Dark Horse (feat. Chronixx)

This is more than just a portrait of my cerebral cortex
 This a mural of my devotion
 Took a couple years to develop my instinct
 Now I hunt down every synth, leave the carcass at your doorstep
 They give me an inch, bet I'm taking forty acres for my kingdom
 And tell 'em it was a cinch like a corset
 Funny part is the same people doubted my drive, headed for my lane
 Ain't that shit ironic, Mrs. Morrisette?
 They don't know I been through it
 Probably why my influence hit 'em hard
 Leave 'em struggling with the emotions
 And if every tear I've cried was measured or verified
 Y'all would be treading water in my azure oceans
 So I chop and portion these tumultuous memoirs into soundbites
 So y'all can sit and digest every morsel
 I want every gem I drop to engage 'em
 So I ask y'all consider this submission a proposal
 I've been banging on these doors, I'm 'bout to kick dem down
 We've been trodding on this long and lonely road, road
 Been so long, it's time I finally get my victory now
 Oh no, they can't deny my strength no more, oh, no, no
 This like my confessional, the way I release these feelings
 I don't trust a lot of folk and the only priests is killers
 Maybe I'm a bit elitist, but my ink is peerless
 Want my thesis chiseled onto stone reliefs in Venice, my goodness
 I'm a real strong contender in this
 They tried to count me out,
 but I'm the sum of all fears, extent is endless
 Family members got their freedom through amendments, and this
 Industry still doubting my constitution for pen ascendance
 What a shock, got a gift of the gab
 And my knack for the glyphs got 'em gripping the bag
 Just relax, no addiction to chips or the cash
 Spit a hex on the wax, get my fix from the craft
 Every strand of my DNA branded champion
 Call it vanity, all of my candids handsome
 In demand 'cause I made all of my tragedies anthems
 Put the plan into motion and vanished, phantom
 Been banging on these doors,
 I'm 'bout to kick dem down (Kick dem down)
 We've been trodding on this long and lonely road, road
 So long, it's time I finally get my victory now (Victory now)
 Oh no, they can't deny my strength no more, oh, no, no
 I never lied, I'm a certified god of this
 Try and refute it, verse immaculate regardless
 And every audio release I'm emitting is ear piercing
 Send my point of view straight through your cartilage
 My bars is Carter rich, Temple of Karnak built
 Your faves could never, they don't have the stones to spar with sis
 They used to verses 'bout the cat
 Well I'm the spawn of Black Panthers,
 rip through any track, leave every letter scarlet
 Ashanti gold coast embedded in my scrolls
 Broken English the residue of Trans-Atlantic cargo ships
 Got a dark past that won't ever see the light
 'Cause they down to crucify me for it,
 modern day Iscariots.
 Compromise not in the cards, they drawing a blank
 'Cause I'm so cutting edge and all these imposters on the brink
 My vision changed my career, may cost you yours in a blink
 'Cause I'm the Roc, last born from out the warrior ranks
 I've been banging on these doors, I'm 'bout to kick dem down
 Trodding on this long and lonely road, oh yeah
 So long, it's time I finally get my victory now
 Oh no, they can't deny my strength no more, no more, ayy
 Through the fire, through the rain
 Some retire, we still remain
 We rising higher, build we name
 Call the choir, mek we sing the praises
 To Haile I, the king so great
 Jah give me life, you can keep the fame
 Dem hyping up, we nuh hype with dem
 Heavy like a lead, can't deny we strength