DEFENDER'S RAP

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• See there's growth in the minuses if you restore where ya hollow in
• I would go from impoverished wit' mommas then, forget the suave shit in commas, my
• Knowledge lives prosperous, health is wealth and self-reliance brings confidence
• Swapped Pops wit' a stylus, it's – in my jeans for the opposite
• What this rhyme-sheet says it's obvious I'm deep-pocketed
• No longer a nihilist, I find acceptance in ma'-sire-bliss, the Messiah bless, inner-voice guidance, bitch
• A prophet to the mindless sense, so these bars suggest, I'm a narcissist, not God's son, I let Nas assist
• Eyes transfixed in the margins since, they marginalized and boxed me in
• Raggedy handkerchief my cries put in, only hand-me-downs is trauma, had to tra-ma best
• Ongoing quest, healin' revealin' I'm still makin' a killin' being far ahead
• No more spilt milk 'poor me' hell if my mental wellness fell a lil resilience resolves the dread
• A million times this hill to climb as long as I don't fall regressed
• The dream's buildin' a kingdom, just future children proud enough to call me dad.
• On a philosopher and artist binge, a penny for your thoughts, cha-ching, it brings more opulence than a dollar can
• It's not in me to carry burdens, after shopliftin' – still won't be insolvent if, I rewrite my sins by an honest cent