Loud

Sometimes I press my palm onto my chest to make sure I'm alive Sometimes I slam on the brakes before I find the drive Got a soapbox to stand on, a torch to hand on Flyin' high but we ain't got no runway to land on I see these cats flossing in their Sean John suits It's like they don't give a fuck if their mic's on mute I see the violence, the girls, the diamonds, the pearls But the only thing forever is the rhyming, these words Can I make it the game without being greedy Can I get the love that I want without being needy In every two second line, I fit fifteen words That's two hundred forty truths for every sixteen verse I made a wish to be rich on each Hi Ho But knowing is half the battle for each GI: JOE Yo! our parents didn't consider this music Maybe it's cuz we never figured out how to use it When I'm out and down I crank the volume loud Cuz I've been waiting for so long to sing it out Lalalalaloud Lalalalaloud Lalalalaloud It's like I'm losing I'm mind, and that ain't good for my sanity They told me life ain't fair and that ain't good for my vanity Trying to get to the ends, but I can't find the means Trying to sew up the world because it's not what it seems It's just me, Johnny Walker Black and Lamont Dozier I'm drunk off the music and I don't wanna be sober I know that Anni's starting to sound like a downer But every year my birth certificate gets browner It's harder to give up so I keep going It's difficult to shut up so I keep flowing It's impossible to lay down so I keep fighting Sick of all the barking, so I keep biting They're trying to close me down, but I won't pack up I'm like porn site man, I pop back up It seems like hip hop dies a little each day Rappers don't have to sing, but I'mma do it anyway When I'm out and down I crank the volume loud Cuz I've been waiting for so long to sing it out Lalalalaloud Lalalalaloud Lalalalaloud I'm gonna do it now, I'm gonna do it now Before my time runs out, I've gotta let it out I've gotta sing it loud They say to listen to your heart, that's why I speak to the beat Trying to find my direction like "Never eat Shredded Wheat" I know it's a material world but I don't like the texture I guess I could go on and on, but I don't like to lecture Tell me what's the point when it might go right through ya So I'mma stop talking shit and let this music do ya Cause when I think about High School I pop in theWu When I hear Al green I think of my ex-boo Can't listen to Kanye without seeing Cancun When I play that Pac song and think of my Mom too And Stevie Nicks reminds me of the woman I love And Stevie Wonder makes me think of heaven above Listen, this track's sounding like an Oprah show Anni usually likes to take a less hopeful note Yeah, I wanna say that hip hop is poised to die But sometimes I should shut up and just enjoy the ride When I'm out and down I put the volume loud I've been waiting for so long to sing it out Lalalalaloud Lalalalaloud Lalalalaloud I'm gonna do it now, I'm gonna do it now Before my time runs out, I've gotta let it out I've gotta sing it loud