Forged In Fire

(album: Wednesday After Next - 2019)

If they want war, call me Amazon, I'm there in a day
With a legacy inscribed on a Valyrian blade
And 'til the wounds bring me down and I'm carried away
And even then, they'll all salute me as my chariot fades
In the horizon, still I'm fighting
M. Bison, sniping, optic lenses and align ya
Bang, muzzle flash from the treeline, striking
The heel of Achilles while I clash with the titans
At war with the Gods from the ancient text
Bring foes to their knees with the same effect
Either those who curse my name pay respect
A dire wolf, only walk with my tail erect
I never tuck it, fuck it, apex monster
Rule over prey, I divide and conquer
With the honor and knowledge, a scribe and scholar
On the grind 'til I rise and prosper

Fuck a doctor, go cop you a mortician
The more bitching, the more attention between us
The more friction extinguish if I should mock ya
I'm the top of the food chain when I use fangs
To lock in on my new prey where a noose hangs
I'm allergenic, the childish gimmicks and allegories
Half the stories half of 'em rap about is an act for clout
Ask about when I actually gon' record a rhyme
Every quarter-line is a [?] to mortify
I'm borderline savage, I'm borderline genius
I'm borderline in my more defiant side of myself
You wanna unleash him?
I'm piecing this lyrics together, here's the paradox
The more you own your craft, the more they want you to share a spot
Needless to say that if I'm leaving today
Let my lyrics become a beacon for the people that pray
For something deeper than the image they serve
I was forged inside an ember, you remember these words

I've been blazing down that road
Destination is unknown
Negativity weighing down my soul
But I'm forged in fire
I've been blazing down that road
Destination is unknown
Negativity weighing down my soul
But I'm forged in fire, fire

My parent's dream was the Kerosene that engulfed me
A parent's scene, too scared to scream, but I won't be
The victim of my surroundings that are down me
Behind the closet door and the carpet floor where they found me
Cursing my handwriting, fighting the fined eviction
Trying to find a way to convey whatever conviction
That I deemed then was necessary, unless you scary
Unless you willing to sacrifice, and unless you carry
On your own back, I purchase my soul back
My brother's generation enslaved, that's why they sold crack
Oh, that's why they keep us in a bubble
I witnessed it first-hand, then I released it through the struggle
I've been muzzled and overlooked
Told to write over hooks
Told to dumb it down for other rappers I know are shook
I know it took some time but I'm ascending
And I'm sensing naysayers, may comply or they die

You got to live past a larva to get this fly
And if they do, I'll lace the field with insecticide
'Til they broke, beat down and objectified
For trying to step, so just step aside
I electrify like Richū, leave 'em extra fried
With these venomous haiku's that I've kept inside for too long
Now the game looking petrified, shit
I'm running tracks for the exercise
Every word, every session follow my personal legend
Like the Alchemist, how can this [?]
I'm taking over the planet with a burning obsession
There's no debating that I've earned what I'm getting
So turn your attention to me
Prince Ali with three wishes
Vicious, only leave behind clean dishes
Eating 'til the flame in my core expires
A survivor forged in fire

I've been blazing down that road
Destination is unknown
Negativity weighing down my soul
But I'm forged in fire
I've been blazing down that road
Destination is unknown
Negativity weighing down my soul
But I'm forged in fire, fire

Yeah, you gotta understand this Sway In The Morning, Shade 45, The Valley of the Hyenas. This ain't for the faint of heart, this ain't for the wack MC. You destroying the culture single-handedly. This game isn't cut out for just anyone; only apex predators survive in this unforgiving habitat and the weak shall parish on the path to victory. Welcome to the Valley of the Hyenas!

I've been blazing down that road
I've been blazing down that road
I've been blazing down that road
I've been blazing down that road
I've been blazing down that road
I've been blazing down that road
Blazing down that road
Blazing down that road
Blazing down that road
I've been blazing down that road
Blazing down that road
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