00:44.14]Wit higher being [00:45.19]Sendin＇ messages [00:45.76]Spreadin＇ through your chest it＇s just [00:48.31]Blessings from conception rearrangin＇ your perception [00:50.00]This planetary lyricist [00:51.32]At least that＇s what the Source quotes [00:53.20]Resurrectin＇ hip-hop on a higher plateau [00:55.21]We crept low [00:56.14]Movin＇ slow with intention to blow [00:57.95]Carry loads of flows for those who doubt and didn＇t know [01:01.08]And circumstances deep in crime intense seat back in the [01:03.45]Center of my body structure [01:04.51]Ready to rupture [01:05.51]At times I sat back to think again and again [01:08.31]How I broke the golden rule by doing business with friends [01:11.63]My mind traveled paths on a search to be free [01:14.38]Suspicion felt corruption had a piece of Gotee [01:17.07]Success had me stressed like the G-Mo-B [01:19.81]Cee-Lo＇s verse on ＂Thought Process＂ was the description of me [01:22.87]But them again I caught the vision that was given within [01:25.26]As a child rockin＇ mirrors wishin＇ I was Rakim [01:28.31]On stage [01:28.87]Engagin＇ state to state [01:30.00]Rampages airplay videos and stretch black limos [01:32.62]The dream that seemed impossible [01:35.11]But now I＇m doin＇ show for thousands [01:37.17]Savin＇ souls through least [01:38.36]Lacin＇ spirits concrete [01:39.86]And the belief that I inject on beats [01:41.73]Deplete [01:41.92]God＇s word that is instilled in me [01:44.54]To the masses ＇til I feel my mission here is complete [01:47.09]And it＇s essential [01:48.28]That this is my life after mental [01:49.84](Chorus) 2X [01:51.54] [01:52.23]Mental＇s over [01:53.47]It＇s the dawn of a new day [01:55.22]Out with the old [01:56.04]Different messages to relay [01:57.16]Mental＇s gone [01:57.97]It＇s time to do it up again [01:59.71]The past is behind [02:00.46]Life after will begin [02:01.15]Now let＇s talk [02:02.46]Gather to see who can talk the most noise on an album [02:07.64]You the listeners decide the outcome [02:09.14]How come [02:11.20]It＇s our second record without Mental gettin＇ the recognition it deserved [02:20.25]This Christian industry is gettin＇ on my nerve [02:22.81]Serves us right for thinkin＇ they would believe our vision [02:25.49]Give us proper support [02:26.36]But when it got hectic [02:27.67]Mission abort [02:28.17]Poor sports is what they called us [02:29.85]Now that＇s crazy [02:30.99]All cause we wanted to be pushed [02:32.43]Not ambushed and pulled [02:33.43]Off the shelves for being ourselves [02:34.94]Unlike no one else [02:36.12]But still they made comparisons [02:37.19]How Un-American [02:37.75]Strivin＇ in the midst of warzones and red tape [02:41.74]They try to hold us back [02:43.05]But it＇s the black in me that makes me create [02:45.61]Colorful collages hang on the walls of garages [02:47.49]No mirages [02:47.92]What you see is what you get [02:49.98]Ah that＇s that hit [02:51.80]Ah shoots you know I＇m in cohoots [02:53.60]With the higher power [02:54.47]Sprinkle me with spirital showers [02:56.28]Drinks anyone [02:56.78]Pourin＇ glasses of Tang [02:58.21]If you＇re drinkin＇ from me the flavor＇s lemon meringue [03:02.02]I＇ma be me despite the shackles of the industry [03:04.33]Bump they last chances [03:05.14]God engineers my circumstances [03:06.33]And hey [03:07.02]I think I like that [03:08.15]He＇s the one I confine in [03:09.86]Never dealin＇ shady and lettin＇ the enemy slide in [03:12.29]This rap game is all I got to maintain [03:14.35]It keeps me sane in my life [03:15.91]After mental [03:16.65](Chorus) 2X