ACT-1 - '94 Energy

The first thing I knew I truly loved was this rappin' shit
It made me who I am - you don't know the half of it
I fought battles on behalf of this
Made sacrifices and spent more than half of my life to master this
Reggie Noble, Marshall Mathers and Sean Carter
Ryan Montgomery and Tariq Trotter
Those are the Fathers of my style - if I'm being honest
Every word inspired by a diet of elite artists
Disrespect hip-hop - me and you got problems
It was my first love, that's why I never gave up on it
Got to grow up in the birthplace
Teenager goin' through growing pains when hip-hop was in it's "Golden Age"
I know you've heard it before, but this is MY version
Wooing chicks with verses when I was a still a virgin
Shy kid, when they'd approach I was shook
Once I said I rap, there number's on the cover of my rhyme book
That wouldn't work now
When everybody and their Mother got a Soundcloud
Me and M-Squared crew mad loud on the train at night
Debatin' Top 5, waiting for the day we get signed
But that was a long time ago
And I've felt every mile, but still got a lot of miles to go
Lately I've been contemplatin' giving up on this
But struggle with giving up on shit when I'm in love with it
Do I abandon my only form of expression?
My only release for all this stress and depression?
The question on my mind - in the eyes of my best friend
Am I considered invaluable, or am I less than?
Should I learn a lesson from those before me
And continue my story without the art form that formed me?
For a while the music bored me, but then the fire came back and scorched me
Now I face a fork in the road before me
And both paths are costly
Whichever I pick - what will it cost me?
Sometimes it's feelin' forced
'Cause of COURSE it was NEVER the same after we lost V
Sometimes I think about giving up rappin'
But the beats keep pullin' me back in
Remember the passion we had way back when?
Gotta get that '94 Energy back - so I can tap in
In the park, Freestylin' and laughin
Spit our best punchlines just to see the reaction
Gotta get back to the passion we had way back then
Gotta get that energy back so I can tap in
Rest in Peace, Vin-Diggy
Wish you were still with me

Written by:
Mike Lynch

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