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So I'ma tell you a story real quick... A story about how I got into Hip Hop And how it all started for me Uh Yo A young kid I was in it for respect A young visionary looking up to the vets Ain't no surprise the streets were like a playground My brother once told me better get up don't stay down N' if they tell you stop that ain't no reason just to lay down You a young king n' it's almost time to reign now But before that lemme give you all the facts Look into my past right through this hourglass And see what got me here to the point that I'm at In this toxic habit I have the poison attacks I had lots to learn so observed my surroundings Something bout' the effort in letters I found arousing My thoughts compounded I kept myself grounded For me it started in the early 2000's I used to ride the Skytrain to look out the window At all the pieces on the walls n' kept my head low I was only just 9 years old When I found myself starting to act bold Drawing in my black-book with my headphones All I thought about were letters even on my walk home Everyone at school used to look at me funny Pulling up to the spot while I listen to Cudi I had to earn my respect N' pay my dues But nobody gets a cent till they in my shoes Cuz hip hop runs deep within my roots N if I stay true surely I will never lose In my down time I was outside on my own Painting every paintable spot from here to other zones It came down to bridges, box trucks, n' billboards, At one point the vandal squad on my ass like Filmore But in my spare time I was inside With the art form With a flame that can start wars Came down to documentaries and montages Suddenly my name become a hot topic Can't blame em' I ain't famous but made plays in This game called graffiti that came n' made waves in it "Who's this young kid on the block?" "Who this young buck hitting up all my spots?" "Who's this kid think he is stepping up to what I got?" They don't understand what I'm doing that's making my shit pop Uh But I never see it as competition My only enemy is me catching myself slipping I used to rack all my paint from hardware stores N' benched every freight that my software would store I been 14 years deep losing sleep in this Graff game A lot of people might be concerned I went that way Compare this crime to others n' it ain't much of a bad thing The only thing that is, is roller extension back pain But I still fail to mention the fast way The last string for me was the picture in the last frame So I fought through the doubt and decisions I made it a mission of always staying consistent N' pushing my boundaries beyond inner limits And so to this day I'm only really outliving The writers who think that their spot was just given We all have insecure egos but don't admit it But I can Cuz its power in the right hands N' I'm the right man for the job So gimme all you got cuz I'm never gonna stop if you don't take what's yours then someone else will All it takes is one slip up to make the blood spill It's a doggy doggy world n it's kill or be killed I developed my style Threw sketches in a pile Taking flicks of my own shit making myself smile Like damn I did that last night N' met some brothers that would rep by my side for life It's like these are the people I go to war for goin the same way anyways So What's a door for? In other words Graffiti became alive No matter what I tried To make the urge subside Time n' time again nothing would really suffice Feeling comfort under streetlights in the dead of night I levelled up Throwies to Burners to Pieces, Productions and Murals all within a short Amount of time There's some older cats saying that I'm really out of line But really being honest they just running out of time 'Cuz I do what they wish they could if my talent wasn't mine Never meet your idols is what I've learned to realize But 1 by 1 I'm shutting all of em' up My work speaks for itself I'm always 1-ing them up So I dropped all the politics I don't need to follow it Obsessing over that only keeps your thoughts Hollowing I never really thought that graffiti would pay "I love doing legals" is something that I thought I'd never say But here I am now contradicting that mind state Vancity's all yours and not only on them Fridays So now I'm making a living Still in the yard killing Every steel giant that's flying into my vision There's people in my life that are praying for my downfall Cuz I don't quit I'm stubborn - a heavy handful You think this is all that I am? It's just a sample There's more to me than just aerosol can rattles Step to the plate if you really wanna battle Cuz I'm slick with the can control that I handle And if you don't fuck with my story then change channels This is my story growing up in the shadows It's Sauce