Sometimes I press my palm onto my chest to make sure I'm alive


Sometimes I slam on the brakes before I find the drive


Got a soapbox to stand on, a torch to hand on


Flyin' high but we ain't got no runway to land on


I see these cats flossing in their Sean John suits


It's like they don't give a fuck if their mic's on mute


I see the violence, the girls, the diamonds, the pearls


But the only thing forever is the rhyming, these words


Can I make it the game without being greedy


Can I get the love that I want without being needy


In every two second line, I fit fifteen words


That's two hundred forty truths for every sixteen verse


I made a wish to be rich on each Hi Ho


But knowing is half the battle for each GI JOE


Yo! our parents didn't consider this music


Maybe it's cuz we never figured out how to use it

When I'm out and down


I crank the volume loud


Cuz I've been waiting for so long to sing it out


Lalalalaloud


Lalalalaloud


Lalalalaloud

It's like I'm losing I'm mind, and that ain't good for my sanity


They told me life ain't fair and that ain't good for my vanity


Trying to get to the ends, but I can't find the means


Trying to sew up the world because it's not what it seems


It's just me, Johnny Walker Black and Lamont Dozier


I'm drunk off the music and I don't wanna be sober


I know that Anni's starting to sound like a downer


But every year my birth certificate gets browner


It's harder to give up so I keep going


It's difficult to shut up so I keep flowing


It's impossible to lay down so I keep fighting


Sick of all the barking, so I keep biting


They're trying to close me down, but I won't pack up


I'm like porn site man, I pop back up


It seems like hip hop dies a little each day


Rappers don't have to sing, but I'ma do it anyway

When I'm out and down


I crank the volume loud


Cuz I've been waiting for so long to sing it out


Lalalalaloud


Lalalalaloud


Lalalalaloud

I'm gonna do it now, I'm gonna do it now


Before my time runs out, I've gotta let it out


I've gotta sing it loud

They say to listen to your heart, that's why I speak to the beat


Trying to find my direction like Never eat Shredded Wheat


I know it's a material world but I don't like the texture


I guess I could go on and on, but I don't like to lecture


Tell me what's the point when it might go right through ya


So I'ma stop talking shit and let this music do ya


Cause when I think about High School I pop in theWu


When I hear Al green I think of my exboo


Can't listen to Kanye without seeing Cancun


When I play that Pac song and think of my Mom too


And Stevie Nicks reminds me of the woman I love


And Stevie Wonder makes me think of heaven above


Listen, this track's sounding like an Oprah show


Anni usually likes to take a less hopeful note


Yeah, I wanna say that hip hop is poised to die


But sometimes I should shut up and just enjoy the ride

When I'm out and down


I put the volume loud


I've been waiting for so long to sing it out


Lalalalaloud


Lalalalaloud


Lalalalaloud

I'm gonna do it now, I'm gonna do it now


Before my time runs out, I've gotta let it out


I've gotta sing it loud