Verse: Bright and early kick my feet up in the room/ thoughts growing in my mind like a fetus in the womb/ feed it let it bloom/ tapping my addidas to the tune/ if a thought aint worth sharing I'm a lead it to its tomb/ blank sheets of paper just waiting to me consumed' so every single experience is opportune/ nothing new under the sun how bout the moon/ last night was a night I want to write about soon/ might write about her body and the scent of her perfume/ or how its so cold I wanted to write about June/ what Ya'l want to hear i never assume/ i know what i need to express so its best I resume/ I take 5 like maroon/ then come back to rap on the bap and the boom/ spotting lyrics in the sky like balloons/ something like a butterfly once was a caterpillar up in a cocoon/ Hook: Im a take nothing/ turn it into something/ then i take something/ and turn it into everything/ X's 4 Verse 2: By any medium necessary/ like Asante/ so na dont ever worry/ see the people come 1st not secondary/ cause we aint all about the paper like a secretary/ whats a monetary gain to a visionary/ giving birth to ideas they can never burry/ from a city and borough no less than legendary/ technology or magic/ nothings imaginary/ contemporary Hip Hop revolutionary/ against the grain gang bang like a mercenary/ culinary cooking up the extra ordinary/ cause they aint saying much i havent heard before already/ born on the 1st of February/ my father played the sax and its hereditary/until im laying in a cemetery/ Im a bless the crowd like I came up in a seminary Hook:Hook: Im a take nothing/ turn it into something/ then i take something/ and turn it into everything/ X's 4 Verse 3: Got the ability/ the capability/ to tock the facility/ rock with agility/ say it aint so you've got to be kidding me/ we control the show with lots of stability/ the crowd is the trilogy/ with style humility/ drop positivity/ not stupidity/ not futility/ got to pay the utilities/ and if it aint true its a lie-ability/ check my credibility/ get props publicity/ from Bronx vicinities/ to spots in Italy/ ignore probability/ more possibilities/ all in proximity/ all Gods gift to me/ see what the apitamy/ of productivity/ write prolifically/ fight holistically/ the flow got mobility/ and connectivity/ plus digability/ peace tranquility-

Verse 1: Woke up in the morning with air in my lounges/ beat in my chest like hearing the drums/ back in the Bronx right where it begun/ yup here in the slum/ compare it to none/ brand new day I can share with my son/ so the rain hey I dont really care if it come/ cause I can light up anywhere anyone/ shine so bright you would think I’m wearing the sun/ but I’m back to business/ back up in this/ back to back raps you have to witness/ cause you aint never met a rapper this sick/ and if you have can I have a ticket/ I show love fast with the quickness/ man being a hater is so ridiculous/ I dont hate anything thats the trick kid/ give thanks break bread pass the biscuits and smile/ Hook: Smile/ want to see you/ got see you smile/ want to see you/ I just want to see you smile/ got to see you smile/ I love it when you smile/ want to see you/ I just want to see you smile Verse 2: Times is hard but I rhyme way harder/ Gotta stay strong for my son and my daughter/ go to guy when Im in the last quarter/ cause I’m a deliver no matter the order/ got a gift with the words/ forget what you heard/ listening is preferred/ was unemployed sit sitting on the curb/ now I’m self employed and I’m getting on my nerves/ but still I’m cheesing/ and believing/ and conceiving/ and achieving/ heart is beating/ and I’m breathing/ that alone is a good enough reason/ to smile and do what you got to do/ even if it seem unlogical/ something like patch adam in the hospital/ we gon rock for you and we got the truth/ so just smile Hook: Smile/ want to see you/ got see you smile/ want to see you/ I just want to see you smile/ got to see you smile/ I love it when you smile/ want to see you/ I just want to see you smile Verse 3: And when I’m in need of a laugh/ in need of a smile/ I think of her Dad/ and I think about how/ he was more of a man then the man I am now/ and that alone make it all really seem worth while/ wow/ I really hope they can see us now/ I really hope that when they look down/ it make them proud/ now/ cause I do it for a living no benefits now/ young lyricist trying to figure out how/ to provide and survive in a world so foul/ but right now I just really want to see you/ just really want to see you/ just really want to see you/ want to see you smile Hook: Smile/ want to see you/ got see you smile/ want to see you/ I just want to see you smile/ got to see you smile/ I love it when you smile/ want to see you/ I just want to see you smile/ like you saw a baby in a pamper/ smile like you were posing for a camera/ smile like you got a txt from your man or your girl of and inside joke and it made you/ smile like thinking of a childhood memory/ smile like hearing your favorite melody/ smile cause I’m going out on a limb and you may never see me again so just-

Verse 1: No need to ask/ I need you like a broken bone needs a cast/ I need you like a thief needs a mask/ like idle hands need a task/ no greener grass/ and really you can teach the class/ got the kind of qualities that a leader has/ I’m a need a lot more than a B to pass/ you the kind of fine I cant C surpass/ cmon/ tunnel vision whenever your in my isight/ find your way into every lyric that I write/ providing me with more vitamin D than the sun your the one I need kid you shine bright/ bright like a light house at midnight/ and still invite advice and insight/ it seems like your losing all the air in your windpipe/ blowing me away everyday/ with the way you do Hook: The way you do/ the way you do/ the way you do/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ the way you do/ and dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ the way you do Verse 2: no need to ask/ I need you like a director needs a cast/ I need you like a speech needed free at last/ like the hood need cheaper gas/ no greener grass/ and really you complete the math/ when I think about the things that I need to add/ the problem but the sum that I need to have/ steadfast and understand that the sea is vast/ cmon/ on a mission to never miss any highlights/ saying later to haters yea they can fly kites/ providing me with pure camaraderie/ its got to be your the all I need kid you shine bright/ bright like a light house at midnight/ and still invite advice and insight/ it seem like your losing all the air in your windpipe/ blowing me away everyday with the way you do Hook: The way you do/ the way you do/ the way you do/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ the way you do/ and dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ the way you do Bridge: I need your love baby right now cause cant no one else love me the way you do/and its true/ I need your love baby right now cause cant no one else love me the way you do/ the way you do/ you know its true Verse 3: It’s official/ I’m convinced/ Jackie Mitchell/ Diana Prince/ gotta be with you/ I caught a glimpse/ somebody please check this lady fingerprints/ lady day/ on the charts/ upfront/ Rosa Parks/ so fly/ from the start/ I pray I dont lose you like Amilia Earhart/ cmon/ because I know that If I ever spend a night in hell/ you would be the first nurse like florence nightingale/ Tony Morrison the origin of writing well/ teaching us the basics hoping that we might excel/ on the right track like Wilma Rudolph/ Ann Sullivan coloring just a few thoughts/ you deserve to sit back and take your shoes off/ I got to give it to you for/ The way you do Hook: The way you do/ the way you do/ the way you do/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ the way you do/ and dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ dont nobody do it/ the way you do

Something for the people to chant/ not another emcee going off on a rant/ I’m well aware of what you hear coming through from the amp/ so I push the envelope without using a stamp/ we flow tight as a clamp/ on an upward progression like the shape of a ramp/ motivated by the people they be making me amped/ there never once was a chump who couldn't make it to champ/ I never say that I cant/ cause I can do all things working hard as an ant/ got love for everyone who ever gave us a chance/ got love for Harlem stage for blessing us with the grant/ we shine brighter than lamps/ we shine brighter than the fires at camps/ with a style you couldn't easily cramp/ cause every word that we speak is a seed that we plant Hook: I’m blessed/ not the one that you want to test/ unless your doing your best/ to ruin your rep/ I’m blessed/ wake up in the morning and stretch/ 50 push ups in a set/ ready for what’s next/ I’m blessed/ stress no need to address/ rest/ fully refreshed/ now Im back in effect/ I’m blessed/ ask me how I’m doing I’m a tell you I’m blessed/ all great things manifest/ I’m blessed Verse 2: So I’m a forgive forget/ in order to receive I gotta give to get/ in order to achieve I try and live correct/ when I see a man stand I got to give respect/ hard work worth every drop of sweat/ our work we cannot neglect/ Gods work is always in effect/ interject in a sec when I disconnect/ cause even when I feel inept/ I step/ stand erect and wont hit the deck/ can play against a team thats cool with the ref/ but pass in my direct/ I still intercept/ and I’m back on my trek/ took all the chains back off my neck/ the old me died never to resurrect/ ready set/ redirect/ now I’m free of debt Hook: I’m blessed/ not the one that you want to test/ unless your doing your best/ to ruin your rep/ I’m blessed/ wake up in the morning and stretch/ 50 push ups in a set/ ready for what’s next/ I’m blessed/ stress no need to address/ rest/ fully refreshed/ now Im back in effect/ I’m blessed/ ask me how I’m doing I’m a tell you I’m blessed/ all great things manifest/ I’m blessed Verse 3: I’m b-l-e double s-e-d/ even though these trials are affecting me/ not alone God and i work collectively/ so it really doesn't matter who steps to me/ I wont accept defeat/ where theres a will theres a way to successfully/ overcome anything thats oppressing me/ all I really need is the right recipe/ so please/ give me something to sing about/ something to think about/ something to bring about/ change/ and give me something to holler bout/ something to smile about/ something thats not about the same/ lets talk about what we do have/ the people we do love/ and what we appreciate/ and let them know it aint so bad/ as long as we got love/ I know that we can say Hook: I’m blessed/ not the one that you want to test/ unless your doing your best/ to ruin your rep/ I’m blessed/ wake up in the morning and stretch/ 50 push ups in a set/ ready for what’s next/ I’m blessed/ stress no need to address/ rest/ fully refreshed/ now Im back in effect/ I’m blessed/ ask me how I’m doing I’m a tell you I’m blessed/ all great things manifest/ I’m blessed

Verse 1: I’m not a bad man/ just trying to advance/ but they want to slow my down like the last dance/ saying good luck/ but meaning fat chance/ cant let them get it inside my head like a cat scan/ whats the plan fam/ a hundred grand fam/ so we can pick the streets up like a hand stand/ the lack of resources is something I cant stand/ so I’m Aa hustle I’m a hustle till I cant stand/ 10 thou sold/ I’m talking hand to hand/ without a barcode/ I’m talking man to man/ so you can ask the people where the brand stand/ I’m underground rocking with the one man band/ my homey had enough of the propagan scam/ he in the law school waiting on exams and/ raising questions that demand hands/ we got dreams like sandman/ so they can never ban tans Verse 2: I know that life is up and down like San Fran/ but running routes is the only time that Ran ran/ catch me on the field with chris and my man Sam/ catch me on the field /wait no that man cant/ call up the fire man/ spit from the diaphragm/ sonning so many rappers thats I might have to buy a van/ aint no denying fam/ I rock the entire/ with words strong as the last few of a dying man/ we come alive like the lines on a diagram/ sketched by Howard Roarke on a New York island/ I’m not a yes man/ more like a why man/ dont need to be a wise man/ to see like a sky-cam/ whats going on like on the walls where the flies land/ hit them with the new like iphone/ ipad/ bars/ and I got more than Ireland/ it gets so deep I got them searching for hire land Hook: I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ you know I thrive off the pain inside/ if you look me in my eye/ you can see that I’m a live/ I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ I can feel the fire burn/ burning inside/ yeah/ it lets me know that I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ come feel me I’m alive/ live/ live/ our spirit will never die Verse 3: Last verse last song no pressure though/ it only got to be the best verse that I ever wrote/ just trying to turn this rhyme into a stethoscope/ and heighten my visions till its vivid as telescopes/ but dont you worry bout seeing this artist choke/ more likely to happen if I’m eating an artichoke/ fresher than a bar of soap/ somebody call the pulp/ this is about as good for you as juice with all the pulp/ Juices for life/ I’m getting healthy dont want to croke/ fighting for my life and I dont want to be on the rope/ the food I consume/ the drinks/ and all the smoke/ can give a new meaning to the phrase my heart is broke/ but I got dreams and to achieve I need more than hope/ and rhyming is cool but I’m a need to be more than dope/ see life aint a song/ but at least you all will know/ I rock to the very last lyric and quarter note Hook: I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ you know I thrive off the pain inside/ if you look me in my eye/ you can see that I’m a live/ I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ I can feel the fire burn/ burning inside/ yeah/ it lets me know that I’m alive/ yup baby I’m alive/ come feel me I’m alive/ live/ live/ our spirit will never die