The Real One

The pen heavy, draggin’ ink through the mud trenches

Truth sharper than a barber with them clean edges

No pretend fences, I walk where the wolves dine

Stomach growlin’, clock tickin’, hunger's on my mind

Shadows whisper secrets that the sun can't mute

Fake ones fade faster than a cheap tattoo

A million masks, but I see through the parade

I’m the real one, ain't no role I ever played

I’m the real one, born where the lies decay

Heart forged in the fire, never fade away

You could talk your talk, but I don’t run

When it’s all said and done, I’m the real one

Streets raised me, but I raised the bar higher

Spit flames, turn the cipher to a brush fire

They mimic moves, but they lackin' the blueprint

I’m ancient wisdom wrapped in a new print

Fist full of dreams, pockets full of lint

A lifetime of lessons hidden in the glint

Of my eye, while the fake ones crumble like clay

Real ones don’t fold, we just pave our own way

I’m the real one, born where the lies decay

Heart forged in the fire, never fade away

You could talk your talk, but I don’t run

When it’s all said and done, I’m the real one