Escaped the cage I'm a walking display for kids with no hope Emitting rays but don't need no shades to see I'm so dope I'm in a race on a steady pace, and I'm lapping slow pokes But slack a moment they in yo face when they laugh it's no joke Avoid the circuses while you search what yo purpose is Hope that you can surf cause they'll ride yo wave when see they don't float Then cast away they washed up for shore gotta build they own boat Then pail it out as it's sinking, hope someone sees and throws rope This industry is like sailing the seven seas, but instead they selling they soul just to sell a couple cds Steady hitting this road for these people I hope to please While heavy hitters like Hov flood the airwaves, it's hard to breathe But this my last pump, no longer faced with asthma The paving the way till the cash come Then rake it away when it adds up I'm saving the face of the savior the pace that they're dying off I'll be the last one Patiently waiting the days of amazing taste to return like ransoms This here's yo anthem I'm talking this modern life Where you live then you die And you just give and you try Hope you get a new sign And any hole inside can't be filled by nothing you buy Where the heroes don't shine And villains do time I'm talking this modern life Where we sip bottled wine Twist one up and get high Could tell I'm lit by my eyes Need to escape I've had enough Won't fasten up for this ride I been suffering inside This things I wonder sometimes Earned my stripes like I'm Jeter, let Derek see the home run I be the base so I need a place I can see the lake front Anita Bake I'ma give it all that it take from day 1 I got the sauce and I'm steady raising the steaks I'm A1 Rappers on they high horses I knock em off as they come Faster than Porsches, I'll pass the torch when I have to Im like a fortress or castle My fortune is more than natural Feeble avoid the battle Torpedos I'm throwin at you Told me to break a leg now I'm Siddin like Vicious Any dragon I call upon betta give me my wishes Steady building this catalog hope I ain't repetitious And these days I'm more relaxed but never less suspicious I'm on they back Every direction I'm cuttin my corneas Every corner and intersection, dissecting a foreigner I try to take these lessons and mesh em so glorious Every word as sharp as a weapon the message is war to ya I'm talking this modern life Where you live then you die And you just give and you try Hope you get a new sign And any hole inside can't be filled by nothing you buy Where the heroes don't shine And villains do time I'm talking this modern life Where we sip bottled wine Twist one up and get high Could tell I'm lit by my eyes Need to escape I've had enough Won't fasten up for this ride I been suffering inside This things I wonder sometimes Keyz up Reloading like Re-ups They knowin' that we been hungry but no one gon' feed us Maybe I'll disappear won't return for like 3 months Change of seasons, no freedoms Maybe then they might believe us Police bucking with no reason, they leave us Blood leaking buckets from the tee up So please duck ain't no discussion they won't ease up So we must pledge our Allegiance, back to these slums Where we from Ain't no one tucking tails, just bucking shells Eventually get cuffed and stuffed in cells, with hopes of bail Stuck in the cycle I know it's hell I hear your tales I know that u hear me, but hope you feel me until it's braille