Lyrics I See Falling Ribbons - Painter Tony

Let's get it popping
You hear that you hear that
You hear that you hear that
I hear some people wanna tempt me
To their side
I'd rather die
Before I ever switched from my side
I'd rather die
Before I ever switched from God's side
I'd rather die
I'd rather die
I'd rather my daughter be fatherless
Than to loose my faith
I like to lock with wool
I'd rather cut the snakes
I done earn my stripes
Like Tony eating frosted flakes
Heaven sound amazing
Not a burning lake super facts

Run through mental memories
When I need reminders of me
It's like something always
Tryna make me erase my memories of me
Every way I turn
It's always something tempting me
I don't play the victim for me
For me I have no sympathy
Keep my morals
While my fist tight on my dignity
The Word keep me sharp
My tone can come off rigidly
I don't bend to the world
I'm like rigidity
Some people wanna scroll my brain
There's no simplicity
Keep my circle small
Cause nighas like complicity
When I prophecy
Fools think it's for publicity
I always speak clearly in detail
That's explicitly
My view sophisticated
I see from the lens of an epiphany
I open my mouth
And drop gems like stones infinity
I like to study and teach speaking bout divinity
Told my teens
Don't let the world steal your identity
Speak the truth
Don't worry bout penalties or others enmity

The people that hate you wanna be you
True true yea true
The people that envy you wanna be you
True true yea true
You got what they want they wanna use you
True true yea
If you don't comply they try to subdue you
True yea
If that don't work they try to seduce you yea
And if that don't work
They try to reduce you yea
They study you close like scouts review you
True yea
If you deny them they label you
Kookoo kookoo Kookookoo True

I speak through it cause I lived through it
Surprised I still look young and been through it
I praise The LORD I ain't crash out
And knocked off one of these boyz
Cause LORD knows I been tempted
To make some cry by choice
But I don't wanna hear
A mother's crying voice
I always pray gather myself
Like it ain't worth it
Gotta let their choices eat them up
My peace is worth it
Can't wear a smile
With sadness shining behind
My mouth of teeth
I'd rather grin while
Trampling snakes and scorpions under my feet
Nobody can punk me into their agenda
I'm not the rapper
That's get on mics pretending
I'm the one that keep it real with nighas
No matter how they feeling
I don't act pro black
Or put culture before God
That's not appealing
The truth tends to wreck alotta feelings
I see y'all crying in y'all mansions
Hoarding all them millions
Still empty with a lotta listens
On stage it's falling ribbons
One day y'all ga learn to listen
One day y'all ga learn to listen
Depicting real
Y'all depicting real
Y'all depicting real
Yet I know y'all boyz fiction
Let it begin let it begin
True true say true true
True true true true true
Yea don't ever play with me or mine
Yea I'm talking to all of y'all
They know who they is