Good Intent

[Hook: Rohan] Got the good intent, bad living Tryna separate the fact from the fiction The man from the mind, the rhyme from the rhythm And... yeah we still kicking Got the good intent, bad living Tryna separate the fact from the fiction The man from the mind, the rhyme from the rhythm And... yeah we still kicking [Verse 1: MD] You know I'm tryna find a balance And I'm searching for faith to keep my pessimism silent Skepticism crying out, tears upon the eyelid And I'm thinking 'bout the past, I guess it's my apologizing Dear God, I'm 'bout to write an open letter Dedicated to the angels that are watching from the heavens My family behind me in the mind and all the sessions While I'm rapping every sentence, instead of praying to the reverends Got me asking all 'em questions, focus all demented Do I do it for the love or do I do it for the mentions? Am I in it for the music, or in love with the attention? Tryna figure how to set it, while the burbs are what I'm reppin' Difficulty setting on 7, while the pencil's in possession And a writer's block as heavy as a burden on a felon Can't relate, but though I've never killed a man I've got a plan to catch a murder, spitting wicked writtens 'till the lyrics kill 'em [Hook] [Verse 2: Rohan] I got that lone lion mentality, no eyes on the salary If it happens like that, the chrome fires right back at me My face on that nickel plate, the outcome: Blast at tremendous rates-- I can't outrun myself Nah... that steel mirror got me crumbling Move backwards; is it real or am I just fronting? When the curtains get to raising and the burners get to blazing How do you go through the motions when in certain situations I'm motionless, so I don't got to-- Hostile tryna pop through a case of emotionless-ness Exit left, cause the stage done had enough Of you adamant mannequins tryna crack my clique This is real life fictionalized Living the rhyme, pick up a dime, toss it in the wishing well A bit of my time's gone... rolling down the river Life's a snuff film with the close-up on the picture, like... [Hook] [Verse 3: MD & Rohan] Take a loss before the winning; sacrifice is essential My mental sinning on a quest to wisdom just to make 'em listen Gotta make a big decision while I'm sitting in position On a mission with a distant destination; mind is racing On this occupation, vision is amazing ever-bracing For them desperate trials, tribulations, plus the different types of agitations Jotting notes from all the lessons, now I'm pacing to the finish Tryna rap with good intentions