Elbow Room

Excuse me, excuse me
Coming through, coming through
Make way, make way
Coming through to show a bunch of love
Check this out, for you and yours

Elbow room, I need some elbow room
With all this ambition, I need elbow room
You know what time it is, but you won't look at the clock
You wanna keep going when you know you should stop

There's groups, a lot
With demos to shop like they're the Betos
But they're not
Wake up from the dream, go back to school
Get an education, an occupation
Can't chase a dead cat
Can't get too far on a bike if the tires are flat
You have a homie who has a cousin
Who used to cut the hair of an intern at a label
Who says he's able to pass a word to his boss
Yeah it's a lead, but his boss doesn't know his first name
Perpetration is the game
It's that "I'm ahead of you kid"
Big busy man chat
God showed me I don't fit in the scheme of things
At the most, I'll rock a chain and my wedding ring
We're all different from one another
Beyond color, the mystery has been uncovered

Elbow room, I need some elbow room
With all this opposition, I need elbow room
You know what time it is, but you won't look at the clock
You wanna keep going when you know you should stop
Come on
Elbow room, I need some elbow room
With all this ambition, I need elbow room
You know what time it is, but you won't look at the clock
You wanna keep going when you know you should stop

Prevent the mistake is how I think
You better fix the leak before the boat sinks
Labels put money in to get money back
Turn around and blame the public when the group is wack
Point blank, I'm stating the fact
I'm cutting down the rubbish with my battle axe
I see why people think rap is trash
A song is garbage if it's all about cash
I understand, survival is key
But where will you be when there's no more money?
Blank and empty, unfulfilled
For me it's almighty God, not the dollar bill
I wasn't born with a crew, I won't die with a crew
I can't be frustrated, I can just pray for you
If your flesh wants to rap but your spirit says no
I suggest you listen to the spirit, grow and grow

Elbow room, I need some elbow room
With all this opposition, I need elbow room
You know what time it is, but you won't look at the clock
You wanna keep going when you know you should stop
Come on
Elbow room, I need some elbow room
With all this ambition, I need elbow room
You know what time it is, but you won't look at the clock
You wanna keep going when you know you should stop

If rap isn't calling, it must have been a crank call
Get some caller ID so you know where it's coming from
Before you pick it up and waste a bunch of time on the phone
Speaking on my behalf every waking second
Is self-examination, constantly facing
Where can I improve according to spiritual law
As a man of flesh, as a man of flaw
Can't do it without you Lord, I'm a codependent
You know my heart and whether I meant it
Man's more concerned with pleasing man before pleasing you
We can say what we want, but we know it's true
Yes this is message music, speaking to those who abuse it
Mess around and lose it, everything we do is recorded
Hell is the price of sin, I can't afford it, no

Elbow room, I need some elbow room
With all this opposition, I need elbow room
You know what time it is, but you won't look at the clock
You wanna keep going when you know you should stop
Come on
Elbow room, I need some elbow room
With all this ambition, I need elbow room
You know what time it is, but you won't look at the clock
You wanna keep going when you know you should stop

You wanna keep rapping when you know you should stop
You wanna keep graphing when you know you should stop
You wanna keep scratching when you know you should stop
You wanna keep dancing when you know you should stop
You wanna keep dashing when you know you should stop
You wanna keep laughing when you know you should stop