Revelations-Masta Ace

[ti:Revelations] [ar:Masta Ace] [al:A Long Hot Summer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Revelations (启示) - Masta Ace [00:12.12]At times I don't know who I be [00:14.06]And when I look in the mirror it's like I don't know who I see [00:17.45]Am I even moving at all [00:19.54]Cuz I swear I can't tell if my life is improving at all [00:23.07]Every time I got a pen in my hand [00:24.89] [00:25.54]I forget every time before that one has been in my hand [00:28.78]And I write for the moment get it tight how I want it [00:31.73]Get the right lawyer on it cuz I might wanna own it [00:34.57]I tussle and I fight I hustle and I write [00:37.27]I struggle every night with every muscle in my mic [00:39.57] [00:40.16]I'm in this rap race trying to eat the cheese [00:42.44] [00:42.98]But y'all don't know my name like alicia keys [00:45.00] [00:45.90]My face ain't familiar neither is my music [00:48.66]If sh*t don't soon change I be the one to lose it [00:51.54]I drink a little liquor tryin' to heal my nerves [00:54.22]Cuz y'all don't listen here and feel my words [00:56.44] [00:57.04]But something's wrong with y'all ain't nuttin' wrong with me [01:00.01]And happy in my life is what I long to be [01:02.23] [01:02.81]And happy in my life is what I'm gonna be [01:04.93] [01:05.52]What you see in me is what I was born to be [01:08.44]From the day that my moms first birthed a child [01:10.48] [01:11.07]She didn't need the world to make it worth the while [01:13.94]So I don't need no magazine to reach the pinnacle [01:16.29] [01:16.91]Screw a review and you can eat the interview [01:19.10] [01:20.10]Cuz that's what y'all seem to tend to do [01:22.78]Them cats you cover all seem identical [01:24.80] [01:25.40]Through it all I weave like the park was here [01:28.13]And shine underground cuz it's darkest there [01:30.35] [01:31.56]Keep movin' along keep bringin' it on and keep singin' the song [01:35.60]Try and listen [01:36.25] [01:37.14]Keep movin' along keep bringin' it on and keep singin' the song [01:41.33]Try and listen [01:42.01] [01:42.80]Keep movin' along keep bringin' it on and keep singin' the song [01:46.67]Try and listen [01:47.56] [01:48.37]Keep movin' along keep bringin' it on and keep singin' the song [01:52.26] [01:53.63]Y'all industry niggaz should be feeling ashamed [01:56.15]Y'all like he ain't still in the game he's stealing the name [01:59.20]Oh wait just a sec that's straight disrespect [02:01.33] [02:01.94]Take sh*t and get and don't be late with the check [02:04.34] [02:04.87]I'm on the underground trying to scrape and scrounge [02:07.61]And sure it feel good to take a break and lounge [02:10.39]All these ups and downs like a roller coaster [02:12.67] [02:13.27]Life is a b**ch I'm trying to hold her closer [02:15.55] [02:16.22]I'm killin' every ni**a in sight sight [02:18.37] [02:19.24]The bigger the dog the bigger the fight [02:21.60]If you really say you know me then you'd figured I might [02:24.12] [02:24.81]Try to use my anger as a trigger to write [02:27.33]I put it down simple on the paper or pad [02:29.65] [02:30.20]Try to take a stab at what is making me mad [02:32.60] [02:33.22]I jump on the track and I ride it through [02:36.01]And do it for the people that are tried and true [02:38.14] [02:38.84]But y'all so fickle y'all love me today [02:40.96] [02:41.52]And tomorrow love another cat and shove me away [02:43.77] [02:44.33]But most ain't committed to do it how I did it [02:47.38]In the way that I did it in the way that I spit it [02:50.10]It's like my burst of truth and it might hurt the booth [02:52.45] [02:53.07]But first the proof it gave birth to youth [02:55.23] [02:55.95]Rap's like trying to take a piss in the wind [02:58.43]I'm just glad to know that some of y'all are listenin' in [03:00.72] [03:01.77]Keep movin' along keep bringin' it on and keep singin' the song [03:05.87]Try and listen [03:06.70] [03:07.58]Keep movin' along keep bringin' it on and keep singin' the song [03:11.52]Try and listen [03:12.20] [03:13.15]Keep movin' along keep bringin' it on and keep singin' the song [03:17.47]Try and listen [03:18.06] [03:18.83]Keep movin' along keep bringin' it on and keep singin' the song