Ransom & Mayor
Pain is Glory
[Intro]
Hey Mayor
Ayo Jamz, I see you behind the boards, boy
This sounding real musical, real beautiful, huh
Sorta like the modern day Mozart or some shit, ha
Of course I'm like the modern day Michelangelo
The way I paint these pictures
They ain't gon' quite understand it yet
Let me paint though
[Verse]
The voice of the people that many tried to silence, besides the violence
They're truly fearful of my dеfiance
Their first reaction whеn they was thinking that I'm compliant
You should try the science, politicking with some giants
And try to make an alliance
They underestimated the fearless heart of a lion
That's here to sharpen the iron
The clearest stars in Orion, that wears the scars of a Mayan
There's pain in them clear visions
Doubted every step in this journey but still appear driven
Telling me to take care, but never was no cares given
Crying on them prison tears, tattered up the tears dripping
Dirty ass apartments starving
Empty the frigidaire like "Mama, why we living here?"
"Baby, at least we here living"
I'm everything that my peers isn't (Peers isn't)
The realest thing that you hear spitting (Hear spitting)
So never could I pretend hater
Was just selling yay and had fiends lighting up stems, player
Born was a terror, was robbing all of my friends' neighbors
Put locks on the jewels, but thanks for giving us gems, Jada
My first rap check, like "Mama, look what my pen made us"
Me and my brother locked up now, look what the pen made us, huh
Damn, look at what all these men gave up
Stare 'em in they eyes, I feel all the time that they spent caged up
You owe dog, you get Larenz taped up
You so soft, you low carb n***as'll never cake up
We predators that take pride hunting, all of us despise fronting
Look 'em in they eyes, full of vibe
That's when them lies coming
If you got something to hide, that's when you hide something
But when you ain't got nothing to hide, that's when you hide nothing
[Outro]
When you ain't got nothing to hide, that's when you hide nothing, yeah
Huh, and a lot of y'all got a lot to hide
Not me though, y'all can have it all