- CitizenXVII - Better late then never, going bananas on these bozos We hobos hope the world knows That independent Black Lite, Wicked Rhymes, no master Challenging each other, running faster and faster Energy the X factor, only deliver dope I'm ghostbustin' ghost writers each and every quote The last hope in this Stars Wars It's 17 but keep my girls down on all fours I bring that Full Force, welcome to my House Party We Kid N Play on the beat and I am not sorry I wrestle beasts on the beats in this wild safari SP in the spot, show 'em how we diddy bop - Tab Trill - On this mic doohickey, ain't much you can do wit me Persistent like a hickey, mean I'm solid never iffy They may not ever get me, made something out of nothing How black people did with pigs feet, mmmm, ficky ficky New age misdemeanor, you know I'm a dreamer Flows like Aquafina, poppin' off like a nina Changed my whole demeanor, hip hop made me meaner Why I take 'em to the cleaners when I step in the arena Slip-N-Slide on the track, ain't no Trick Daddy and Trina As a matter of fact, I shut em down like Katrina With no FEMA, and I'm tryna tell you this is the joint I pass that joint to Mig, that's that M exclamation point - M! - Last Train Home, carved in stone Lasers on my beakers, so there are no clones Never I alone, HNF Zone Catalog full of rap songs Get it, gotta get it, Heath Cliffin', mind mission When I’m rhyme riffin, super time bending Keeping up, making the pace, over the bass Never displace in oxygen space cuz Black Lite region supreme, and all the rest is just some liars One Mike up next to speak, rapping nothin' but that fire - Mike Roland - Vamanos, I'm a ghost Super-imposed on your IG repost Swear I sculpt the most Intellectual, I invested more Remote to Chapo, bowing front row Rather comical, in every episode When you're in control, hitting mega goals Gold medals with the ice cold drip Nondescript to me And no one can deny my fire 2800 degrees The solar flare will leave them blind I hit Super Saiyan 3 Shot them dead with a Kame-Ha Ha Raising all beliefs Authority will not cease fire A drop kick to the knees The Ric Flair thumb into the eye

- Verse - Champion of the Pantheon, back-at-it-again with a Colgate grin Who go like me, when I bang on beats You're underground, I'm underneath Where the light won't shine, and the words can't tell And the eyes don't see, and the nose can't smell I'd offer more but you can't make due You're in the dirt, your time is through This pixie dust it give me flight This my fix, it keep me right Study up my isotope, this antibody harbor life Wicked Rhymes I wrote 'em down Citizen you said it right Don't be disappointed if I'm reinforcing all the hype Praying with the Oracle, pleading that I wanna die You are too important King, one day you 'gon see just why Nah we not conservative, my ruler ship was their surprise I took over their army while my crown be leaning to the side Super stupid crazy guy, structured like a 9 to 5 Ammunition is my word, it's about to slide inside Show my grace while under fire, the competition wanna cry This is how it looks when you let your burdens go and die Maniac I'm on that prime, flowing cuz I'm outta time By the time you hear this line, I'll be out of sight and mind Maybe they'll respect the grind, of the next to do they thing While they were out Googling I sharpened up my bada Bing Drums that kill you when they flex, got no dough but earn respect Cuz I always kept it real, trying to find the perfect set We are in a state of mess, and they not even aware Put them lighters in the sky, shoot them halos out the air My mechanics are clandestine, covert and effervescent If I'm bout to spit a rhyme, you can bank it's interesting Get it, bank and interesting, why I gotta bring that back? I have other aspirations so I have to leave this rap But before I leave my baby I will bow down to my knees Even though we didn't make it, tried to be all I can be She said keep on making beats, and we gonna be forever You still rule as the third letter, 17

- CitizenXVII - Diabetic rappers, get your sugar fix Cuz Hip Hop will be returning to that real shh In 5,4,3,2 get it done I’m the son of a son, with a mind like a gun I’m the apple of your eye, while you’re more like a plum It’s been a few years since the God gave you one I ain’t forget the countdown I just spread it out Then send her home to you, you falling in and out Making these miracles, unseen materials The last of the Kings, my birthright is imperial Swag is legendary, I peacock for broads They panties made a splash, we’ll clean it with your jaws Pause, digging in her walls, she called me her all That’s why I had to roll just because Tagging ability, the sickest soliloquys And when I die I’ll return to pure energy There will be no interjection when I'm in my session, hold your questions I am verbally expressing, I can feel all the aggression Get disrespectful in my session Kick you out the pharmacy, privileges suspended Mind is interested in how the sun is spinning Studying the formulas to place me in the winnings Bound to make a killing, like there’s voices in my head One is kinda dark, I ignore what he says Citizen for hire I can elevate your works Like an estimator I appraise what you’re worth From the golden era where the Knox had the bars Now it’s two bits, carry out, a la carte Sick wit the streams, and I'm mean wit the team Bammas hide in the cut when my pen's on the scene Trusting is tough, as I clutch on the rough Hip Hop is a leech and my blood ain't enough - Hook - They got my back against the wall Had to run before I crawl They expected me to fall But I never drop the ball Never never eva dropped the ball x4 - Tab Trill - Come in this game, leaving a stain, rockin' a crystal chain Fannin' to flames, gotta maintain, keepin' it simple and plain Already knowin' my aim, for that monetary gain Off of the chain, they wanna hang, but cannot hop on my train To your disdain, none of you lames, can be allowed in my lane These my day ones that I claim, gang gang gang gang Sinkin' my teeth in this beat, using like all of my fangs Just put this then in repeat because you know that it bangs - Hook - They got my back against the wall Had to run before I crawl They expected me to fall But I never drop the ball Never never eva dropped the ball x4

- Chorus - Mike Roland I see them lying to me Push me to fly over seas Paradise Avalon fantasy Utopia photography iPhone 17, 2017 Wake up and see pleasantry Wake up and see no more dreams Wake up and see, wake up - M! - The force is a science, or more like spiritual The ones that protect, still they fearing you The ones that write the laws are they hearing you? You, you, you~~everybody Stop, chill, look at the scene We trapped in screens, media fiends Hashtag things, figurines Not a pretty sight, broken beings Too much value placed in material Violence somewhere during morning cereal Money money, creates all the miracles Money money, shapes all the fear in you How you gonna live when you wanna make an impact Survive and learn try to stay intact Life never easy when the odds are stacked One day you’ll die, so make it phat - Chorus - Mike Roland I see them lying to me Push me to fly over seas Paradise Avalon fantasy Utopia photography iPhone 17, 2017 Wake up and see pleasantry Wake up and see no more dreams Wake up and see, wake up - CitizenXVII - I was raised off them chromium bars, salute to the Gods If it wasn't for gravity, I'd be out in the stars Couldn't pick me apart, I never mix and match I'm throwing hay makers in a world of kitty cats Painting these views with celestial hues My crayon box became officially full, my Pops emptied it And gave me universal penmanship It was the most important gift he could bestow me with I'm cutting yarns of trust, can never hold me up There's cats twice my age, but they not wise On the real all these lame bammas know the deal Celebrating with my dudes, put it all on the bill We made it through the pressure, navigating this weather Whoever thinking they better, should kick it just for the lecture Depressingly unimpressive how society does It got sobriety down and all varieties cut - Chorus - Mike Roland I see them lying to me Push me to fly over seas Paradise Avalon fantasy Utopia photography iPhone 17, 2017 Wake up and see pleasantry Wake up and see no more dreams Wake up and see, wake up - Johnny Occmo (of Disturbed Individuals) - Let 'em see that, we never relax Elegant, revel in my arrogant raps You leaned up, and Xan'd out We clean up good and stand out Never waiting for handouts, we doing the work Nose to the grindstone, pen going beserk Paintbrush to the canvas, you'll never besmirch my name Endure the hurt and the pain, its worth my gains The element of surprise, I rattle your cage Big Poppa, Ready 2 Die, I shatter the stage Heavyweight contender status Wicked Rhyme, Black Lite been the baddest Like Mike Jack, we bite back, and spread love Rap scavengers is picking up our bread crumbs They dead wrong, suckers try to snuff out the sun But they arms too short, so they run and grab a gun - Chorus - Mike Roland I see them lying to me Push me to fly over seas Paradise Avalon fantasy Utopia photography iPhone 17, 2017 Wake up and see pleasantry Wake up and see no more dreams Wake up and see, wake up

- Chorus - x2 Don’t get it twisted I’m gifted beyond your recognition Key in ignition, with Migs particispitting Not for a living but the living benefit Get a grip, distant drums aligned with the riffs - CitizenXVII - I always looked within, I know you're missing out The world is cutting you off can't even speak about The tribulations you facing, addictions that you battle Horse blinders on, they keeping us like cattle Strapped to the boob tube, or now it's YouTube It's entertaining how they bleed dudes And it is see thru, but we don't seem to Recognize our own demise in the prelude I won't forget how I woke up, twisted and tore up Focused as twin blades slicing hot cold cuts Oxymoronic on the surface but I hit the gym To raise my bars with the seraphim They never heard of citizen who is him? I'm the guy behind the boards smashing all of them But that was the then cuz I've handed off the torch Catch me round the way, sipping beverage on the porch - Chorus - x2 Don’t get it twisted I’m gifted beyond your recognition Key in ignition, with Migs particispitting Not for a living but the living benefit Get a grip, distant drums aligned with the riffs - CitizenXVII - Older in my mind but they call it an old soul The rhymes is loco, but weak with promo I've been through the oh no's like inmates parole I'm full of raps while you cats rap like do-do's I'm proud that I steady course, outta '84 You bringing 20 dimes, I'm bringing 30 more Cuz I got 5 on it, you speaking lies on it They're coming soon don't be surprised homey Citizen has got that wise on me, that righteous mind only It can surmise all I've seen in the times Rather within my time I've been true to the grind Peace to the past, as I've left it behind You think I chose this, it chose me I was just chilling with the alphabet, little g Til Rob Base broke through my mama radio And turn my funky fresh rhythm to arpeggio - Chorus - x2 Don’t get it twisted I’m gifted beyond your recognition Key in ignition, with Migs particispitting Not for a living but the living benefit Get a grip, distant drums aligned with the riffs - M! - Dali Lama, gift gabber, flip flip kick Contra Side scroller, controller since '01, beholder Flow older, no odor, colder In the mind frame, never was a lime lame or sell out To the grind change, shape up on axis Dangerous practice, when stuck in the cactus Trapped, rough exterior scent of an actress, But some are factious when attacking actions Lacking on packing when mapping the rappings That's how it happens, they catch you napping Don’t want your, potential maxin MZA & Citizen, we never relaxing Giving you these last days, enclave, Bombay of gicleés On stage at any age from a rhyme page We wrote legacy quotes, rhetoric hopes That lives under a scope for you to soak - Chorus - x2 Don’t get it twisted I’m gifted beyond your recognition Key in ignition, with Migs particispitting Not for a living but the living benefit Get a grip, distant drums aligned with the riffs

- Verse - Straight out the Chapel of the Queens, I been doing my thing Building this vocabulary while I was kicking in swings And matter fact, I used to be slick on the hush Pushing Stephanie back and forth, I was feeling on her butt And she liked it too, she started throwing it back A little youngin' got excited cuz I got to do that Listening to that JT Money, got me asking who dat? Who dat who dat, do that, do-do that that that I never figured in '02 that I would rap like this I got with Proph by the bay and we clicked like that And then my little music programs, got me feelin' like Conan Tryna temper my orbit for some universal moments They tried to kill my light but I've been here before Since they been cheating on the boards I'm here to settle the score The planet supreme I been observing the scene I been awoke for 4 years I'd say I'm ready to dream - Chorus - x2 And this story is mine, but this story is yours I guess this story is us, we can't be petty no more Cuz every image of you is another version of me We cannot die until we reach what we are destined to be - Verse - The times pressed fresher than out of Zippers My barber was inebriated working with his clippers Til' my mother was like nah we about to roll Get off my son before I holler for that Five-0 I barely noticed, I'm lacking power, I used to be a coward I over analyzed, afraid of my own shadow But that was then, and this is now Turning the tide of my life in these later rounds We used to head, down town, me and the King Young Simba and Mufasa on the Ice Rink, no Disney I'm trying to find the shoes that fit me, in these streets Yeah they can size me up but never measure to me I didn't have my license, but I was on the track I got it after Issa left, so I thank her for that Sometimes your motivation comes in funny forms What you thought was brand new, come to find already worn - Chorus - x2 And this story is mine, but this story is yours I guess this story is us, we can't be petty no more Cuz every image of you is another version of me We cannot die until we reach what we are destined to be - Verse - All I needed was my bike, I was aight, I didn't know it then Fast forward 20 plus years and I wish That the days that I spent while amiss I could pull it back, but life doesn't quite work like that Steady chill in the hills, old city of Hyattsville Down in my heart, I always know that my towns real Molded my fashion sense, I kept it cordial then Wanted them J's under my feet like an ottoman I had my Candy Crush, but I'll never give it up Secrets of the 90's on the hush, you know that such and such So photogenic made the camera blush Always dependable I'm coming thru in the clutch Amanda made it known, but I was in my sky zone Young, modest, and oblivious, I had these girls blown Missing gestures from the feels every time I want my chicken nuggets I'm impatient in the line - Chorus - x2 And this story is mine, but this story is yours I guess this story is us, we can't be petty no more Cuz every image of you is another version of me We cannot die until we reach what we are destined to be

- Verse - Now this is a story all about how My life got twist-turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute for the prophet in this piece From the day I said 'wuzzup' you been emitting energy Bang-A-Rang, quoting Jay and Nas I didn't have a line, you already had them bars Unbeknownst to me, didn't know you spit that sorcery Tortured me, why you frontin' when your skills in the minority Drag you on the quarterly, lateral pass She got more 16's, then your sophomore class I'm reading off my little uncouth raps Little Rascals been gone glad to tell you that the mongrels back Young sire, call you Prince Akeem Crown cocked to the side, bout to cause a scene A witty, 80's committee we busy up in the city New Yiddy and Mississippi, we holding it altogether huh? - Chorus - x2 Encouragement, wisdom and nourishment Already you flourishing chill, and stop worrying Advice, it ain't always as nice, but you know you my dawg and I love you to life - Verse - This second verse is for Tab, the person underneath A unicorn, with a penchant for this rhythmic speech Your best buddy off the break, wit amazing heart I gotta share her with the world, that's the hardest part Okay the sentiment is getting deep But I won't ever forget how you was there for me When I was standing on the ledge of my sanity You kept me nuzzled in ya side when I was feeling weak And no this isn't recompense But I am just a rapper, so this is the perfect tense To immortalize my comrade, place the laurel on your head The greater compilation of our eras thoroughbreds Curious minds, our conversations inner core Deeper than most can brainstorm, and I never knew I'd find a sister that I'd bump into And because of all of this I have to honor you - Chorus - x2 Encouragement, wisdom and nourishment Already you flourishing chill, and stop worrying Advice, it ain't always as nice, but you know you my dawg and I love you to life

- Intro - Alright, alright, alright, alright Its gon' be alright, alright, alright, alright That's why I write, I write, I write, I write To get me through the night, the night, the night, the night - M! - So much in my mind, mind, writing just to find, find Clues to the paths this life leads, pain of the past I can’t delete I'm filling up this paper, visions of something greater Subterranean unmotivated instigators, writing to connect To various soul selects, the older I get Formulate then, it’s like what’s next My legacy sweats, all in the gym Puttin' in work, hope it will work Giving it worth, giving time Every piece is one of a kind - Hook - Put the pen to the paper, just to make it right That's the only the thing that get me through the night Always been a constant in my life Take flight with the music and that's why I write - Tab Trill - All of the beats that I touch, gimme me a digital rush Got me boo lovin like crush, lean on the music like crutch I keep a rhyme like a lush, keep a bottle in the clutch Using the words like a brush, paintin' the world that I want Thesaurus in the cut, I got the gift of gab Vocabulary never secondary, I write it down on a slab I like to write when I'm mad, happy, excited, or sad Always comin' back to the start, grab up a pen and a pad - Hook - Put the pen to the paper, just to make it right That's the only the thing that get me through the night Always been a constant in my life Take flight with the music and that's why I write - CitizenXVII - I write to keep my hands, from causing trouble Reporting on the world from my quiet bubble Somethin subtle, somethin slight Poetry transferred to the mic indicate my life If I've seen it once, I’ve seen it twice I plead to the tree slices please keep me right Set the library ablaze in the dead of night But the spirit does survive through the northern lights - Hook - Put the pen to the paper, just to make it right That's the only the thing that get me through the night Always been a constant in my life Take flight with the music and that's why I write

- Chorus - x2 Before the Gods there was Ra Count how many parsecs to the nearest star Head into the darkness, find out who we are Placed upon this earth just to tear ourselves apart - Verse - Fresh from the dirt but I'm perched and feel my worth You dress immaculate yeah, I wear this bloody shirt Just to remind of the pain that I left behind If I'm too comfortable I'm liable to lose my mind Never be steady exploding just like confetti You better be on the ready, they marching with the machetes And justice in they bellies forced out with the shout You claiming to be the God what are you talking about? Citizen, my vision is vast prisms forgetting Augmented living, religion, and bigoted criticism Downloaded, they know but they don't seem to notice You don't have to read a book for you to know this Crow bars and iron I train while we're dying Shots to your fade give a friendly reminding Up in your favorite stairwell talk and politick Keep your babies safe but they curve the admonishing - Chorus - x2 Before the Gods there was Ra Count how many parsecs to the nearest star Head into the darkness, find out who we are Placed upon this earth just to tear ourselves apart - Verse - Can I say or breathe or it's happening to me? Scripted conversations when they interacting with me Most people fear to realize how they're quite predictable We speak of deviation yet remain within our principles Death is an illusion, how terrible and horrid Does winter come along and bring an ending to the forest? Or is it just a chapter so the new birth can flourish And from the same tree they return to the surface Be not afraid it's a jump you're familiar with You hear a lie long enough begin confusing it With what you know in your heart is the truth They will run down your troops with their suits of abuse I jacked my own deposit and made off with my logic My thoughts I repossessed so slavery not an option We'll reassess during this recess, think it over The super nova go in full disclosure - Chorus - x2 Before the Gods there was Ra Count how many parsecs to the nearest star Head into the darkness, find out who we are Placed upon this earth just to tear ourselves apart

- CitizenXVII - When these animals attack, you should run from the podium Bunch of bitter expletives, overflowing with sodium Not afraid of the dark, this is not Nickelodeon This is Trill and 17, it's an official symposium Doing orbits, luminescence and orchids, Leeloo Dallas And Corben, just trying to save the Earth from it's death Emcees show respect of the Tribe Called Quest Gave a pound of my flesh, nothing more, nothing less They was brushing up these bammas but forgot I had that crest Didn't know I had that fresh, energy I manifest Something like a rusty sabre, tetanus into your chest Give me all of your attention, new arrival of a text Flying loops around the planet, they can't stand it how I'm jabbing Throwing off your equilibrium, they back down and black out The facts all grown now, speaking for themselves Cover the spectrum of this music, all it might entail - Chorus - Too high up to come down Spit that fiyah, pass it around I'm the sire, pass me the crown The Messiah, worship the ground We the truth, in the booth Don't get it confused You know who is who (x2) - Tab Trill - I'm enlightened, so heightened, so high up some would say frightening Got the lightening from Citi, and we move like some Bison I'm not talking bout HU, gotta replay like take 2 Actin like I'm on day 2, way my flow is so heavy Really though wit my day 1, blowing up like confetti We was ready from the jump, trigger finger on the pump Figuratively um speaking, try to keep it decent as of recent I've been seekin', beyond reason, interest peeking, call it geekin' Frequently asked questions, is there heaven for a heathen? Always count my blessings and let karma keep it even People needing something to believe in, I say self I say health, I say wealth, if its felt, let it stick Like some felt, tightens belt, another notch, to the top Can't stop, won't stop, like I'm Puffy 98 Mason Betha out the gate, bring that old thang back Make you wanna dig in crates... - Chorus - Too high up to come down Spit that fiyah, pass it around I'm the sire, pass me the crown The Messiah, worship the ground We the truth, in the booth Don't get it confused You know who is who (x2) - CitizenXVII - The wise one, mentally from antiquity Underneath the waves with the sea anemone All this melanin within helps define the entity When I merge let it surge, as I devastate my enemies As we approach, feel the terror in your hearts From the science that I wrote, intuition that she know I been studying with Po, I got that hyperbolic flow If you ask if I have plans, let me say that it is so But this time it's for the permanent, leave you with the pertinent Bust through prophylactics and imaginary firmament Rhyming syllables within this literary tournament On my way to Vega where they worship every word of it Perfectly I'm made, who wanting to fade, get played Only praise your God cuz you scared and wanna get saved Attempts pitiful, catch me at the citadel Me and Trill got back like knock-knocks, like I kid with you

- Chorus - x2 New beginnings, living beyond our ending It’s all just an illusion, we limited in our vision It’ll all make sense stay in peace, stay in peace Please don’t worry bout a thing, stay in peace - Verse - Sitting and sulking, sulking and sitting Don't let it lead you to death, you should be living The pain is an omission of your broadcast Let's face it, most individuals get bored fast I never liked the goodbyes, but I'm good with good nights If you rocking the mic make sure you doing it right I've been all up and down the DMV, eagerly But now I'm Bruce Wayne spitting writtens secretly Can't be defined in a day, come spend a week with me They tried Woofin me, but still not reaching me It's so absurd thinkin everything you heard may have served To the point that you elevate your words Meditate on thoughts while you conjugate your verbs Try to make it right but it landed in perturbed The crystal magic only graphic if you have it But I've been that poet posted on the granite - Chorus - x2 New beginnings, living beyond our ending It’s all just an illusion, we limited in our vision It’ll all make sense stay in peace, stay in peace Please don’t worry bout a thing, stay in peace - Verse - Sunrise is reprise for the lower lives Photons of lights to help us energize Prepared to write or get hype shoot the signal up All about that energy, never really into bucks Don’t get me wrong, dollar symbols ain’t ugly plus It’ll bring the powdered breasts sitting on the roundest butts Then once my senses back, I call that Uber black Or Carpool, depending on how that Kat Stacks Perceived as mediocre, but I believe I’m jest I’m not the lesser than, i strive to be the best Provide that perfect delivery in my later years This is beyond LogiQ, this is more than Cinsere Mano e Mano harmonies with sopranos Mambo Italiano training with Cus D'Amato Gave me an Iron Mike as I represent the fitness Undesirables become a bullet on the hit list - Chorus - x2 New beginnings, living beyond our ending It’s all just an illusion, we limited in our vision It’ll all make sense stay in peace, stay in peace Please don’t worry bout a thing, stay in peace

- Chorus - x2 Another time let me talk about it This is my will and testament, so please don't leave without it I'm proud of my time painting on my broken canvas Later they will give me all my credits like a campus - Verse - Clipping my arm getting it on and on Spinning me counterclockwise, that's right Lets keep it tight like some new draws out the wrapper These bout the best bars coming out your favorite, well They didn't know, that's my fault, they ain't get to know me These compilations I made basically is for the homies But I got better than they ever noticed I used to read from out my book, trying too hard to focus I mean Hades was thrown, like a frizz, on the fringe In my mind I was live, but to them I'm behind I am late, oh so late, for a very important date And cuz I missed my opportunity I'm stroking it straight Cuz this music i forget but they can't what they never knew Wrecking ball wrecking through, ever bar I bit into Writing these letters that were lost by the carrier Room full of crickets, so constricted in this barrier - Chorus - x2 Another time let me talk about it This is my will and testament, so please don't leave without it I'm proud of my time painting on my broken canvas Later they will give me all my credits like a campus - Verse - Back before, I went in raw I had them bars, was dreaming of them cars Been ready for them broads, see my sequel in a bit There is nothing in my pockets, that is what you think it is Majorly I been abandoned but the jabs don't make me flinch Stealing what belongs to me, but I'm nothing like the grinch I said I'm nothing like the grinch Even in a pinch my success will shine, light switch I'm more than that, I'm better than this I rub my face when I awake, then fulfill my wish This is that cheap liquor watered down please forgive But this is last call, so you know I'm bout to dip I'm on the last train home riding with the course Scribble down my thoughts, all that I come across I never quit but I permanently switch To that larger side of the glass, that's just how it is - Chorus - x2 Another time let me talk about it This is my will and testament, so please don't leave without it Im proud of my time painting on my broken canvas Later they will give me all my credits like a campus