Lyrics Canvas - Mike Nova

These days, success defines your Instagram followers, not flowers and potty jugs, not
Warmth or motherly love, but applause from those of us whose locked like fisted cuffs
Captivated by the nonsensical
We all wanna be legendary like the man with the studded gloves, won't put in the time, or

Even an ounce of dripping blood
We all claim we sweat, some of us can't stand the stench, rather be the player on the bench
Than the one who built the bench
Inadequate beings can't handle the squeeze, when life throw lemons at em, rather settle

For peas, that's small minded your own kind did, have no drive, but wanna saddle up for the
Long mileage, foot on the pedal, burn rubble to the pebbles, clash with the metals, I blaze
A trail, peep the sparks in the sky, nova flash, bang, I'm one of a kind, my own thoughts project
Nigga what visual mind, I been tryna eliminate the fears I have in my life, untangle the

Knots with the rope, I lock in with the climb, from uphill battles to downhill slopes, I
Master any terrain, nigga, I train to train, y'all niggas quick, fast, with it, that's
Train to train, y'all niggas too fragile, mane like paper planes, y'all quit when shit
Hit the fan, nigga, it rains, it rains, you better grab a umbrella, wrap the bandages

Up for the growing pains, and own the thing, no need for Novocaine, no powder in nose
I was born with dope in vein, I overcome y'all overdose, perfect the toss, y'all overthrow
I open pour and overflow, I open soul then over glow, y'all niggas need to know then know
Some more, I lock in zone, no open door, I focus more, y'all niggas need to take some

Notes, your favorite rapper ain't step down, I stole the torch, breathe, yeah, I rise out
The mud and played in moats, y'all niggas rest in the trench till y'all body croaks
Talk little shit but do the most, why every time a nigga say you ain't built for the streets
Y'all niggas go hard to prove that you built for the streets, but when they say you can't chase

Your dreams, you lie in defeat, what type of shit is that, nigga, where's the heart of the beast
But you a savage, right, rock boutiques but have a panic life, money tall, nigga
But you standin' light, your character flawed, boy, woo, what your standards like?, uh, I paint
The picture like motion scriptures, I mold the mold, truth be told, I'm more consistent than half

These niggas than they know I know, they know I know that I know I know, but I ain't gon' name
So-and-so after so-and-so, it's easy, nigga, where the fuck be the limelight, put some shine
On my canvas when the time right, evolution of a nigga turned godlike, you seen it firsthand
Way before the prime time, Nova.