DEFENDER'S RAP

• What is a god?
• Is it a gift or a curse?
• Is it free of obligation?
• Or is it just too damn gifted with words?
• What is a god?
• Does it ever get lonely?
• Does it try to please everybody?
• Is it questioned by phonies?
• I assume all of it’s intentions are holy?
• I assume till I assume it’s form
• What is a god?
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• My own blood upon my hands
• I’ve muddled all the plans
• A middle finger to the kids that linger for me in the stands
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• I’ll never give a shit how famous I was
• As long as those who knew me respected me
• They wanted me to get an Insta, I ain’t gonna budge
• Every closeted enemy wants to be friends with me
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• Disappointment is a bitter sip of poison
• A wishful voice for different choices
• A past that we cannot alter is the reason we falter
• That causes veiled figures to leave at the altar
• What has become of the scene that we fathered?
• Why did weeds sprout from the seeds that we watered?
• What’s wrong with those weeds? Can we even be bothered?
• Should we just reap what they offer, then needlessly slaughter?
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• All ya gods are dead
• The prophet has dropped the pen
• We never expect each other to break
• No matter how far we bend
• Only so many pages are available to us
• The stories of legends always end
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• I tried to make everybody happy
• I tried to fulfill every expectation
• I tried to keep every promise
• I tried to resist any temptation
• I cried to make everybody happy
• I cried to let myself know what was up
• I never lied to get outta the shadows
• I died to let em know enough was enough
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• I scream out to be heard by time over the deadlines
• One crack under the pressure and I’m makin the headlines
• I miss the fair, I remember bein there as a kid
• Nobody cared what I did except my parents and shit
• If only mistakes lay in plain sight...how they take up time!
• I spend half of what’s left tryna close my wakin eyes
• The other half is spent tryna remember
• What my family’s embrace feels like
• The things I love the most are what make me cry
• When the bangers quiet down to the faintest cry
• I can still hear a guitar playin Edelweiss
• Under that limitless infinite great big sky
• I grew up on Andrea Bocelli
• I never know when it’s time to say goodbye
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• I’m jealous of rainfalls and I envy the sunsets
• Beautiful, admirable, but nobody wants anything from em
• I’d trade every accolade for plenty of just...rest
• Mother Nature is beautiful without bein tempted to undress
• It’s Father Time that makes me wanna drop the mic
• And start a life anew, smile as I watch the dawn arise
• “Record this verse and don’t forget that one battle”
• One of these days, but not tonight
• One smile crossed with sighs and ya god has died