Honest Abe I am Change Lyrics

I AM CHANGE

LOOK, I GOT A QUESTION OR TWO FOR YOU TO ANSWER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?!
BECAUSE I NEED NO PAPER OR MICROPHONE
MY LYRICAL RINGTONE WILL BECOME A SONG OF INSPIRATION.
DO YOU SEE ME?!
DO BELIEVE MY TRUTH, SEE THAT I'D NEVER LIE?
LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND YOU CAN FEEL HOW REAL I AM.
BUT, d___ YOU WANNA KNOW SOMETHING?

SOMETIMES I CAN BE A CRIMINALIST BULLSHIT ARTIST,
WITH A GUN FOR A MOUTH;
TELLING YOU I'M GOOD WHEN I FEEL LIKE s___ AND
IN THE PIT OF MY STOMACH FEAR, ANXIETY AND IMPATIENCE RESIDES.
OR I'LL MAKE YOU BELIEVE
I'M A SUPER-MAN WHILE THE KARMIC KRYPTONITE OF MY PAST CAN STILL KILL ME.

I APOLOGIZE FOR MY DECEPTION,
BUT NOW THE SYNOPSIS OF MY LIFE
CAN'T REMAIN AN UNTOLD STORY,
STUCK IN THE PURGATORY ANNALS OF TIME;
I AM DESTINY'S SON, A MESSENGER FOR THE FUTURE TO COME.
THE TRAILS OF MY WILD TANGENT PERSONA ARE LIKE A SISTA WIT A FAT a__
I GET IT FROM MY MOMMA.
MY HUSTLE IS LIKE A d___ WITH AN OVERDOSE OF v_____, ALWAYS HARD.
I AM THE RICH CHOCOLATE STAIN IN THE FABRIC OF HISTORY SETTING IN,
AND SPECTACULAR NEW MOON RISING AND DESCENDING INTO FOREVER.
I CAN'T BE SUBTRACTED, SO GO AHEAD AND TRY TO DIVIDE ME
AND WATCH ME MULTIPLY INTO AN ABOMINABLE CHANGE YOU WILL NEVER STOP!!

WHAT YOU SEE IS THE NEW GREATEST UNDERDOG OF ALL TIME.
THOUGH I'VE COME UP SHORT 1 TIME TOO f___ING MANY;
I AM A PENNY, ONE, BUT WORTH MORE THAN ANY OTHER COIN OR DOLLAR.

THE DEATH BLADE OF REALITY THAT'S' CONQUERING FEARS, STILL KILLING NIGHTMARES
AND EARNING THE RESPECT OF ALL MY PEERS AND MENTORS;
TAMELESS, SHAMELESS, OH s___, YOU SEE MY STAR SHINING.
I'M f___ING FAMOUS.
GAINING THE KNOWLEDGE UP IN COLLEGE
BUT ALREADY GOT A DEGREE,
IT'S A PHD IN WORDSMITHOLOGY.
FEEL MY SKILLS, BREAD FROM THE BEST AND THEN SOME,
I CAN EVEN TEACH A COURSE IN TONGUE-TASTIC TALE TELLING 101.

SO GO AHEAD MR. SWEET TALKER, BEAT STALKER,
WITH YOU'RE OUT OF THIS WORLD WORDS AND LINES;
THIS IS GHETTO STAR WARS, I'M LUKE STREET TALKER AND I GOTTA LIGHT SABER TONGUE.
THIS WHOLE SPOKEN WORD GAME DONE CHANGED
I HEAR A VOICE SCREAMING: "ABE SAVE US, DISMANTLE THE PRETENDERS WITH THE TRUTH!
HELP THE YOUTH!
I'M LIKE "DON'T WORRY I GOTCHU.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT A BROTHA WITH NOTHING TO HIDE.
OPEN YOU'RE MOUTH HATERS; I'M TOO BUSY TO SWALLOW MY PRIDE.
THIS TIME I WON'T FAIL, WITH WORDS TIGHTER THAN A LEOTARD.
IT'S OK. I'M DONE, YOU CAN APPLAUD NOW.

- "Honest Abe" Abraham Benjamin [2007]