They wasn’t ready

Call me Elijah.exe, flow glitch, spit algorithmic

Bars run quantum, y'all run timid - I warp physics, bend beats, twist limits (ha!)

Pseudonym saint with a sinner's ambition

Holy cross on my chest, but I crucify competition

I been ghostin' — now I'm poltergeist-posting

Haunting every beat, leave producers toe-tagged, closed-casket composing (dead)

(They wasn't ready)

(I was training in silence)

(I'm the glitch in the matrix)

(The bug in your iris)

I ain't fall off - I fell silent, then upgraded all my software

Came back like malware masked as prayer in the crosshairs

Elijah Noel — but the Noel stand for

"No One Ever Left"

They thought I died - nah, 1 rebooted, came back fresh

Who? NBs. What? MCs

When? Each day. Where? BK

How? Easy. Why? These G's Who? NBs. What? MCs

When? Each day. Where? BK

How? Easy. Why? These G's

No safe place to lay your head

Eating mutton, teeth cutting through day-old bread

Only once broken can it be spoken whole-hearted

Burying pain's why I remain so guarded

Would hurt you, in some circles got the illest rep

Where I bet my silhouette still a threat

Was moving like a killer with impunity

Now I'm a proven pillar in the community

Took a hundred mans missing to transition

Bold lines, closed minds can't listen Follow rules then the ghouls can't lure him

Wanna duel then the jewels ain't for him

Years long, years fast Years gone, years past Years cold, years liver Years old, years wiser

This side of the tracks, providing facts is core essential

Would bring quick swing now tactics more mental

In the hood we could and would deliver hate

Was gutter soldiers not mothered over, deliberate

Thinking man of stinking clan, I'm still a ape

Food for thought... should've brought a bigger plate

This ain't swine-rhyming, it's fine dining

Was raw by the liquor store, but I ain't whining

No sense to buffer, was meant to suffer

in us

I dealt vicious for well-wishers and

naysayers

It's love, they got me from scrub to great player

Guess I was destined, my progression is evident

Want the best, so it test 'til I rest in the sediment

Was steady pride, try to show you every side

I give it life, but write like I already died

No petty fray, every day I hail the truth

Let it spray, never say Ka failed the youth

I rep with the gods, got the weap's and the scars

Where it ain't workin' out 'til you flexin' in cars

When putting on a mask wasn't protection from CARs

U all should just stop now, I’m always going to chart anyways