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Keep It 100

"I'm like royalty around y'all"  
That kinda thinking led me to most of my downfalls  
Arrogant and disparaging thoughts, a proud heart  
The spirit I had, the moment I saw my crown fall  
Took me a while to admit it, but I know I'm flawed  
I know my 99 problems; yeah I know I'm soft  
Especially with the honey browns that often come around  
That turn a lone range wolf into a puppy now  
 
A lost puppy, with the heart of a wolf  
So when I'm starting to look for one who's got part of the looks  
And who's got part of the brains (I mean apart from the books)  
When I get her, it never lasts as long as it should  
Coz sooner or later, reality kicks in  
Tension creeps in and rips through this sheepish skin  
Covered cracks reopen to show the wolf beneath this skin  
And it starts to crumble, soon it's 'bout to meet its end  
 
So from "walk in the park" to "lost deep in the jungle"  
Because of those mistakes that always leave me in trouble  
Would be avoidable really, if I'd stop feeling like a Prince and just be keeping it humble  
And just keep it 100  
 
Which makes me royalty around guys  
When you grow coz you've noticed the truth around lies  
That's the point when know that your crew'll downsize  
But that comes with the territory, that's the downside  
But it's not a downside, it's a beautiful loss  
A smaller circle can supply much more than you could've lost  
To help you leave juvenile thoughts and ludicrous talk  
That usual lot, that seem like they're immovable rocks  
 
Coz it's one thing to know what the right thing to do is  
But it's a different ball game when you've actually gotta do it  
That's how "mistakes" are born, and you end up looking stupid  
Coz you couldn't find that spur to spark a bit of movement  
But now you need that aggression, a desire to learn  
You need the eye of the tiger or worse  
For the fire to burn, it ain't about just writing a verse  
You've gotta get your brain rewired to work  
 
Yeah writing this verse fuels my desire to work; so that the fire can burn  
 
Don't mind me, I'm just keeping it 100
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