DEFENDER'S RAP

• I'm so tired
• still so wired
• I've acquired a taste for pushing the brakes when inspired
• liar liar, get your pants set on fire
• you bragging on raps, i'm setting up pyres
• don't need a lighter, there's always one in the pocket of a writer
• trying to get on the vape, but the cigarette burns brighter
• my empire of dirt better generate cash
• i still keep a stash, might have to hide it in the mattress fast
• cause who knows when they might clasp their grasp
• i'm in the governments control, no questions asked
• performing menial tasks just to run to the bank
• might blow a fat stack
• might keep the check blank
• to be frank, ya'll should crank up my rank
• i'm not a steward anymore, i've walked off the plank
• cast my vote in the dark
• swam with the sharks
• a man to make sparks out of my shards
• keeping them polished
• saving the parts
• striving and accomplished
• unlike some counterparts
• i say that because i've played my cards
• and if the tarot is right, i'm reaching the charts
• you can say what you like, practicing hitting the target with metaphorical darts
• smart with the arts
• maybe leaving my mark
• not that my two cents count anyway
• didn't come to prophesize, just do it today
• and someday i might get the independence i crave
• cause i appreciate the wave against being enslaved
• but remember you're getting served the platter if you're a wolf or you're brave