Honour Codes

(album: Nocturnal Instinct - 2020)

Can you make the right choice? Can you make a change?
Tryna honour codes when we play the game

I never like to hold a grudge because the weight is heavy
I never like the fact that I can feel the hate possess me
Why lose faith in yourself? Follow the nature that dwells
Close to your heart and you can find a way to excel
I came for the belt, I'm grading myself
Even if I'm taking a L, I'm learning like I hate the plates on
And had to slam the brakes on
Based on a sci-fi novel no one ever read, it's real life as you see it
Don't worry, it appears close, it's just another very distant memory
I'm finding a future alive in the music
It's vibrant and moving and life is improving
I'm taking steps, I only promise, I ain't making threats
Save your breath, man, them sore losers wanna blame the ref
When they make comparisons and your grade is F
Pressure picking up the pace again, I barely break a sweat

Yeah, I'm trying to remain while the new are here
See the pressure's on the chains like a souvenir
It's hard to endure, tryna get signed like an in-store
Most seem blind to what they're in for
Never sell yourself short if you know the profit
Hits coming off the green like I overshot it
We know the logic, I want it like my olders got it
When it comes to real work, you can tell who's on it
Uninspiring from the side, eyeing him
Chugging Jims, slagging my plans, I be supplying him
Defend the art I put my whole life into
Could tell from the start that loyalty ain't in you
If only they knew, the real see through
To the fake standards that they wanna hold 'em up to
It ain't surprising, them quick to sell out, you're capsizing
The figures on the post say the Owls keep rising

Can you make the right choice? Can you make a change?
Can you take the weight? Can you make a gain?
We tryna honour codes when we play the game
Stay a shining light so the truth won't fade away

Can you make the right choice? Can you make a change?
Can you take the weight? Can you make a gain?
We tryna honour codes when we play the game
Stay a shining light so the truth won't fade away

This the game that's really gonna make your path change
Looking for the exit out, we move into a stargate
You looking for some parking, I'll be darting in a fast lane
That's the time I'm living in, this mission is so fast paced
Always on the next thing, it's the vision that will get you in position
For the place you wanna live in
If you ain't got vision then you'll stay in the place you eat, sleep and shit in
So listen, I'll tell it how it is, not how it isn't
Under rain clouds in Britain, it's a strange sound I'm bringing
Yet it resonates within them from the underground system
With the gutter sounding wisdom
Said they elevate with instinct, I'm original, not imprint
Every millisecond's different, bring the colour like I'm pigment
Paint the soundscape in an instant with the Four Owls inference
My instinct is addictive, our decisions make a difference
It's on you to show persistence, your choice, your existence

The game's a bitch but I married it
Give a fuck if you can hold it down, man
I wanna see you carry it
Twinkle eyes, see them hypnotised by glamour shit
A thin line between rep and acting like a sket, can they manage it?
It weighs heavy so I slay about five a day
And stay ready while these goons slip and slide away
They're piss-weak so here's shit's creek
Singing to them, guardian of the arts
And my heart says I should bring it to them
Everyone gets into this for different reasons
Some wanna get to Ps and get to leaving
Or front like fake Gs and chuck the cheese in
I don't what's funnier or worse
Them or the fact that people actually believe them
I do this because I love this
Don't put nothing above this
There's names for dames that's all about the change
So what up, bitch? Gold digger
I'm just speaking from the soul
I'm punching through to make the hole bigger
Chuck you couple go-figures

Can you make the right choice? Can you make a change?
Can you take the weight? Can you make a gain?
We tryna honour codes when we play the game
Stay a shining light so the truth won't fade away

Can you make the right choice? Can you make a change?
Can you take the weight? Can you make a gain?
We tryna honour codes when we play the game
Stay a shining light so the truth won't fade away