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[Intro] [Verse 1: Seth Dyer] *Empty bar* What does it take What does it take What does it, what does it, what does it take This ain't' no game, I had to sell all of my shit Yeh I'm married to this bitch i got a ring, yeh I commit Had a job when I was 15 bought all my studio gear Saving all my pay cheques now I watch this shit all disappear And I'm lookin' in the mirror like who the fuck is there Not the same kid from Marshall, chillin' with niggas' on the stair Used to go to parties on Eglington West, now we going to vegas Link some strippers vegas strip, tell these niggas I'm the shit And I'll say that once again like... Nigga I'm the shit, you didn't know Now we be ahead these niggas and we still young And your whole entire album can't fuck with my track one And I'm always hungry all my dogs be stayin' on the hunt You think this shit is so hot, wait till we drop Actaeon Lord god, ain't' nothin' realler than the hate Cuz' these niggas' love to talk and these women's love is fake I gon' tell these niggas' once better get us while we cheapest Cuz when the boy is on, it's gon' cost you couple pay cheques Everything you do drunk I do sober Just so I can't excuse my actions when this shit is over We on our grind and this is the best time to pay our dues I won't take your two cents cuz' that shit would leave you destitute I just wanna' tell the truth I ain't' tryna befriend these niggas' In fat I don't wanna do anything with these niggas' I'm taking risks but not playing board games with these niggas' My bars just pull me up so I can't hang with these niggas' Now welcome to the renaissance, it'a new age New wave new fame and I'm looking like the king And my team, they be looking like the Papal Guard All these rap niggas' better pray to God That I don't take your spot, don't take your spot Cuz' I kill records and treat it as sport Devour these bars I am never off course I got so much drive I am never off course On the stage rapping until I go hoarse If you don't feel me you gon' feel me for sure And if you feel me you gon' feel me some more And if you don't feel me you're a bitch of course Of course, I'm mercury Closest to the heat Don't be a shallow girl Life is so deep But you, don't, understand me These women won't be happy Cuz' they can't get with me Bitch please, all you gon' get is this D Take off your EV tee, jeez can't be Part of the life that I lead, so we gon' fuck and we gon' leave Oh Lord They gon' judge me for what I spit I said oh Lord They don't pay my bills so they ain't' worth shit It's a new age, new age Buy a chain, buy a chain, we some slaves Say my name, say my name, like it's your last days Don't let it be in vein don't let it be in vein Welcome to the renaissance it's a new age Welcome to the renaissance it's a new age Welcome to the renaissance it's a new age New age [Verse 2: Seth Dyer] Huh, yeh, so this is the title track I'm youngest amongst my peers but my mind thinking older than some artifacts I am a straight insomniac, don't even be gettin' no sleep Cuz' I gotta work everyday, like, someone wanna' take it from me I just got signed as an actor, guess I'm dealing with all the drama Now where I'm gettin' these dollas' to pay these contract quotas I can't get it from my momma, she broke like some glassware And my tax free money been diminishing since last year I ain't' got a care no more, girl you ain't' there no more Life ain't' fair no more, see these tears no more We don't speak no more, can't breathe no more This ain't' me no more, I ain't sure, I ain't sure Who I be when I go out and give my soul to the world I be dealing with all these girls and they want me all on their own I be picking up on my phone, it say you be home alone And that girl right before texted me two hours ago Having too much choice now that just leads to no choice at all Huh, yeh, so this is the title track Fraid' to have you in my grasp, cuz' my life could change quicker than flash I ain't' never been flawless, I'm broken hearted are you ok with that But how you gon' ever see light, if there ain't' never no cracks Now EV be the family, I just wanna' fill up our plates Average be killin' shit out in the states, I won't ask for this shit no other way And we here building legacies, I, just wanna' get my people paid Cuz', Slimmz and I been on this shit, before instagram was thang' I gotta' remember these days, cuz, they won't be the same again I wanna' keep us connected like I be a data plan All these rappers, in my city, buy likes I'm earning my fans And if you was fake from the start, you gonna' be fake in the end Surrounded by yes men, I know they never mean well But well is a deep hole, and nothing comes out the pale Yeh, forever let's be remembered I wanna' get so high that if I fell I'd drop in heaven, yeh [Spoken Word: Seth Dyer] Sometimes I see the rain in slow motion The way each drop traverses the sky doomed to crash land on the city's concrete But in it's short life it remains Unknowing While dancing overhead it's presence is unavoidable Limitless Maybe it's the fact that I've been awake for twenty-two hours Or that fact that I observe with my ears and not my eyes, as to why, I can see the time, between Infinites Every storm has a story, and I am a storm chaser My life in the clouds has changed my human Nature A solitary raindrop who's purpose is not yet known The rumbling of the sky the bass sets my tone And then the flashes of lightning came crashing down I wanted to be like them They obtained the fame, they were the memories the earth kept That's what I would become and so I feel from the cloud only to realize... I'm a raindrop, a raindrop who thought he could be lightning Failure is the child of pride and if I knew not pride i would not meet his successor He is the cold hard ground which breaks me to pieces I can only pray that the sun returns me to the sky, so I can once again try, to become That valiant flash I was once a drop of rain I was an individual amongst millions Now I sit in this puddle with my peers and no one can tell us apart Some of us will disappear beneath the city Some of us will be taken back home... To the clouds Where we will once again wait, for the storm Where we will once again strive... To become lightning Sometimes I see the rain, in slow motion