The Matrix

When you been doin' this as long as Ivan and I have
You see a lot of errors
You see a lot of people come and go
But we've remained
And a lot of people wonder why
We didn't care when no one was listening
We didn't care when the world was listening
We do this 'cause we know it's what we're meant to do
Peace

They want me down in the depths
They love me most when I'm stressed
Don't want me stackin' no checks
They love to hear I'm depressed
Guess that I smile as a flex
Fuck it, I'm good as it gets
You can take that to the next
Sorry that I never rest
It's been a hit after hit after hit
Like, how could you not be impressed?
I don't live in the machine
I paid a price for the dream
They wanna know what I'm stackin'
But I got a habit of taking my losses like Neo so I can be free
Oh, you think you got a hit?
Think that you're bigger than this?
Give it a decade, on that kind of runway
I'm positive most couldn't maintain the chokehold I have on this shit

I heard they wanted me winnin' until I
Was winnin' way bigger than them (Damn)
I heard the thing about winners is someone
Else winnin' don't throw off the pen (True)
I know the industry tend to be knives
In the back and a paranoid lens (True)
Careful how you choose your enemies, even
More careful when choosin' your friends

Choosin' the red, can't live in the blue
Won't choke on a lie, I swallow the truth
I know there's answers outside of the Matrix
I wrote 'em all down and I'm livin' as proof
I know they saw me as far as the roof
I blew through the scaffolding, Sonic the Boom
I brought some drip for the trip on the ship
For the course that I charted from Move 52
Yeah, they tried to get me to color in lines
Livin' a life that I knew wasn't mine
So many livin' ain't really alive
To wake up in somethin' I'm tryna provide
Life isn't what you create
Don't leave it all up to fate
You'll be surprised when you wake
Just how much you're able to shape

They want me down in the depths
They love me most when I'm stressed
Don't want me stackin' no checks
They love to hear I'm depressed
Guess that I smile as a flex
Fuck it, I'm good as it gets
You can take that to the next
Sorry that I never rest
It's been a hit after hit after hit
Like, how could you not be impressed?
I don't live in the machine
I paid a price for the dream
They wanna know what I'm stackin'
But I got a habit of taking my losses like Neo so I can be free
Oh, you think you got a hit?
Think that you're bigger than this?
Give it a decade, on that kind of runway
I'm positive most couldn't maintain the chokehold I have on this shit

Instead of a handout
Put 'em together and count up your blessings
Flexin' like they on the map
Nobody searchin' you up, ain't no point to address it
Left it at faith, she said that I'm destined
Left you on read 'cause I'm not as invested
Come to the studio, it's me and the henchmen
Got 'em on hook like I'm flippin' a question
Markin' my past, foot on the gas
Only time that I question myself is when did I ask?
If it ain't family or God, I'm just here for the cash
Keepin' 'em guessin', I got on the mask
Things gon' get messy if I step on the grass
Always on me, bae, you don't gotta ask
Coming in first like, "How long can this last?" (Haha)
Hit after hit after hit after hit
Put up the logo, they know what it is
Settin' the bar like a gymnast but this time I'm making a flip
Ice on my neck 'cause they want me to slip
Say it's all love but they want me to quit
Pray for the rain 'cause they hate on the drip
I know what it is, I know what it is, yeah

They want me down in the depths
They love me most when I'm stressed
Don't want me stackin' no checks
They love to hear I'm depressed
Guess that I smile as a flex
Fuck it, I'm good as it gets
You can take that to the next
Sorry that I never rest
It's been a hit after hit after hit
Like, how could you not be impressed?
I don't live in the machine
I paid a price for the dream
They wanna know what I'm stackin'
But I got a habit of taking my losses like Neo so I can be free
Oh, you think you got a hit?
Think that you're bigger than this?
Give it a decade, on that kind of runway
I'm positive most couldn't maintain the chokehold I have on this shit