Bar for Bar Episode 1 Pt 1 Diplomatic Militants - I can't afford to stop (elementary)
Channel: S G
Date: 27/05/2011

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Verse 1 Eloquence

I can't afford to stop doing my art
my goal Lord is to be number one the chart
if hip hop was a war i deserved the Purple Heart
i put in work i wanna best of the century
it's elementary how do my rhyme scheme
once a youngin now here DM Team
cant stop wont stop that motto
Billboards, To Grammy, To MTV
ask em all whose the best MC
lyrical but cynical the flow getting critical
average from the typical rapper
open me up i belong in my own chapter
all these hoes just characters
begging me to marry her
I'm not bagger so don't expect me carry her
Like Em something i wanna lose it
but what i lost i get right back in my music
some time i don't feel like I'm earthling
now to hood life all I hear is clip bursting
then i snap outta of dream back to motivation
and that's making cream stunning on the hoes making a scene is what i aim
deep down i hate be followed but i love the way they scream my name
my pre level entry to fame but then i wake up and see this isn't game
once there on your side then they leave then i'm surround by abunch of enemies
causing shiavree sending special delivery to my memories
drowning in my thoughts picture of dead friends
made myself a promise I'll do it big for them
my potential dreams of being successful now turned to a stressful nightmare
strain of my music love affair by the same people that tried to get rid of me
now testing my resiliency another degree of difficulty leaving a mark of intricacy
now music went from fun to mentally being carefully now loading up my weaponry
so what's it gonna be
hating trying to belittle me but it's your fault for sitting on me
like i said before i cant afford to stop so shut your mouth
and stop snitchin to the cops kick rocks and behold my guap
finally the underdog on top and I


Verse 2 WolFloW

As I said before
Hip hop saved my life
So if i died and came back
I'd make the same decision twice
But it seems the higher
That I climb up the ladder
All my road blocks get bigger
And my dreams become shattered
A loner before music
I kept to myself
I was quiet and invisible
Just me nobody else
Then i met MC Dilemma
Now he's known as Eloquence
Who knew we'd become rappers
After we became best friends
Then again who that we'd
Come from those quiet dudes in French
To being followed, harassed, stalked
By girls who want sex
I feel like smokey from Friday
I've got a target on my back
Always look over my shoulder
We can't harbor any slack
I see a car creepin' who's that
(silence)
F it they kept Rollin'
I don't know em so I kept going
Down memory lane
Since we keep getting attack
I have to constantly remember
Why I started to rap
I don't make music for anyone
I make it for myself
To let out what I held in
From kindergarten to the 12th
Recalling every minute
Of those feelings again
Cause I know there's someone out there
Who's feeling the same thing
I had a dream
It took place in the future
DM made it on the map
And we were bigger than Respusa
3 of us on the red carpet
Both sided filled
With people who we saved
Cause our music keeps it real
On our way to the building
Everything fell silent
Then a tented car pulled up behind us
(silence)
A bunch of niggas bust out
Ran up on us with their guns out
Told us to quit now
Or they'll make our blood run out
In the crowd I saw a child's
Tears falling to the dirt
He had my picture and the words
"My hero" on his shirt
After that i woke up
In my room, looked at my life
Picked up a pen and paper
And I started to write, I can't stop