verse 1:
i stand behind them standardize men, analyze and tally mark, everybody will kill or be killed, im just tryna bring style and art, mastermind, manhattan island hustle finds us out of breath, you and i want to survive, so you and i will kill doubt and stress
hook 1:
i watch you take your first steps into shadows, you love resisting
you are new to the worse, this earth, this battle, and you are missing,
verse 2:
poppa told me all about the system, guacamole green money bags, opps and phonies kept at miles of distance, hungry ass on a sunny path, im a bummy class nigga on the beat, 17 my past haunted me, if you remember me i make small mistakes until they escalate and latch on to me, imma step to plate, im a clean up hitter, estimate under me my nigga, i dont give a shit, me and team will diminish what we came to finish cause we on a business trip
tip:
get the doubt and stress from out of your crowded head
is his style similar to earl? yeah for sure. But that's disrespectful to MIKE's production and bars that go even darker and more experimental than earl in a way that is entirely his own. dath2002
this album came out the day after my high school graduation, and there have been tons of memories associated with this one. mike's showing his range on this one - from downright despondent on scarred lungs 1/2 and suffocate to hopeful on stargazer and PLANET to flexing his muscles on take crowns, summer 17 and my favorite, its like basketball. harrisonjohn28