growing pains and hostile takeovers, People trying to put us down like Beethoven, We stayed strong and remained focused, Until they had no other choice but to stand up and take notice, Never thought what I wrote on a page back in the day, Would ever have me catching a plane, Or rapping up on a stage, Staring out at the crowd in amazement, Thinking back on the days when, We were confined to the limitations of the basement, The subterranean kids became the main event, I pay respect to those who spent days laying foundations, Countdown to detonation SHREDDING THE BALLOON Suffa Verse 1 Like we always do about this time, ink lines for the sick rhyme inclined, It's grimy shit but naught that can't be fixed with a little bit of spitshine, Big time like Frankie in Vegas, inspiring like Ali and Frazier, Spit it out till we spilling out on to the street start a party up with our neighbours, I'd rather be part of your playlist, than ever be part of the A-list, Harness the energy, heart of a pedigree with the scars of a sadist, I go so hard on the pavement; I go so far with my statements, That I don't know where they end and where I start it's all part of game it's, The farthest I've came since I started to play it, I spar with these artists, the heartless and brainless, We're harnessed by chains that are hard to escape and