I woke up in the middle of the night Midnight, that's when I gained some sight High like a satellite, discovering my plight Fist up like the might, and I strike down tight Lace up my kicks: Chun-Li style Ready to run these tracks, code red dials Went to to the booth, pen and pad in hand Understand that my mind is grand not bland Excitement running through my fingertips Imagination examination lingers, this Is it, Michael Jackson documentary Except it's about my life, I won't pretend to be Hard or a superstar, just an aspiration To make it for my entire stay and duration Face it, you racists, check my pedigree And family tree: Chinese and Vietnamese [Chorus] I hear it calling: 1, 2, 3, 4 I hear it beckon: Give, me, some, more I hear it shouting, 5, 6, 7, 8 I hear it yelling: Ad, venture, can't, wait My mind's bursting at the seams it seems Thoughts reigning supreme and my dreams Become realities, ideas amounting to become new strategies No salary but I'm good in the hood: Applebee's Rattle me and shake my head, ineffective My directive is locked in, respect it I spit 16s at 16 so magnificently That you will see eventually I am ready to be Known here and there for my inner strengths This winner ranks high on your memory banks Brain storm so thoughts may weather together Whether feather or heavy weight, it's clever Tornado process, torpedoes no rest Volcano thoughts hard press, Saints call this blessed I feel it in my gut, I know it in my heart Something is calling out to me, but when do I start? [Chorus] I hear it calling: 1, 2, 3, 4 I hear it beckon: Give, me, some, more I hear it shouting, 5, 6, 7, 8 I hear it yelling: Ad, venture, can't, wait

And so it goes like this, swagger beats for your soul Listen to the gold that swallows you whole The chimes provide a very surreal experience Ruling over you so massively you perceive it's tyrannous But you enjoy the extreme control it has No puff puff pass, because this is a high that lasts This treble is edible, I feast it's metaphysical frame Devouring these treats creates and I've became An alchemist of great powers and abilities Silly me, this is just supernatural remedies On the contrary, it's unleashing my potential Practicing on instrumentals is increasing my mental Every now and then we need a tiny little push Thank God that mine is the sound equivalent of kush Light it up, take a hit, roll it up, make it switch Lift your cup, bake a bit, slow it up, this is it. And so it goes like this, like this And so it goes like this, like this And so it goes like this, like this And so it goes like this, like this And so it goes like this, the way you carry yourself I put on myself, call my shoulders and back a shelf I feel strengthened, empowered, like I am needed No tedious tasks ahead, importance, I really feel it Abstract tracks and stressed quests are handed to me But I don't lack valor or zest, I am Takumi Let me handle all these things being aided of course Let the beat drop and I'll still have made it smooth not coarse There's an angel on this journey that I'm taking An ethereal form to keep my back from breaking She provides me with muses and refuses to let go She inspires me and fuses what loses so I know Swims through my veins, whispers in my ears Embraces my pains, tempers me right here Beyond belief, out of this world visions been made This is normal given my supernatural aid And so it goes like this, like this And so it goes like this, like this And so it goes like this, like this And so it goes like this, like this

I'm in a totally new land, I can't understand Are they really injecting fat into their glands? Cars and jewelery is translated to whips and chains Refrain from this lifestyle to keep my brain But that's what in right now, what's hot and popular I've gotta examine it faraway, give me some binoculars I'll dissect this thing and look through a microscope I hope the Pope doesn't hear about this, nope! Thousand dollar outfits, shunning all the misfits Outcasts out classed, drop plastic to be really fit Tailored this and that, customized Gucci hats You really wearing that? That seems a little wack But they tell me it's hot in the game, rock for some fame Act bolder and get yourself a diamond studded cane Citizens of this world are Ego powered I'll get crushed here if I don't look out: miso shower A dangerous realm where the top are jets No souls around here, the Devils' been making bets I'm venturing into something totally unknown I'd like to phone home, can't breathe in this warzone Avenues of revenue, princess cut diamonds in it Rose all day, thousand dollar champagne: try a sip Retirement funds are blown in a matter of minutes These people know no limits and never finish The party don't stop and no one knows when it starts So they end up living it until the last thump of the heart The water here is priced at an arm and limb What pays is sin, that's whats in, implants: no gym Am I really trying to get mixed in with these kind of people? My wealth is little and feeble and theirs too regal Will my attempts in this world seem so jocular? Or will I get eaten by what's really popular? Them boys don't know how and why I'm so clean Give me a full cover to cover special edition magazine You feel my VIBE, so I gotta Optimize I've got SmartMoney so I maximize So upscale with ambition double X L The details of this well, simply I excel Multi-national man, call me a Cosmopolitan I make it hard to breathe, damn, get you some Oxygen That's just LIFE! I'm such an Entrepreneur I'm a Highlight Premiere with Fortunes galore A Visionaire so rare with the commissionaire They stare like I'm a Vanity Fair, I'm up there In the Penthouse with a hunger Ethiopian With a classic style that's priceless: Smithsonian I'm an Esquire since I require a higher wire Call me sire, hot and out of the dryer, never too tired

Where am I? I ask myself in this dark room Take a match from my pocket and light it through the gloom I look around and try to observe my surroundings An entirely blank room, yet somewhat astounding I find a door, painted crimson directly in front of me Walking slowly toward it but see shadows suddenly Grab me and sit me down in a chair from nowhere Tied down, wrists confined, my vision impaired The tiny flicker of the match goes out and poof I feel the room close in, from the walls to the roof Out of the black, another flame is born Instead of me, who's holding it, hold up, I must be torn It's me holding the match, am I dreaming or what? He or I lights a cigarette and then holds it up I look straight into my eyes and he starts laughing My cuffs are undone. I feel stuck. No time passing He or me, is dressed in an all black suit But it is me isn't it? This fact I can't refute. He takes another drag and blows three smoke rings Calmly he pulls a chair and a light from the air and then he brings Forth a table and sets his feet on it Out from the ceiling comes down two gin and tonics Drink up he tells me, pushing the glass forward No thanks, I tell him, I don't drink. My head lowers He laughs and gulps his in the blink of an eye I'm sitting looking at myself wondering how and why He says You need to come to face the fact I'm real I feel! I breathe! And I cheat, lie and steal. Here I am! I am your long lost brother I am your demons and monsters. Like no other. He pulls out a gun and he points it at my face He smiles a devilish grin. Bullets fire and I lose grace Bleeding, panting, losing blood and confused He tells me that he is everything I refused Do you know what I am? He asks me maliciously I am all that is wrong with you! But, curiously You acted like I was all wrong and vicious, please. He grips his jet black gat and yells furiously: You can't destroy me, you can try to quell me He shoots and shouts I'll engulf you into the belly Of the beast and yes you will become this! He points at himself and clenches his fist Slams it against my skull. I collapse into the ground I'm looking around, I only hear the thumping sound Of my heart beating wildly like a bass drum Then I realize all along I've been so dumb. Look! I said to him, trying to get his attention I'm sorry I've ignored you. I feel my muscles tension Instead of killing me and taking my body Join with me and we'll work together. Just stop me If I'm wrong, but you know this as well as I do That us together is too powerful. I swear it's true. He contemplates and nods his head in agreement, yes He sets his gun aside and gives me his left Hand so I grab it and I feel so at rest I wake up in my bed and I feel so blessed

[Verse 1] Girl got a man and he just doesn't understand Short days, long nights and he doesn't comprehend Insecure mind that clutches to the porcelain Parents got divorced and she doesn't feel important Pitch black night, can't sleep, can't even eat Barely making it in school, now she has to cheat Trying to keep up an image of perfection Friends backstab her, everyone has deception Planning for her future but it gets way to stressed Drinking it all away, still, she's a beautiful mess Bruises represent abusive but she's making up excuses Doing everything so she doesn't feel useless Queen: you deserve the title But here you are shooting me down with your rifle Cruel and unusual world She writes all down. Diary of a young girl. [Chorus] Somewhere I went wrong but I'm trying to a bit strong Right now I'm down and out Just trying to belong I don't know why but I Just sit down and cry Wish I could shed all these tears Get me out of here Somehow. [Verse 2] Living just to die, spending it all to quickly It's a pity a girl so pretty living in a world so gritty More make up to cover her face from the hurt Cuts on her wrists so she's wearing long sleeved shirts Shades hiding her eyes filled with pain and sorrow Looking forward ahead knowing there is no tomorrow Scarf around her neck to block hand prints Deep inhales of the cigarettes, posing for a candid Every night crawls into bed and looks at the ceiling Extremities numb and cold but her heart still has feeling Tears stream down her cheeks. They leave a path Picks up her lamp tosses it and it feels her wrath Breaking down, meltdown, no one around now Parents out of town, boyfriend creeping around wow Doesn't know what to do, her head starts to swirl She writes it all down. Diary of a young girl [Chorus] Somewhere I went wrong but I'm trying to a bit strong Right now I'm down and out Just trying to belong I don't know why but I Just sit down and cry Wish I could shed all these tears Get me out of here Somehow. [Verse 3] Walk into a coffee shop late at night I tell him keep the change as I slip a five Glance at the counter and I notice her 5 foot 4 pure beauty and I know she's hurt Sitting all alone, ran away from home, bag at her side Frail and delicate, at moments, tears on her face dried Writing in her notebook, into her own thoughts I sit right next to her and drink my coffee while it's still hot She stops sets her pen down and takes a drink Compelling to exchange words, this is what I think I talk to her and we converse for hours 4 am and we're still up. This cafe is ours She gets up and I bid her a long farewell Whispers in my ear, and something's changed I can tell Hands me her book, she'll call when she's out and up Rehab it says in her diary. Young girl, good luck. [Chorus] Somewhere I went wrong but I'm trying to a bit strong Right now I'm down and out Just trying to belong I don't know why but I Just sit down and cry Wish I could shed all these tears Get me out of here Somehow.

[Chorus] A masterpiece personified, having guys stop petrified, here I am I'll get you so mesmerized, have your eyes hypnotized, man oh man I'm just here to make you testify, it'll be all right Come here, closer, closer, closer This girl is a temptress I just need a sign on what I should do for this Caught in her eyes I can't let it go Whether it's right or not I'll have to know Here goes something. [Verse 1] I remember the first time I saw you a couple years back This girl so cute about to give me a heart attack I retract, heart locked down in cardiac arrest And it's not too embarrassing for me to confess I digress, she was a temptress so seductive Despite her graceful nature, making mine so unproductive But firing my soul in places I didn't even know was real! This right here was something different, had to seal the deal Regardless of the outcome, it had to be right now Despite our differences, it was all just lifestyle Could we make it together? What'cha doing tonight? Doesn't matter now. It's set in motion alright [Chorus] A masterpiece personified, having guys stop petrified, here I am I'll get you so mesmerized, have your eyes hypnotized, man oh man I'm just here to make you testify, it'll be all right Come here, closer, closer, closer This girl is a temptress I just need a sign on what I should do for this Caught in her eyes I can't let it go Whether it's right or not I'll have to know Here goes something. [Verse 2] Now let me paint you a picture so you can apprehend For her I'd take drastic measures the way a ballot can Caution ahead because she has dangerous curves And a witty banter that would make a bumpkin slur I'd swerve my direction every time she walked by Having a guy like me try to play it cool and sly But my magnetic fly almost didn't attract her So I switched it up genuine and didn't play like an actor Surprisingly enough she started to enjoy yours truly I got her melting when I laid down the charm so coolly You could have fooled me! I was doing it so smoothly But in fact my heart was erratic and acting so unruly! [Chorus] A masterpiece personified, having guys stop petrified, here I am I'll get you so mesmerized, have your eyes hypnotized, man oh man I'm just here to make you testify, it'll be all right Come here, closer, closer, closer This girl is a temptress I just need a sign on what I should do for this Caught in her eyes I can't let it go Whether it's right or not I'll have to know Here goes something.

I'm traveling on this dusty road of existence My skin is rough and taut, but my eyes glisten Hands scarred deep with the tasks of yesterday Walking for a better day, polishing my life's resume Legs have been weakened by thousands of steps My heart reps and lets the body do the rest Don't mind me, honestly not looking for trouble But a magnet to this madness, look at it bubble I arose from the rubble and made it to a hustle Grind to a science, refined but still have to tussle Not trying to scuffle but I do more than rebuttals Smuggled and struggled, dents in my knuckles Taking broad steps and strides, no longer a shuffle But taking this path will provide problems, a couple Nothing in my possession, not a bag nor duffel This sword edge is doubled, similar to the muscle [Chorus] I! Travel inside my mind. I'm the problematic type of vagabond kind I! Undergo tasks to get mine. A series of tests but I'm running out of time This road of Trials. This road of Trials. Like I'm defending my life in court on the stand This road of Trials. This road of Trials. I'm transforming into something I can't understand Adversity has raised the stakes to a higher level I see him glancing and laughing, eying is the Devil Sign a contract he asks, my problems disappear But it appears that my fear can never be cured I feel the ordeals and the appeal of it being released But the real zeal of this can never be peeled or appeased Living on threads and fumes, all guts and spirit My heart and soul, these ghouls are trying to kill it I'm second guessing myself. True grit and grind I've got to do it myself. I'm a conqueror by design Resign the lines because this will make me stronger All you war mongers will have to wait longer For my demise and death, I've got extra lives I'll survive when others died and strive the jive Where others faced harsh conditions I will thrive On this Road of lies I'll be the one to open our eyes [Chorus] I! Travel inside my mind. I'm the problematic type of vagabond kind I! Undergo tasks to get mine. A series of tests but I'm running out of time This road of Trials. This road of Trials. Like I'm defending my life in court on the stand This road of Trials. This road of Trials. I'm transforming into something I can't understand If you want to see what I've seen, use your ears Listen to the continents and travels right in here I'm embedding into this track the tracks I've walked Do you feel the scorching sun on my back along the rocks? Taste the bitter dust on your tongue blowing by Feel blessed by the breeze in the clouds flowing high Golden sun and a silver moon Pause for a second, enjoy the scenery, then resume Emerald tree tops that shade the protagonist Not lacking in this blasphemous rapper spit, grab a bit Warm yourself around the fire I've created Twigs and branches ignite the pyres. The warmth gated A hunger deep in my stomach, be acquainted Unless feeling jaded, don't elate this. It's all related Any problem handed to me becomes diminished Tan-skinned and and second winded, anything I'll finish [Chorus] x2 I! Travel inside my mind. I'm the problematic type of vagabond kind I! Undergo tasks to get mine. A series of tests but I'm running out of time This road of Trials. This road of Trials. Like I'm defending my life in court on the stand This road of Trials. This road of Trials. I'm transforming into something I can't understand

I'm premier whenever I reach your ears My peers sneer and they try to leer But I'm a king and they're so in awe of the things That my rap thing is astounding, pounding, rapping On the doors of your chamber, I am announcing My lyrics solid, not lounging or bouncing I'm no longer the tombs of forgotten lore Keep my raps in a closet, raven on the door: Lenore Motivated and lifted to levels higher than giants I'll have rebels compliant and get pilgrims defiant Morph from a man to the ranks of exaltation My explanation can make a wasteland have elevation I do impossible feats, definitely I'm the epitome of spitting viciously and readily Shaking the world, better steady the beat I crush. Best to be dominantly and heavily An extra long verse to bless the ears of the listeners Whisperers claim that I bicker but I beg to differ I'm sicker and quicker than migrant cherry pickers Similar to MICR, check it, light it like a wicker I'm a Matchstick Man with a Zippo inferno flow Click it and ignite the liquor to a fiery bolero so I torch and scorch the beats unrecognizable Burned to the 47th degree: undeniable [Chorus] Apotheosis is demonstrated at this moment Defined as the ideal example, potent Apotheosis is demonstrated at this moment Defined as the quintessential, I am it's component My opponents seem to think my focus is bogus It's hopeless to convince em otherwise, notice How these men are below this but are boasted But they are a plague of locusts about to get toasted My apotheosis is most ferocious, you should know this My pen writes lines that are the most dope: it's Incredible, impeccable, the treble is real special Biting me is good for you, a dosage of vegetables I raise the decibels and speak real intelligible I do it because people count on me like a decimal I'm at a state of pure knowledge and bliss It's all in the wrist as I line them up on a grid like a list On any given track I'm a deity of lyrics and cunning Observe this song is cross trainers, I'm running And gunning without shunning in specifics I hail from the Pacific and vocalize so prolific Rip it like my city, sure isn't typical In fact it's real mystical and spiritual mixed so lyrical Stay on point like icicles and ride like bicycles I drop dimes and nickels to make it a miracle [Chorus] Apotheosis is demonstrated at this moment Defined as the ideal example, potent Apotheosis is demonstrated at this moment Defined as the quintessential, I am it's component

[Verse 1] Cruising at a high altitude, check what I'm about to do I flipped the fear in this song and amped up the magnitude I'm a magma dude spitting fire until I'm paid my dues I'm not even at chapter two and they're asking you Too many questions, please ask in moderation Not going to jump out of this without consideration A parachute that represents the absolute Chilling in my flight suit observing so astute So after the raptor captures the actors I factor the tractors and leave them in laughter The flow is ejecting the disrespecting, unsuspecting Bogeys and dissecting the next thing without resting Danger zone as I enter home so I always roam And to keep up with the Jones, I vanish away like foam No crash landing, and if you're misunderstanding This isn't ranting and is much more than rhythmic chanting [Chorus] This is your captain speaking, welcome aboard Destination: everywhere. Just look forward Stay seated or stand, it's your decision Next stop: prison or precision. This is your mission This is your captain speaking, welcome aboard Destination: everywhere. Just look forward Stay seated or stand, it's your decision Next stop: prison or precision. This is your mission [Verse 2] Taking off running, check the runways for pedestrians The plane hasn't left again, you better check again Because today I'm the flight coordinator Air rhyme slayer, aero fine player. Never going wayward Let it fly let it soar let it do all of those things Watch it high watch it more watch it float on its wings Glance at the boarding pass, no hoarding grass Not that kind of high, we're just flooring gas Past the clouds and past the realm of the sky Up and above, beyond anything in the blink of an eye Experience a God-like sensation of aviation Just remember where you're going and the navigation This indicator of greatness becomes an instigator If the investigators see you've used it for traitors It's a bird, it's a plane, see me on your radars The dirigible is going for the literal stars But the invisible flaws will prevent and postpone Check the aerodrome and level the tone The meteorological is no match for the prodigal Illogical follicles that shatters the monocles Float by the tropical and review the chronicles More than topical and doing the impossible Diabolical and canonical, put it together: Bioncles This is kin to cherry: so it's untoppable [Chorus] This is your captain speaking, welcome aboard Destination: everywhere. Just look forward Stay seated or stand, it's your decision Next stop: prison or precision. This is your mission This is your captain speaking, welcome aboard Destination: everywhere. Just look forward Stay seated or stand, it's your decision Next stop: prison or precision. This is your mission

Back home where the coffee stains the air The roses paint what we wear and the rain doesn't care A birthplace of beauty and known for Walton But on our Hip-Hop will the assault ever end? Riding the MAX line downtown, city center I ride with the homeless, business oriented and renters The condo honchos and the culture here mondo Skip ponds though and you'll end up needing a poncho We're not known for the way we blow up headphones But we will rock like stones and remain way toned Portland, the bridges, we pivot, our lyrics And live it, so vivid, equip it, count it like a digit I thrive like I-5 and revive the sound live It may not seem like it but Musics our wives Keep Portland weird, and we keep Portland wired It's like we live inside of PDX: we never get tired Transfer to the bus nine where I write my lines Flash a bus pass and find a corner to recline Glancing at the river trying to mimic it's flow Zip up my rain coat to the throat, it's time to go The hipsters and the richer both alike Can enjoy what I give inside of my mic I've got the fresh Nikes and the fresher voice That is contained in a ziplock with the poise My noise comparable to the sounds on 82nd As many strip clubs as churches so just repent it From Lents to Woodstock all the way to the West Hills We remain ill and chill just like you know we will Am it, Am I why the ground's never dry? Worst day of the year, saddle up: let's ride An umbrella? We never even heard of it Here we let it flood, never ever burn a bit Unless you're talking trees, hugging and smoking Never choking and only Brandon Roy-ing: stroking What else? A metropolis of all things intelligent From Pearls to Industrial, we are the residents

In myth, this step is usually represented by a transcendental hero like Jesus or Buddha. For a human hero, it may mean achieving a balance between the material and spiritual. The person has become comfortable and competent in both the inner and outer worlds. [Verse 1] It's the fox, vulpine with the rhymes I grow fine like wine over time divine Cunning and crafty, you cannot match me I'll attack thee and blast heat distractedly Quicker on my feet, above all don't compete I complete beats to create treats elite My genius is comparable to a zenith, beam it And conceive it as the sleekness of sheik: it's Obviously an oddity like a lobotomy But I oughta be a monopoly, bite it like broccoli Excuse the remarkable articles of my audibles Got a rocket soul that is basically not chartable Takumi like the eye ware, but I'm aware That the stares toward me are un-rare like my flairs [Chorus] x2 I am the Master On a whole other level From the stones to the bezel And the tone of the treble I hone on this metal [Verse 2] Never been offered that American love or Coke in green bottles, they don't make it anymore But my paramour and the metaphors Pour in the core of my knowledge in the door Or the window if it's left open, unbroken Like my spirit remains unspoken, not a token Just a reflection of the my society at large So take charge of the change you want, please push on I'm a consumer and a loser trying to be cooler But with those whispers going around and the rumors That should fuel the buzz and create a sensation Deaf with the words, I'm lost at Penn Station Close my eyes and imagine something better Together untethered, my thoughts aren't that clever [Chorus] x2 I am the Servant For a whole other purpose On the soul with the cursive My goal isn't worthless I won't fold, never nervous [Verse 3] Savage on songs, street fighter Cut cabbage like lawns, beat ciphers Average is long, heat writer Maverick too strong, feat delighter Magic be gone, meet the viper Labyrinth dawn, seek the pied piper Arisen with more angles than a prism, glisten And listen to the bars like clanking of a prison My words gives a man without imagination wings It re crowns defeated kings and gives meaning to things A gateway to unlocking my brain and psyche Regrettably the thought processes will spite me So I spit gutter and hard with flow like butter But the words I utter become a prophet's mutter If I rap scrilla: a guerrilla spitter rocking chinchilla Will I be able to slip champion sound like J Dilla? [Chorus] I am the Master On a whole other level From the stones to the bezel And the tone of the treble I hone on this metal I am the Servant For a whole other purpose On the soul with the cursive My goal isn't worthless I won't fold, never nervous

Check out my reflection in different directions All clear no matter my complexion is Listen to obscure references like old librarians Back to the future in a delorean or other variants I am failing this so when I get aided I stated With my wiped slate then I am contemplated I'm feeling over analytical, by far very critical They're acting cynical, I believe in miracles Like on 34th street, so instead it's this beat I am not complete but I will not have defeat In fact, I'm inglorious like bastards Get this CD mastered to the masses faster If I talk about drug dealing or hot wheeling Will the fans and the records have a good feeling? But I don't have any of that inside myself What's a boy to do? Share my lyrical wealth. I'm just an anti-hero, kind of like Dexter But instead Professor, this is my lecture And my conjecture is in reality my recital With more verses than the Bible, I start to file Like a trial that will render as I dismember You're a small fry, I'm a giant bender: return to sender Does not compute, I silence you, put it on mute I'm a remote controller here with no dispute I'm messing up rewind buttons with this something Because my lyrics are busting, much to trusting And you're wearing out the fast forward You're never heard and what you say is quite absurd My interns could you make your own words burn Yearn for a spot in my term, better go learn Get schooled you fool, I'm the principle It's quite simple though: this will be biblical My lyrics are similar to hieroglyphics, pivots Moves and grooves, has class like High School Civics I rip it like Trail Blazer veterans, I'm better than Most of your temperaments, don't even mention them I split em then into dividends These simpletons are shaking heads back and forth like Wimbledon I layer my songs with a kind of eligible treble So for the rebels I pedal my stern mettle I speak non fiction kind of diction with no friction But have an addiction to writing with yellow dixons I break the rap factions into bad fractions I'm laying on a track like my back got traction I punch lines and kick track lists backless So when they get maskless it turns out tactless I practice with massive tactics that turn a wack diss Into a masterless attack that gets cracked with this