First-released track from KARATAKA's Mixtape A.
Beat taken and revised from Tycho's Lapse.
Lyrics by MC Dopenicity and MC Acronymous.
Produced by Mike Davis.
Artwork by Mike Davis.
Lyrics:
DOPENICITY
Been 'round the block, so I'm older now
First-born atypical poster child
It doesn't mean that I know more than you
It means I know what ego is and what it do
I know where I stand, and that's a fact
I know enough to watch my own goddamn back
So I know what it's like to be the shit
So much so, you gotta jump off your own dick
Soon you'll make anger your friend
I know it. That's why I reel it in
You lack responsibility. That's why I'm responding with everything
You see me mad and you say "grow up"
Do chemistry, homie nigga, wake up
I've been mad at all my enemies, versions of self, nothing so petty
Like a glass you dropped and made spilled milk
Or hanging frames, styling at a tilt
I'm attacking your mindlessness
Shitting where you eat, man, I'll take a piss
Just don't be surprised when I raise my fist into the air
The point you missed
If you mad like you going to war, pick something that'll settle the score
Not the wall, the house, or a shitty bike
Young one, last child, temper tantrum tyke
Been there before, now I'm moving past
But you keep coming back like an old-school rash
Heart beat-beat-beat, like I'm running laps
Changing minds 'cause I'm in a TIME LAPSE
Why am I the one teaching class?
You too old not to know how to wipe your ass?
Heart beat-beat-beat, like I'm running laps
Changing minds 'cause I'm in a TIME LAPSE
I painted this in the image of you
I don't want to be anything like you
Don't act like you didn't see it coming
You the one with the mouth running
And you said it with no real true ends
Only did it to gossip and to make friends
I use my anger to focus, concentrate
I am the one true master of my fate
You over here, pissed, no second date
It's okay, man, you can pay the check, mate
You trampled me, so why you act surprised?
Didn't say a thing, thought I'd enjoy the ride
Luckily for you, I have a strong hide
Unfortunately, a quicksilver at my side
ACRONYMOUS
Rage quit, I rage quit
I feel that I ain't shit
Self-acceptance? Not one bit of this life blood
It don't fit
Never get my enemies to take a hit
No control, I lost my wits
Do I find another pain to put this one to shame?
Moving on, now that's true grit
Yes, I get your sentiment, but there ain't no sense in it
I jumped the fence and I got bit and thrown into a bottomless pit
Of all these tools up in my kit
Guaranteed to get me lit
Guaranteed to make me wanna quit all the demons in my head
All the monsters sleeping under my bed
Gotta prevent them from being well-fed
It's the only way I won't end up dead
They looking at me, they looking at you
All your facades, they see right through
To the fire that burns away the fuel
In the midst of this duel, you gotta keep your cool
Look at yourself from the outside
See the only person in whom you confide
Analyze the vessel within which you reside
Trace the boundaries that write the laws that you abide by
But these laws are in a TIME LAPSE
Heart beat-beat-beat, and my body's under wraps
