[Verse]
I caught a glimpse of my soul in the mirror
My reflection, it sung a tune to me
He said you've gotta leave to seize your opportunity
With options few, then I opted to choose a newer me
Infused it with my muse and I used it to brew it musically
[?] while I choose to be
Stuck inside the core and these metaphors [are tool?] to me
It chewed on me, it muted me, it booted me, refuted me
It threw me in the sewage, hooked me up after it’s through with me
Then accused me for being foolish
My clique tight, one step from being Jewish
I see you Lewis
And you could still hear [it crested?] in me
I guess these other MC's can sense [oppression?] in me
It was a lesson to me
But now I understand
Never look for handouts, see I'm my own man
I built this shit with my own hands
Graduated from tadpole to grown man
In the ?, was deep, still I’d never seek defeat
Keep the heat, ski the beat, Carolina Freak A Leak
No Petey Pablo though
See, this that Nas hoe flow
I take what guys don't know
And make it reach the street
And break it down so they can understand
I went from spitting on corners to rocking summer jams
In Hip Hop I'm the sudden man
I'm going out like the Dunham Man