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Tunnel Vision

Ayo the night time is sometimes so unkind
That’s why my people in the ghetto pray for sunshine
And some rhyme simply for pastime
But others see the back door exit with dollar signs
More power to ya, just watch your back and how the label do ya
Signing your life on dotted line and watch the paper screw ya
We in the tunnel, underground and we rumble
Key is to keep your head and stay humble
Same rule as the jungle where people burn trees
Inhale the poison that makes boys men and rush life before they
Left with little to no time
Brain cells dispelled, can’t comprehend the rhymes of a master
Half the crowd is getting lost in my rapture
Other half got left behind
They didn’t listen or didn’t learn
From me and the Rats are makin' microphones burn baby burn
I feel the rush when we in the zone
I don’t know if there’s another that’s stopping us
I feel the crowd And when we hit the stage
We get played through the veins like we one with the sound
I feel the mic under the dim lights
Hands in the air, it’s alright
We had to feel our way through the tunnel 'til the vision was clear
Now we here and it’s dangerous
Around the way girls grow diamonds in the rough
Some refined in the fire, others wind up gettin' stuck
Under the muck and mire, young ones lookin' tired
Looking like the date on their dreams have been expired
No desire for the future, it’s about what we used to
Change came when Dert laid the track and that fueled the fire
New Breed dangerous live wire
Mixed on a two inch, making it sound clean
Still I plan to live in extremes
Explode in this microphone dream, me and my team
Fiends for the rush of the music, don’t be sweatin' how we use it
Tracks get abused when the Rats are around
Even the sounds show respect when we check one two
People be running they mouth but still they love what we do
Writin' more rhymes, waves collidin' with shorelines
From the back hold your mind
I feel the rush when we in the zone
I don’t know if there’s another that’s stopping us
I feel the crowd And when we hit the stage
We get played through the veins like we one with the sound
I feel the mic under the dim lights
Hands in the air, it’s alright
We had to feel our way through the tunnel 'til the vision was clear
Now we here and it’s dangerous
We had to feel, and when there was no trace of life
We embraced the night then came the dawn
We had to feel our way through the tunnel
A humbling journey where we learned that we weak are strong
We had to feel our way through the tunnel 'til the vision
Brought a rhythm of life I could trust
We had to feel our way through the tunnel 'til the vision was clear
Now we here and it’s dangerous
For forty days, I’ll take you through a maze of phrases
Of power purpose and passion, inspiration
And forty nights of spotlights and mics
When the thunder come crashing and lightning strikes
So enlightening, the listeners all ghetto parishioners
Take 'em on a mission and showing 'em what the vision is
Taste of death has been blessed by the breath of life
That’s why I rep the cross of Christ
My time in this place is just so precious
Hurt in this dirt but I’m loving these life lessons
I can taste 'em but people wanna hear them fake hits
I got dreams, won’t chase 'em, I just walk in 'em
Talk in 'em, fulfill 'em even if only two, three or four feel 'em
The front page bring in more guns and more killings
I’m on stage bringin' raw feelings
I feel the rush when we in the zone
I don’t know if there’s another that’s stopping us
I feel the crowd And when we hit the stage
We get played through the veins like we one with the sound
I feel the mic under the dim lights
Hands in the air, it’s alright
We had to feel our way through the tunnel 'til the vision was clear
Now we here and it’s dangerous