Rise Of The Rebel-7L & Esoteric

(Verse 1:) It's the rise of the rebel, story of an MC Glory evidently don't tempt me Yo, my first contact with this music Was fifth grade when the biggest threat was a switchblade No bull, for real, Jordan was still A Tarheel at NC when I first thought I'd MC Dwelling in the Bean before (?) Seldom heard, I was rarely seen Travelling between Bev and Dorchester Each semester of my life For as long as I remember was trife Living on the cutting edge of a knife Busy making (?) tapes and pasting odd breaks To butt heads with the mic First time on stage, duke, I was rocking grey (?) Eso I had Cuccini shirts and a beige suit I used to have high top with lines in my head Now I ride the train with these lines in my head I no longer have time for this bullshit The politic dug six smiling at cats I wouldn't even wanna f**k with On the personal B.I. tip or friendship They're reversible and two-faced Titty like a cash-filled suitcase "F**k y'all" leaves my mouth quicker than the taste of toothpaste One of the illest to sport scene The only way I'm going peacefully is with morphine (Chorus: x2) It's the rise of the rebel, story of an MC Glory evidently don't tempt me Yo you living life, shit is trife A little tyke growing up that wanna spit on a mic Get it right (Verse 2:) Yo, let me set it straight for people that show love And people that show hate, my life's far from great My folks far from rich, a message to the kids Think for yourself, don't believe a gospel biz See I know you gotta teach to keep kids in the seats But rap ain't a tool to put my fan's biz in the streets And I don't know why I spit this arrogant shit When most my life is filled up with embarrassing shit I don't walk around crying cause my parents is split They ain't had hella kids, I don't know no relatives I ain't got no type of cash but y'all think I do Cause I flash and spend it on superficial trash My 25th hour just never seemed to pass So it's only right I live each day like it's my last This is for the cats that heard the flow And got the rap round twisted like vertigo And yo (Chorus x2)