Like You Never

For every five steps  forward i take ten steps back   i love the music but can't see where its at ?  strictly fast food runnings  how we supposed to adapt  How we sposed to raise kids to that   and i ain't blaming no one  its  starts with me   before heart failure theres blocked arteries  we were usually on point  no archery   creative to a fault   like an art degree but something happened.. it kinda like a takeover  the sampling law changed   the looping of the breaks over   tho corporate theres nothing pretty about this makeover  Pay for play and now you influence  what we say  we  even let you walk off with the deejay   its hard to hear a single scratch on records these days besides the cliches   somebody got to keep up traditions   its a new day but still something is missing i mean  (chorus )  Thats what i'm telling everybody   (i'm like you never) Thats what i'm telling everybody   (i'm like you never)  (verse two)   and now the new school is no school   cos everybody and their mama knows protools   writing raps and recording bad vocals  Being a star is more than being anti social   i'm more than boastful   I'm hopeful of brighter tommorrow   used to weaving words together other writers can follow  i hear anger in music but the message is hollow upon further  inspection  you can see whats been borrowed   foreign ideals  of real bluffing to do with nothing  now we reinvent the wheel   Caps get peeled as we slip on banana skins   stuttering stammering should have been fannie -loue hammer - ring Instead we are glimmity glammering This struggle is a headache plus anadin   mic check even breathing is challenging  the music is  a powerful thing   especially when its used to boost the power within  but you dont hear me  ha!  thats what i'm telling everybody   (i'm like you never)   thats what i'm telling everybody   (i'm like you never) ( verse three)  i had my palm read She told me not to leave this alone   so i miss real artist like nina simone  full of integrity  never to keen to be cloned  thats why the need to be different   Buried deep in my bones   cos swagger never paid bills just skills   i guess i took the long road mountain plus hills  turntables and mic cables   love from the crowd is more important than the right label  And i dont want the 90's sound back But you can't deny the linn drum really sounds wack Just living thru the movie but not feeling the soundtrack   not trying to be bourgie but not trying to be round that  I grew up in a brown black facade so i'm  not trying to act like i'm that large   but i'm trying to rap like i'm that guard when its comes to culture i'm pulling raps card like  a placard   chorus   thats what i'm telling everybody  (i'm like you never )  thats what i'm telling everybody  (i'm like you never )