Sticks And Stones

[Verse 1: Stalley] No weapons formed against me shall prosper You can hate, but I shall prosper I came from Ramen to shell pasta Stayed positive without being a shell popper Been a hip hopper since Run was a shell topper Papa said ''stay of the streets unless your bell proper'' This society is a monster It'll shoot you up and hunt ya for being yourself Cause people hate what they can't conquer The streets is like contra Dramatized like opera, [?] and scream Tearing out your dreams, they'll hunt ya Throwing bullets and bombing your hood Propaganda escape through the ganja You can't take what they honor And that's loyalty and honesty which always been a part of me So pardon me if nothing you do harms me Gonna need more than sticks and stones and an army to stop me I'm not afraid of your criticism or threats, you copy? [Hook: Rashad] Darts and needles, bow and arrows Ain't no weapon that can stop us now Sticks and stones, bombs and bullets I'm not afraid anymore I'm not afraid anymore I'm not afraid anymore [Verse 2: Stalley] (Now I look at all my doubters and laugh) I escaped all the doubt Took the road less traveled and made my way out Took chances, I ain't know how my life would play out Used to sit back in my granny's house in my playhouse Dream about the big stage way before the mixtapes And everybody would say it would never happen And you would never see the world beyond Massillon Some people leave and fall right back in this trap and Get stuck here, no luck here - that's just facts, man That small town story they don't wanna hear, they want action Guns blasting, jewelry flashing And your music's full of passion Which is wrong when you're rapping But now I'm touring when I'm rapping overseas Seeing things I never could imagine Even in that playhouse my dreams never played out The way my life has Goals I accomplished in past Now I look at all my doubters and laugh [Hook: Rashad] [Verse 3: Stalley] They said the first shall be last and the last shall be first They listen to every word so be patient in your verse And to get your point across you don't even gotta curse If God curse the unspiritual may he bless the most lyrical Used to think I had to rap gangster to play in stereo Grew up on C-Bo, also a scenario So my conscience in the middle Right next to [?] played Tony when I was little Montana, gun handles with bandannas out the window Afraid to play outside, but life ain't what you live for It's more about putting life into your kinfolk So don't worry about who's rich or been broke Just write until your pen broke and then write it in blood With slit veins until you pour out all of the love Now that's thug An honest man lend an honest hand help a struggled man up So what? [Outro: Rashad](Stalley) I'm not afraid anymore (Afraid to say what I felt Afraid to tell my story and be myself) I'm not afraid anymore (Afraid to be loved and afraid to love myself) I'm not afraid anymore (Used to hide from the hate Used to run and try to hide my face)