Off Principle Alone

Ain’t no warmth behind that fervor


Turnin' every turf war into savage vs. savage

But I clock the imbalance in crews and creeds

I don’t trip on kindness or selfless deeds

Then ask why you mad or need some damn room at all


Every prize belongs to ones who might jab your jaw


If you peep it, and twitch, they dip out all frolic

That mindset got a homie’s gaze stone solid

But never pause to raise a sprout or roll grass packs

The same damn grip that make em run after cash stacks


My issue lies with the hunger for things abstract


Never saying I ain’t mindful of those who lack facts

War steers through aggression toward the naturally peaceful

What he got instead was absence, the motive was lethal

Met traumatic venom, he needed support from decent people

But you forgot about a small kid, unaware of the world’s evils

… Then you blast em both and vanish out

It’s not a trick or a gag but she still thinking you fronting

His partner answers, you tell her you ended her husband

You hit the bell while letting despair take its course

You step from the whip convinced it’s everybody’s fault but yours

You blame it on them like they ever in life knew the score

You roll up, you’re staring at the front porch

They locked you like a creature, now shocked you wound in a zoo

Your road is done, you didn’t know what the hell to choose

But you just know someone watched or heard, you know the cops got the call

You’re not the sort to take a soul at all

He’s leaking out making motions, 2 in his brain

… He tried to stall so you put 2 in his brain

I swear if you don’t rush the hell up it’s 2 in your brain

Forget your peace, forget your raise, forget your ladder and your face.

I know you’re heated but take it out on your partner between the sheets.

Don’t overlook the stash in the gap that’s beneath the seats

Drain the wallet, your cargos, the glove box. What’s that, a ring?

Aim the piece at his dome and mumble “hand me everything.”

Slide on a budget mask… and push in fast

Caught your leader strolling to his ride, you know he holds stacks

Cause if this don’t spark… you press it to your head and snap back

It’s your last and you just tossed it on a scratch tag

Cause they launching kicks straight to your groin while you crash

So you begin peeping around for something to grasp

Them rugged pills to ingest only make your aches sprout

Send the kid to care and never gotta explain clout

So you take on a low rank wage for the same routes

And you can sport it like crisp slacks or a plain blouse

It don’t contain any substance, it’s just so the blame fits

You get sympathy assistance but they won’t retain it

The fact is it’s never enough for shift and won’t uphold solutions

Even if you snag some coins from contributions

What else can you attempt when the single word you get’s a “no”?

For your child who ain’t fed in days and his spirit’s a ghost

It’s turning dim, you dread the worst and you sense it most

If you can’t embrace it, they shove you to a chamber

Cause all they ever do is lean back and get stacked off your labor