What if it's all a facade?
What if it's all a facade?
Working so hard it feels like punishment.
Going to leave scars in abundance.
To above being what they sonned.
Won't take your advice if you ain't done what I've done.
I'm not done if you're wondering.
My voice is electric like its thundering.
I'm saying form over function.
While I'm barely functioning.
I eat a rapper for lunch and then.
Shit him out by breakfast time.
It ain't trash if they said it's mine.
Keep on going in steady time.
My diss tracks don't feature petty rhymes.
Get it right.
Coming blazing off the lines when he said "ready type."
Colder than the Yeti's ice.
Image like the Getty life.
Live until old age like Betty White.
I'm so chocolate but I'm plenty White.
Facade like smoke in front of a lighted mirror.
I've never been able to see it any clearer.
That aura is just another word for demeanor.
I've been an OG almost like I was your senior.
What if it's all a facade?
Are we simply a nod like an homage.
With a head covered by plenty scars.
Do you have an empty heart?
Is the chamber full like a Congress session?
I might be losing direction.
Too much strive for perfection.
I'm my style ripe with imprefections.
Always make a good first impression.
Defy all the projections.
Be the best at your profession.
Keep on winning like elections.
Be the only right selection.
Does that mirror show my true reflection?
I'm just flexing like a dorciflexion.
What if it's all a facade?
You incinerate a fossil every time you go for a joy ride.
I'm a rap apostle not a representation of apartheid.
Patience is a virtue and mine is wearing thin.
Weathering every blow like the punching bag at the gym.
When I have a hunch I sniff it out.
Grandfather permanently out to lunch.
The chips on my shoulder go crunch.
Dunked under the wave when I took a plunge.
The love is always there so is the hate.
I can tell whos real and who's fake.
Sometimes they'll slither like a snake.
Most people move slow like a snail.
Hit it on the head like hammers do to nails.
I'm not gonna pay for your bail.
Unless you've always really been there.
For all I care go get the chair.
What if it's all a facade?
How can I just sit in a studio and talk when the world is at war?
How can I just sit and look away from the genocides in Khartum and Darfur?
How can I just sit and say that I think my words accomplish what they're written for?
If I'm not really changing the world then what are we still sitting for?
What if it's all a facade?
Who knows if that's a question we can answer?
Spreading like diseases because they said I'm a cancer.
I am Him.
On the world stage but hardly gracing any stage.
It's definitely not a phase.
I've never had to fish for a phrase.
I'll see you when I get inducted to the Hall of Fame.
F*ck you and the clique you claim.
What if it's all a Facade?