Undisputed original rap tune

Genuine the truth, been that way for many moons

Get respect from many crews, even rolled with the goons

Never got fucked with, still here like Canadian loons

A toonie for his thoughts, they as real as mine

Says he grinds all the time but Dr. Phil says he's lying

Just hiding, he ain't shining, don't have the spine

Rap asking for a break, he be dropping a line

They used to be best friends, I don't get those games

Loyal to the grave, it make me charming to dames

I don't need to be famous to stand out from these lames

Poker face, five spades, thinking I might raise

No raisin in the sun, reach dreams these days

Life's shorter than the careers of these rap clichés

No talent on the stage 'cause they paid to play

I'll just chill in Shaggy's rap cave with ill beats and a DJ

I like things authentic

Things authentic

Authentic, authentic, authentic

I like things authentic

Things authentic

Authentic, authentic, authentic

Too many so-called MCs ain't living what they writing

They lying through their teeth denying that they been biting

On the next dude's rhymes and now you seeing people dying

You need to be yourself and stop trying

Stop finding any reason not to be you

'Cause if something's authentic then it's got to be true

And even if you got guns you might wanna keep that news to yourself

It's crazy what these rappers do to themselves

Popping molly, sipping lean, just abusing their health

Why can't rappers tell the truth? Man, you playing yourself

You ain't counting fat stacks, you just work from your house

Selling sensei, these MCs pretend they got clout

What you talk about? You ain't get respect for your raps

All you do is follow fads so that everything match

I'd rather be unique, my life's the truth that I speak

I'm just an honest man trying to see the end of the week

So let's go

I like things authentic

Things authentic

Authentic, authentic, authentic

I like things authentic

Things authentic

Authentic, authentic, authentic

The gimmicks don't impress me, they part of the regression

Bunch of Benjamin Buttons when they hit the studio session

Now I stand with the best man, he's close with the recipe

Lessons in poetry accredited professionally

Step outside of the box every day of my life

Creativity's high when you come from the strife

Just enough to get by, paper and something to write

Basketball and a bike and a roll of the dice

Snake eyes, the struggle's still with me tonight

Shining pizza pie in the sky and I'm having a slice

From nothing to something, make moves when I'm quiet

Binging on beats now 'cause I've been on a diet

Ignore most of these rap acts, don't believe what they rhyming

Just siphon their lines for the fake persona they priming

Take advantage of timing, me? I spit timeless

Got soul in this shit so you better rewind this

I like things authentic

Things authentic

Authentic, authentic, authentic

I like things authentic

Things authentic

Authentic, authentic, authentic

Authentic

Fortunato Gardner

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