Ego Vs. Soul

[Intro] [Verse 1: ECHO] I got an ego, sometimes it takes over My soul fights with it, and I'm the whole soldier No army fatigues, but I'm tired and older Fuck the world, I be on my own shoulders I stay high, but my vibration lowers I need to cut that shit out, lawnmowers A blade cuts a blade of grass, I'll show ya A new way of thinking, wake up and smell the Folger's Nobody owes ya, that's the ego talkin' When I'm walkin' around, I put my fears in coffins I'm Dodgin' blues, the Angels, they're red The Devil's been dead, he was never in my head I'm consciousness, so my soul stays fed You could never break my spirit, even if we break bread The ego stays scared, my soul it's brave Allegory Of The Cave, walk with me [Hook] Id, ego, superego, soul Reason, spirit, lust, whoa Learn to control these things you flow Cause life is a river, better learn how to row So many levels, you don't even know It's a battle inside between my ego and soul (3X) [Verse 2: ECHO] I got a soul and I love when it drives It takes the wheel and the ego just rides I've lived many lives, I stay learnin' I see those hurdles and my soul stays swervin' Nobody's perfect, I know one thing's certain If my soul is on fire, then the passion is burning' I keep turnin' pages, the flesh ages My vibe raises and my soul, it's ageless My mind, faceless and that really matters Everything is atoms and that's what makes matter And what controls atoms, is consciousness That's how I make a fist, how I spit like this How I walk around the planet, how I think so quick Everything is fuckin' backwards, Mxyzptlk If my ego is bruised well that's easy to fix Cause it's not that big to begin with nicca [Hook] Id, ego, superego, soul Reason, spirit, lust, whoa Learn to control these things you flow Cause life is a river, better learn how to row So many levels, you don't even know It's a battle inside between my ego and soul (3X) [Verse 3: ECHO] So who's the pilot, who flies me? Consciousness behind my E-Y-E I'm not just a body, I am more than that And I love hip-hop, but this is more than rap And I love Showbiz, this that new Soul Clap And the ego is strong, but we over that Fuck fear, jealousy, and those other traps Like guilt, resentment and these color gaps Those are all ego trips, you ain't gotta pack That's a pretty shitty journey, you may not come back And that's far from home, you done roamed too far I wannabe a superstar, but that's my ego dawg And I overstand that, so I shift my focus I used to be insecure, I just want to be noticed And my heart was the coldest, I thought I was hot But like a hologram of 2Pac, you could see through me nicca [Hook] Id, ego, superego, soul Reason, spirit, lust, whoa Learn to control these things you flow Cause life is a river, better learn how to row So many levels, you don't even know It's a battle inside between my ego and soul (3X)