[Intro]
In the dark shadows of history
Lie legends of lost civilizations
Whose kings ruled with, the power of gods
Only to crumble into the dust of time

[Verse 1: MIKE]
I just be asking for some toll, I don't choose friends
So attached to n***as' growth, it be loose ends
Challenging for most when the truths in
I had to battle with them goals, groove sins
Balance what I know and this new trend
Of n***as flattered with results
It only matter when it's close, he too pressed
Watch his battery explode, BOOM
Guess it had to be thе bro', be you next
Regrеt laughing 'til I sulked to subdue stress
I dreamt having me a home, I soon rest
The moon glad to be alone (All by myself)
The truth gradually exposed, it rules best
It's new factors in control so it's new tests
Too tapped in to the road, I ain't blew yet
Was too passive to emote, tryn' prove strength
It do damage to your soul, my shoes bled
A few travel with the post but a few dead
Few cackled at my lows, they in huge debt
Them shackles getting broke
[Interlude]
I got nothing to say about these things I write
I mean, I just write 'em, I don't have to say anything about 'em
I don't write for any reason, there's no great message
I mean, if you want to tell other people that, go ahead and tell 'em

[Verse 2: Wiki]
It's the critics' biggest critic
Of course I'm cynical, how you a cynic if you never did it?
The symptoms of cynicism right when I was in a rhythm
Tried to kick him, I tried to listen
It just fucked with my intentions
Fucked up my attention, I should just shut up, I'm venting
(Sorry, just venting) But did I mention?
Just with my pen, my presence
Ain't no limit to what I could do
Where I could get, but I admit I was confused
Was the success, I wasn't convinced
Not yet, never thought I would miss
But I did, but I smoked so many spliffs
Nah, I never miss any hit
The missus is drenched, in some shit that is French
Some friends always got fresh, got him a stench
I got one too, my boo like mine the best
She said, "When you win?" I been been, she tend to forget
I been in the stand, she been a ten since we met
And since then, I've been obsessed
She was aware I was depressed
So we said should see a therapist, to where I went instead
Just copped a new pair of kicks
A lil' dope, not heroin
Heralded as a new hope, act like I don't care a bit
As long as I have an old friend I can share it with
[Outro]
I would start out, I would know what I wanted to say
Before I wrote the song and I would say it, you know
It never really would come out exactly the, the way
The way I thought it would
What came up, you know, I touched it, you know
But now, I just write a song, you know
Like I know that it's just gonna be alright, you know
And I don't really know exactly what it's all about
But I do know the, uh, the minutes
And the layers of, uh, what it's all about