Sculptor's Request

I been the only real nigga in a lot of fake situations
That shit a big reason why I lost a lot of patience
You gotta be the bigger man to win these little races
They wanna watch you round the clock with all these different faces
Crazy how we went from empty stages to these dinners that look like we was the masons
No matter the location, I pull up and it engages
Like fuck accolades or praises, save the celebrations
This how it look with Mamba mentality activated
The defense threw organizations, I Was born to break it
My last decade was a practice of my poise and patience
It's been a journey but I know that I'm supposed to make it, could keep them calculations
Just place me in between Kareem & Hakeem, while I whip the land cruiser like a S15
When they ask if that is him say yes indeed, like you put an application to get them leads

That say I embody killing limitations
Im submerged in the cut with deep concentration
Way too potent to debate with simple expectations
Some of y'all fighting the truth thinking you fighting satan
I only know it cause I done it too this ain't for hatin
Had to get right back into it make the conversation
I don't follow aspirations only transformations
They can't help but overlook it on investigations
Gotta be brazen to validate them speculations
I don't got an audience that would require chasin
They love the way I switch the angle with consistent cadence
Holloway on Calvin with the combinations
The silver surfer never needed identification
My words are my floatation
No chromatic abberation
The glass is at a frequency
To handle aggravation
That contraband still at the station
Call the congregation

Highly blessed, motivated yet unlikely stressed
The tribulations of this life is bringing mighty tests
I'm used to dancin with the reaper in the dark
It's a reason I been keepin somethin sparked and closer to the chest
Puttin work in on the platform for another step
Broken boundaries became background and a humble quest
Still around the corner from where my potential set
The view is different when you climbing from another crest
turned the mud into cement & built a structure with it
I learned to punch above my weight, that's how I crush the limits
Seen the problem as a puzzle I would love to finish
My favorite feelin? when you know you up to somethin different
I put my mark in every word
If you trace it then blueprint gets revealed to the deserved
Made my messages for those who didn't know if theyd be heard
Now I'm passing out the language, how to make a table turn
All the shit I came to talk is from the shit I went to learn
With the spirit of a phoenix you could live with gettin burned
Cause as far as I'm concerned All the salt just let me stay preserved
I was seasoned for a reason, and the strength ain't get disturbed

Listen

I gave enough to get it back
& Run it up with interest
Turn the substance into style
Freshen up the image
Track the miles
Watch em chase to catch the flow of livin
Make a special case
Then break it down and take commission

If it ain't money or my story then I'm never trippin
My best performances were always in a clutch condition
Let the OGs know the pen is never tucked or slippin
We play for legacy it's deeper than the recognition