Smoke & Mirrors - M.A.T.

Man here we go once again

And I gotta watch out for the foes and friends

You never know in the end

Will they be there or gone with the wind

Is it any wonder hey

I got something else to say

I got so more I gotta prove

So much more we gotta do

So much more you gotta see

So much more that you could be

Still don’t feel the love but I rep my town so faithfully

Can’t feed you food for thought

If you ain’t hungry and you hate to eat

Starving like I’m Marvin

26 I’m going A to Z

Can’t you see

If you don’t I could give a damn about ya

Knew you couldn’t swim

So called friends is gonna drown with out ya

And when you’re good they still come around

And when you’re doing bad you don’t even hear a sound

But in your heart you love them anyway

But in your mind the times and all the signs

Is always telling you to get away

Man here we go once again

And I gotta watch out for the foes and friends

You never know in the end

Will they be there or gone with the wind

We’re the realist out now because it’s something you can understand

Ain’t got a tattoo so I’m different from your other man

Why be like everybody else looking the same

I could get what you got but you can’t look like me man

Simple and plain but maybe it’s just simply insane

I put the peddle to the metal til I empty the tank

I see these politicians only wanna empty the bank

Til you’re broke with no hope ain’t that a reason to change

You left your keys at the house and now you’re leaving your brain

I’m so cold with the flow ain’t that a reason to bang

But never mind cause in time you gonna witness the magic

I just hope I get to see it before I’m put in a casket

Man here we go once again

And I gotta watch out for the foes and friends

You never know in the end

Will they be there or gone with the wind

Now what’s real and what’s fake

I tell you how I feel so you can relate

And on the outside it seems like everything is golden

But really rappers today are wolves in sheep’s clothing

Rapping bout things most people don’t have

Like that makes them better than us and it makes me so mad

Cause there’s so much going on in the world

That you could talk about

Instead you rather brag a lot and rap about your bank account

And then a bunch of kids wanna be you

Not knowing that all your music is something I see through

To the point that I could listen to your songs

And still not know anything about you

That’s why I doubt you make music that’s timeless

Or have the listener rewind it and not because of a punchline

But because of one line that opened up their minds

For the times when they thought about giving up or dying

Cause crying didn’t seem to ease the pain

And I represent every seed that didn’t get to be named

Now watch me let this ink pen bleed through my veins

Knowing that we’ll never be here again

That gives me more motivation for creating

While you were asleep I was wide awake and

Writing my thoughts on a piece of paper

So you could listen to these vibrations

At this moment in time man my hearts racing

Cause every other single day

I’m trying to just get away

I got a lot up on my mind but still somehow I maintain

Why they gotta pimp the game

For fifteen minutes of fame

Until there’s nothing left for anybody to claim

So I stop and just breathe

Now peep game before I leave

I’m in a league where everybody says ain’t nobody realer

But if you ask me it’s just smoke and mirrors