Verse 1: Guess who's back? The rapper that's the furthest thing from wack I'll have these mumblers running from me by the end of the track I am on the attack, so don't let me catch you slacking Anybody not at my level, you best get packing I'll told y'all on the first mixtape that I'd return Before them three years was up and now I'm here so please start clapping Had to come back to show the things that I've learned And spit more lyrics that burn because I saw the game was lacking I know that six months is not a very long time But if I wanna make it in this game then I gotta keep grinding I put my first tape out, the next day I started writing more rhymes To get closer to the deal I should be signing It's all part of the plan, this was already mapped out I got another four tapes lined up for me to bash out Y'all ain't ready, remember what I said six months ago? I'm only just getting started but now we moving past the intro Verse 2: I dropped my first tape all the way back in September It's only been six months but now it seems like forever Gotta be honest, the reception that it got was way better Than I expected but it's not enough for where I am headed Nobody listened to it save for all the people that know me My old classmates, my family and of course all the homies I'm very grateful for all of the support they been givin' Even though some people tried to tell me some things were missing Some people told me that I ain't really switch up the flow While other people tried to say the beats were mixed too low Some people asked me why I don't just make my own beats And so I did, all of y'all who complained just take a seat Some people said I only rap about wanting to be the best So I wrote some of these songs to get some shit off my chest I hope that with this new tape some of those issues are settled Because I'm serious now, let's take this to the next level

Ey yo Hook 1: I'm sitting at home and I ain't got nothing to do The clock's ticking, it's already a quarter past two Turn on the TV but I find it ain't got nothing to view And everybody's busy so I can't hang out with the crew Already tired, just staring at all the doodles I drew I could go outside and just admire the view Maybe go for a walk, so I pull on my shoes Step out the door and stare up into the sky so blue Verse 1: Woke up this morning thinking that it was gonna be a productive day Six hours later, and the whole day has been wasted away So many games on my computer but I got nothing to play And I'm thinking that I should probably get started on my essay So I sit down and just stare at the laptop display But my brain ain't in the mood for doing any work today I try to work on my songs but I just can't convey All the things and the feelings that I really wanna say I make some lunch then I'm thinking I should take a quick nap Wake up two hours later but still can't write any raps I guess my spirit's not in it, I can't project the emotion When I feel like I'm drowning in a big blue ocean Pretty soon the sun sets and it's time to go to bed And I've got all these empty thoughts just sitting in my head Bout how the whole day I didn't do a single useful thing And now when I need to sleep, all my mind can do is think Hook 2: I'm sitting at home and I ain't got nothing to do The clock's ticking, it's already a quarter past two Turn on the TV but I find it ain't got nothing to view And everybody's busy so I can't hang out with the crew Already tired, just staring at all the doodles I drew I could go outside and just admire the view Maybe go for a walk, so I pull on my shoes Step out the door and stare up into the sky so blue Verse 2: The next morning I wake up and say today gon' be different Sit down at my desk but at the screen I'm just blinkin' My mind empty, I ain't got any thoughts that I'm thinkin' And once again, all my plans like a ship they be sinkin' But then I get an idea, so I just start writin' A brand new song about these feelings of boredom that I been fighting I'm thinking I could put this on my next mixtape So I did, and it became the song that you just played Hook 3: I'm sitting at home and I ain't got nothing to do The clock's ticking, it's already a quarter past two Turn on the TV but I find it ain't got nothing to view And everybody's busy so I can't hang out with the crew Already tired, just staring at all the doodles I drew I could go outside and just admire the view Maybe go for a walk, so I pull on my shoes Step out the door and stare up into the sky so blue

Verse 1: Yeah I'm back, the greatest rapper that you never heard of Talk shit about me and I'll make you chew your words up These rappers so bad they wish they had a third of The talent that I have, but lately I have been in search of A brand new avenue to take my music in a new direction Never stressin' so-called 'competition', that's my confession Grab your attention and my lyrics spread like an infection Nowadays, bars ain't the rule of the game, it's the exception If hip-hop was a country, then De.P.Th would win the election I'm here to revive the sport, call this the resurrection I ain't a one-flow pony, that is a misconception If you want proof, look at my last mixtape's reception My similes cure disease with such ease like an injection Keep you guessin' with my lyrical inflections The inception of my presence with this verse is cemented For your protection, let me ask: now do you have any questions? Hook 1: Bitch I'm awesome Bitch I'm awesome Bitch I'm awesome Bitch I'm awesome Verse 2: Yeah bitch I'm awesome, and don't you ever forget it All that shit talking, you know that you better dead it Contenders step up, I'll make sure you forever regret it Pretending you can best me, you should know I'll sever your head if You ever try to spread some of that dirt on my name You wanna battle? Afterwards your life will never be the same Your puny words couldn't hurt me when we're playing my game You're in the presence of a king and you're a jester, feel ashamed Cuz if there's one thing that I've got that you don't, it's talent There's too many wack rappers, hip-hop needs balance That's why I'm here but I'm having a challenge Of just trying to find me a worthy combatant Cuz these rappers these days ain't listen to what we say They all got the same flow like a song stuck on replay They betrayed the culture, the rap game is in decay But I'm here to show you the way, cuz they got some debts to repay Hook 2: Bitch I'm awesome Bitch I'm awesome Bitch I'm awesome Bitch I'm awesome

Hook 1: It's all about the money It's all about the money It's all about the money It's all about the money Verse 1: It's all about the money, the thing that makes the world go round Is the same thing that's keeping all these people so down You see it every day, when you're driving through town Stop at a robot and just take a second to look around And what you'll see is a country with almost 60 million people All in a society that's still totally unequal When 25 to 40 percent of 'em ain't got jobs But got kids to feed so what else can they do but steal and rob While there's people in power who sit behind a fancy desk And every hour they're counting big fat checks But the money should be used to help our people through the droughts and These politicians spend it on some big ass houses When a quarter of our people ain't got no room to sleep Ain't got no food to eat, no shoes on their feet But these people in government, they don't care about the country Only thing that they care about is the money It's all about the money Hook 2: It's all about the money It's all about the money It's all about the money It's all about the money Verse 2: This is an issue that occurs across the whole of the globe In every nation you'll find people who have lost all their hope Because the state that they living in is as low as it goes But the higher ups don't pay them no mind and it shows The world we're living in is just so full of greed and corruption Poverty and crime, we're feeding our own total destruction And it's a cycle cuz one of these things leads to another And if one stopped they all would cuz they feed off each other When there's kids in America making thousands off the net While people all over the world are broke, homeless and in debt Our society depends on the green, we're obsessed The thing we need to survive is also our greatest threat Cuz the thing about money is that it bring's out the worst There's people everyday who'll put others in a hearse All for a stack of Ben's, it's actually funny That a piece of a paper makes people so scummy It's all about the money Hook 3: It's all about the money It's all about the money It's all about the money It's all about the money

Verse: Lately I've been thinkin' 'bout the life that I'm livin' The chances that I've been given', upon my dream I've been wishin' So that one day it can be more than just a dream So that one day I can turn it to my reality But then I question myself, "Is that the life that I want?" To have every little thing I do constantly judged By people that I don't know, who criticize my flow And every word that I say out of proportions they blow Don't wanna see me grow, they wanna dull my glow But even worse is I'm worried about performing a show How I'm supposed to be a rapper who can make the crowd move But I get nervous on a stage cuz I don't wanna get booed And I don't want to lose so I don't wanna do battles But I also wanna prove to y'all that I can handle Any opponent I face, no matter what it takes Because I wanna be remembered as one of the greats And to do that, I'm gonna need to earn my respect But I'm scared of all the people who are gonna reject Me cuz of circumstances over which I have no control Like my race or my birthplace, these Internet trolls Wanna degrade me and make me feel like my effort's a waste But honestly I have those same exact thoughts every day My mom's been telling me for years that I ain't gonna make it And all the while all I'd do is just sit there and take it I wanna prove her wrong but I just can't say it And I wanna show the whole world that I ain't fake cuz I don't wanna be the rapper that nobody approves of I don't wanna stay the same, I always wanna improve cause I truly love the music, but what if they don't see it? I try to prove to them that I mean it, but if they don't believe it? I don't want them to think that I'm a vulture But my colour might make people think that I don't love the culture And I grew up with both parents, never struggled for money Went to a private school, my circumstances were lucky So what if people think that I should be disqualified From the GOAT conversation, in the back of my mind I'm thinking that it shouldn't matter who you are or where you from As long as you got love for the culture, you can become The greatest rapper of all, just make sure you keep it real Always write what's in your mind and all the things that you feel There's always gonna be people who will never accept you And you can't change their minds so you should never expect to Only focus on the people who are there to support you But look out for the labels cuz they wanna extort you And after all of my fears and all of these thoughts I realise this is still the dream inside of my heart There's gonna be many challenges on my way to the top But until I'm there Im'ma keep going nonstop

Hook 1: No matter what happens in life You can always turn things around Even when your days are filled with strife There's a lot of worth to be found So take heed of what I'm trying to tell you Cuz even when your days are full of strife You can always turn things around No matter what happens in your life Verse 1: I'm feeling lost and I don't know where to go So I guess you'll never hear me say That everything in life is under my control I woke up and I told myself today You're never gonna make it as a rapper I never listen when somebody tells me That Following your dreams is all that matters I ain't buying what you're trying to sell me You can be anything Who ever heard a more perfect lie? You could never be your own king That's the only truth I live by Refusing to give up the fight That kind of lifestyle just isn't worth it If you truly want a good life Then you should take these words and just reverse it Hook 2: No matter what happens in life You can always turn things around Even when your days are filled with strife There's a lot of worth to be found So take heed of what I'm trying to tell you Cuz even when your days are full of strife You can always turn things around No matter what happens in your life Verse 2: You should take these words and just reverse it If you truly want a good life That kind of lifestyle just isn't worth it I refuse to give up the fight That's the only truth I live by You could never be your own king? Who ever heard a more perfect lie? You can be anything I ain't buying what you're trying to sell me Following your dreams is all that matters I never listen when somebody tells me You're never gonna make it as a rapper I woke up and I told myself today That everything in life is under my control So I guess you'll never hear me say I'm feeling lost and I don't know where to go Hook 3: No matter what happens in life You can always turn things around Even when your days are filled with strife There's a lot of worth to be found So take heed of what I'm trying to tell you Cuz even when your days are full of strife You can always turn things around No matter what happens in your life

Hook 1: Got my eyes up, I'm staring at the skyscrapers As I write down these rhymes on this white paper This is the plan destined for me by my maker This is the dream that I chose to make my life greater So keep your head up, and stare up at them skyscrapers Follow your instincts, it's all designed by nature This is the plan destined for me by my maker This is the dream that I chose to make my life greater Verse 1: Plane landed in New York while this beat was playing Two years later the same track conveys what I'm saying This shit was written, this is the message that I'm portraying I wanna rule the world so on my street dreams I been praying Stood in the center of Times Square to take in the sights I never been in a place with so many flashing lights Breathed in the air of the cold New York morning, no doubt I made it to the place that I only ever dreamed about The culture that I embraced was birthed right here on these streets I wipe the tears from my eyes and I smile, I've found my peace This is the Mecca, the place where everything got it's start The place where it all goes back, I've found myself in the heart I'm strolling down Fifth Ave, make my way past Central Park Into Harlem where some of my heroes first made their mark And everywhere I look, there's skyscrapers on every side Make me feel like everything will be alright in due time Hook 2: Got my eyes up, I'm staring at the skyscrapers As I write down these rhymes on this white pape r This is the plan destined for me by my maker This is the dream that I chose to make my life greater So keep your head up, and stare up at them skyscrapers Follow your instincts, it's all designed by nature This is the plan destined for me by my maker This is the dream that I chose to make my life greater Verse 2: My bus pulls into Manhattan, Group Home is playing in my ear "Suspended In Time", produced by the legend Premier I'm finally here, is all that I was thinking to myself It was a surreal moment, I can't describe what I felt Five days after we arrived, it was time for us to go Got in the cab, as I looked up it had started to snow I saw the South Bronx on our way to catch our plane We passed Queensbridge and Brooklyn, I was watching the trains Just chugging on when I got a thought in my brain I knew from then on that one day I would come back again Got on the plane and immediately put this beat on play And stared out of the window as we flew further away I sat back and I realised what I had to do I had to work hard so I could make my dreams come true So I decided the life of a rapper I would pursue So that one day I could keep those skyscrapers in my view Hook 3: Got my eyes up, I'm staring at the skyscrapers As I write down these rhymes on this white paper This is the plan destined for me by my maker This is the dream that I chose to make my life greater So keep your head up, and stare up at them skyscrapers Follow your instincts, it's all designed by nature This is the plan destined for me by my maker This is the dream that I chose to make my life greater

Verse 1: I'd like to just apologize to start off For the murders I've committed but some lessons were taught These rappers wanna talk big but we all know your heart's soft Soon as I speak I prove to y'all once and for all that I'm a part of This culture, and you can't take that from me My foundation was built with more bars than a penitentiary I dole put punishments to these rappers more than a jury You hear my name and your mind is gonna fill up with worry Your lines are over-sanitized compared to mine which are dirty Your mind is never on time with the rhymes but mine is early You should just realize that in my presence you ain't worthy I X out any so called monsters with No Mercy With every verse I spit my grip on the game keeps on tightening Cuz if you listen to my words you'll know they enlightening They say that De.P.Th has been spittin' enough lightning To rock shop from Benoni to Brighton Let's go Hook 1: Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Verse 2: I lock the game down, y'all should call me Cyril It's official, skill so big make Shaquille O'Neal look little When I step on the scene, then you know it's all over Rappers run and hide inside cuz I'm sick like corona My style's contagious, but impossible to replicate These rappers wanna be me but I'm here to set the record straight I wanna be in a position where if you search the word goat In the dictionary then I'm the definition Until that day comes I just keep on writing cuz right now I can't be complacent with my recognition That's my vision, my mission, my ambition is animal I massacre these rappers, eat 'em up like a cannibal Call me Hannibal, because my lyrics are frightening The game is in a dark place but I'm here to do some brightening You writing lines cleaner than toothpaste whitening While I carry on spitting all this lightning Damn Hook 2: Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning Lightning

Hook 1: I just wanna have fun I just wanna be young My life's just begun Yeah, I just wanna be young We just wanna have fun We just wanna be young We've only begun Yeah, we just wanna be young Verse 1: Just turned 20 but I don't feel like growing up yet Party with the gang but you know I ain't throwing up sets Ain't got a lot of money cuz my shit ain't blowing up yet But I know the way I'm flowing make some grown men upset Parents asking me to get a job all the time when I been dealing with enough pressure from all my assignments Not to mention I be stressin' if I'm ever gonna make it Will this rap shit take off or should I give up and forsake it? I got two more years of school and then I'm out on my own So before then, I gotta get my name more known Cuz I don't wanna end up homeless on the streets with no work So it's either rap or working as a video game nerd But I'm still young so I ain't worrying about that now Im'ma enjoy my youth and just have fun around town Cuz when I'm with all the homies I drink my worries away Until I hear what my parents will say to me the next day Hook 2: I just wanna have fun I just wanna be young My life's just begun Yeah, I just wanna be young We just wanna have fun We just wanna be young We've only begun Yeah, we just wanna be young Verse 2: "Why you swearing in your raps?" Cuz that's just how I speak "Why you drinking that crap?" Cuz the flavour is sweet Sometimes I really wish my parents would just get off of my case But if I told them that straight they'd kick me out of this place So I just deal with it and thank God for the life that I have And continue to do all this dumb shit while I still can Me and my friends go out to party and get totally smashed Forget about everything else and just have us a blast I even laugh when I fail hard at picking up a gir l Cuz I'll just try again later, it ain't the end of the world I still got time before I truly gotta be an adult So Im'ma make the most of it, don't care about the results Hook 3: I just wanna have fun I just wanna be young My life's just begun Yeah, I just wanna be young We just wanna have fun We just wanna be young We've only begun Yeah, we just wanna be young

Hook 1: East Side, East Side Everybody love me East Side, East Side Everybody love me East Side, East Side Everybody love me East Side, East Side Everybody love me Verse 1: Yeah Welcome to the East Rand! A place so great You'll take a second to look around and say wait And maybe there will be a smile straight across your face As you're filled with a feeling that you just can't replace Now on this side, I'm known as the Fresh Prince of Benoni Yeah, everybody knows me, I'm rolling with my homies These other Benoni rappers dope but lyrically below me And some of 'em straight phony but not me, this my home, see From Farrarmere to Rynfield, people know who I am I pull out the petrol station, tip the guy Five Rand Pull up to the homies crib and say hi to my man Feeling like I got this city in the palm of my hand Cuz when I'm in the East Rand, I just feel so alive Fuck trynna survive, man, I'm trying to thrive Trying to strive for my ultimate goal And when I make it, they gon' crown me a king in my home cuz Hook 2: East Side, East Side Everybody love me East Side, East Side Everybody love me East Side, East Side Everybody love me East Side, East Side Everybody love me Verse 2: I went to SDC, there ain't no bestin' me I dominate the rap game so majestically These other rappers be spitting rhymes so jestingly Their shit is weak, none of them be impressing me Because domestically, I'm the greatest of all time Next stop is international fame, ain't no small climb I make y'all look lame whenever you all rhyme The way I make flames with my words should be a crime And all throughout my hometown people whisper my name From Ebotse to Oakfields, people give me acclaim From the Bunny Park to Homestead, I be feeling the fame But I gotta pay my dues to all the people who came Up before me, putting my hometown on the map But just remember I'm next up, my goal with these raps Is to rep the place I'm from to the fullest I can Till I return to my city a hero, and that's the plan Hook 3: East Side, East Side Everybody love me East Side, East Side Everybody love me East Side, East Side Everybody love me East Side, East Side Everybody love me

Verse 1: Let's take it back to 1973 August 11th, at Sedgewick Ave number 1520 When DJ Kool Herc was spinning records at a party Then he unveiled his new technique in front of everybody With two turntables, a mixer and two copies of a record He extended the break so that the b-boys could get it Coke La Rock hopped on the mic and started kicking some rhymes And like that, the culture of hip-hop was alive Six years later, Sugarhill released Rapper's Delight Hip-hop had reached the radio and it could now take flight Kurtis Blow sold Gold when he told of The Breaks And Bambaataa rocked the planet with the music he'd make Flash and the Five began to spread a conscious Message Run-DMC switched up the sound and they blessed it Biz Mark and Doug E. Fresh made the music with their mouths While KRS, Kane and Rakim were moving the crowds Wars about Roxanne and The Bridge began to surface While LL was making Kool Moe Dee so nervous Out West, the gangsta rap presence increased Thanks to a group who used to say "Fuck the Police" While PE told people to "Fight The Powers That Be" The Native Tongues were promoting Afrocentricity Into the 90's, the culture continued to expand And that's the abridged version of how hip-hop began Hook 1: And if you didn't know then now you know that That's the story of how Hip-Hop got it's start back in the day So when you hear that music from your Boombox You'll remember that it's Hip-Hop so you can stand up and say Verse 2: I Love Hip-Hop I Love Hip-Hop I Love Hip-Hop I Love Hip-Hop Hook 2: And if you didn't know then now you know that That's the story of how Hip-Hop got it's start back in the day So when you hear that music from your Boombox You'll remember this so you can put your knowledge on display

Verse 1: Let me get one thing straight: I ain't a one verse wonder Say that again to my face and I'll take you all down under I spit these lyrics that go boom inside your ears like thunder Sink your little battle ship then come to raid and plunder I'll split you in half and then I'm gonna leave you asunder Going up against me will become your greatest blunder These cats showing their teeth forgetting I am the hunter I'll shoot an MC down, you best know your days are numbered I know you hear every line cuz I don't st- st- stutter You better speak up, I can't hear a thing that you mutter Yeah, spit your weak 16, is that the best you can muster? You should've known not to underestimate my hunger I'm dropping bombs, making people run and hide in their bunkers My words can even make Sleeping Beauty rise from her slumber In a battle Im'ma leave you all speechless and flustered Cuz when it comes to this rap shit I'm a natural wonder Hook 1: Don't step to me with all that weak shit Don't ask how I do this cuz that's a secret If you ain't on my level then you should peep this Anybody who tries it gon' get shaded You can't stand up to me so can you please sit I don't wanna battle you, I don't need it You know that I always be spitting that deep shit And if you don't listen then you get shaded Verse 2: Oh shit, just when y'all thought I was done I reached into my rhyme books just to pull out another one I only been on this planet for under 21 years But my intellect places me above all my peers I tear through the competition, without missing Load up each line like a nine with ammunition My intuition be telling me to take my position I'm a premonition to anyone who's dissing if You don't listen, I'll beat you into submission These rappers gas themselves up like they stepped on the ignition My lyrical demolition be causing mass attrition You don't need a physician, I take you straight to a mortician In addition, I am a hard act to follow Knowing that fact must be a tough pill to swallow I'm on a path destined for greatness while you just keep on Staying in the basement while you wallow in your sorrow Hook 2: Don't step to me with all that weak shit Don't ask how I do this cuz that's a secret If you ain't on my level then you should peep this Anybody who tries it gon' get shaded You can't stand up to me so can you please sit I don't wanna battle you, I don't need it You know that I always be spitting that deep shit And if you don't listen then you get shaded

Hook 1: Look at me, all you see is a shining gold star One that shoots across the sky in order to go far So here's a message for you, if you just follow your heart Then all your dreams can come true and you could never be stopped There's always gonna be people who try to dull your shine But they don't matter so don't listen and just pay them no mind Always trust in the plan because it's all by design Just keep on shooting through the stars until you reach the divine Verse 1: Now here I go, float on the beat just like a boat on the ocean My flow is current like the sea, over the track I be coastin' Know when I speak, then it's your attention that I be holdin' You know I break the concrete with all these words that I've spoken My blue Nikes on my feet, you see my cypher unfoldin' I take a walk on the streets to see the minds I be moldin' So take a seat cuz most people can't stand just what they're beholdin' I bring the heat, leave every mic I ever touched smoking Now when I come through, remember all the things that I have done to Get to where I am now, all of the hoops that I jumped through All the dudes in my crew who helped me not to succumb to All my demons, every line that I write, every single one true But when I jump on the mic, I'm like a different person I rip the beat open just like a surgeon I am a preacher, people treat my verses as a sermon This rap shit, I've come to conquer it just like the Persians Hook 2: Look at me, all you see is a shining gold star One that shoots across the sky in order to go far So here's a message for you, if you just follow your heart Then all your dreams can come true and you could never be stopped There's always gonna be people who try to dull your shine But they don't matter so don't listen and just pay them no mind Always trust in the plan because it's all by design Just keep on shooting through the stars until you reach the divine Verse 2: Yeah, you should know that I'm real when you hear my shit I pack the knowledge I learn into the lyrics I spit And when you listen to my voice you're gonna know it's legit Committed to my craft with all these verses I draft MC's should just be themselves, instead of biting off of Everyone else, put in more effort, write your rhymes by yourself Because it honestly tells, we always know when the things You claim you wrote were actually written by somebody else Cuz I believe in ghosts, but I don't let them write for me How can I expect somebody else to tell my story? I make it harder and harder for all of y'all to ignore me Cuz one day Im'ma be great like all the people before me I'm not just a rapper, I suppose I'm more akin to a poet I speak my truth so I can try and help those at their lowest Cuz there gon' come a time, when I'm all dead and gone But until that day comes I just keep writing these songs Hook 3: Look at me, all you see is a shining gold star One that shoots across the sky in order to go far So here's a message for you, if you just follow your heart Then all your dreams can come true and you could never be stopped There's always gonna be people who try to dull your shine But they don't matter so don't listen and just pay them no mind Always trust in the plan because it's all by design Just keep on shooting through the stars until you reach the divine