its the rise of the rebel story of an mc glory evidently dont tempt me yo my first contact with this music was fifth grade when the biggest threat was a switchblade noble for real jordan was still a tarheel at nc when i first thought id mc dwelling in the bean before preem seldom heard i was rarely seen travelling between bev and dorchester each semester of my life for as long as i remember was trife living on the cutting edge of a knife busy making bars tapes and pasting odd breaks to butt heads with the mic first time on stage duke i was rocking grey troops next show i had cuccini shirts and a beige suit i used to have high top with lines in my head now i ride the train with these lines in my head i no longer have time for this bullshit the politic dug six smiling at cats i wouldnt even wanna fuck with on the personal b i tip or friendship theyre reversible and two faced shady like a cash filled suitcase fuck yall leaves my mouth quicker than the taste of toothpaste one of the illest this sport s seen the only way im going peacefully is with morphine its the rise of the rebel story of an mc glory evidently dont tempt me yo you living life shit is trife a little tyke growing up that wanna spit on a mic get it right yo let me set it straight for people that show love and people that show hate my lifes far from great my folks far from rich a message to the kids think for yourself dont believe a gossiping bitch see i know you gotta teach to keep kids in the seats but rap aint a tool to put my fams biz in the streets and i dont know why i spit this arrogant shit when most my life is filled up with embarrassing shit i dont walk around crying cause my parents is split they aint had hella kids i dont know no relatives i aint got no type of cash but yall think i do cause i flash and spend it on superficial trash my 25th hour just never seems to pass so its only right i live each day like its my last this is for the cats that heard the flow and got the background twisted like vertigo and yo  1