The Hop '14

HOOK X2
ANALYTICALLY SPEAKING ABOUT MY LIFELINE
I KNOW THE BIG HAND'S WORKIN' IN MY LIFETIME
I'M THE SECOND HAND GOTTA KEEP IT MOVIN'
LIVE FOR THE MOMENT, TOMORROW ISN'T PROVEN

VERSE I
I BRING TO YOU THE TRUTH, STRUGGLE MAN, TROUBLED YOUTH
DONE WITH TAKIN' FED CHANCES TO GET THE LOOT
THAT'S ALL I KNEW TILL I SEEN ENOUGH
TO KEEP IT REAL I WASN'T MEAN ENOUGH
I ALMOST GAVE IT UP MY FREEDOM, A COUPLE TIMES
I WAS IGNANT, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
HOW I SURVIVE? SOMEWHAT OF AN ANIMAL
IT AINT A GAME, MAKE THE WRONG MOVE LIFE WILL DAMAGE YOU

HOOK X2
ANALYTICALLY SPEAKING ABOUT MY LIFELINE
I KNOW THE BIG HAND'S WORKIN' IN MY LIFETIME
I'M THE SECOND HAND GOTTA KEEP IT MOVIN'
LIVE FOR THE MOMENT, TOMORROW ISN'T PROVEN

VERSE II
I PUSH THE LIMITS OF MY MIND TO SEE WHAT I CAN DIG UP
I'M LIKE AN ARCHEOLOGIST TO GET THE BIGGER PICTURE
MANY FOSSILS TO BE EXAMINED TO KNOW THE STORY,
BEHIND HOW I BECAME A MAN WHO GREW FROM SOMETHING GORY
YOU KNOW THE STORY, DOPE FEIND FOR A MOMMA
POPS DEAD AND GONE, THAT ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED DRAMA
I WOULD PUT A COMA BUT THERE WAS NEVER WAS A PAUSE
UNLESS YOU COUNT THE 20 MONTHS I SPENT BEHIND BARS
AS A JUVENILE, RUNNIN' WILD, FELL INTO A TRAP
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I CAN SEE THROUGH FABRICATED FACTS
YEAH, I ROSE FROM THE SEDIMENTS STILL TRYNNA STAY AFLOAT
IT'S HARD IN A SEA OF PIRATES, TRYNNA SINK YOUR BOAT
I'M THE CAPTAIN, THE GUNMAN AND THE NAVIGATA
IN A SENSE I'M THE ONE WHO HAS TO KEEP THE WEIGHT UP
I GOT A FLEET BUT OUR COMMUNICATION AINT THE BEST
UNLESS WE'RE SENDING OUT BECONS OF DISTRESS

HOOK X2
ANALYTICALLY SPEAKING ABOUT MY LIFELINE
I KNOW THE BIG HAND'S WORKIN' IN MY LIFETIME
I'M THE SECOND HAND GOTTA KEEP IT MOVIN'
LIVE FOR THE MOMENT, TOMORROW ISN'T PROVEN

VERSE III
STEADY CLEANIN' UP A MESS I INHERITED FROM BIRTH
COULD'VE DONE BETTER PREVENTING THE CYCLE FROM WORSE
I SPAWNED A LITTLE ME WITH ANOTHER HUMAN BEING
IMPACTED HER MENTAL BEING WITH WHAT SHE ALREADY SEEN
A LOST PEICE OF LIGHT BOUNCIN' OFF ANYTHING THAT SHINED
NOT KNOWIN' I WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY THE TRAIL I LEFT BEHIND
I SHOULD'VE KNOWN WOULD IT BE DIFFERENT IF I WOULD'VE KNOWN
BUT WOULD I REALLY WANNA KNOW IF I COULDVE KNOWN
CAN'T TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME, WHATS DONE IS DONE
WHAT WE GO THROUGH PREPARES US FOR WHATS TO COME
MY SOULS ON THE RUN THE DEVILS GOT DEMONS RECRUITIN'
I ALMOST PUT THAT JESRSEY ON WHEN I WAS OUT THERE BOOZIN'
GOT TIRED OF LOOSIN' THAT AINT HOW MY MAMA RAISED ME
WELL MOMS AINT RAISE ME, I WAS RAISED A GHETTO BABY
BEEN A WARD OF THE STATE THEN KICKED OUT OF THE STATE
MY LIFE IN A NUTSHELL, IT'S TEX THE GREAT

HOOK X2
ANALYTICALLY SPEAKING ABOUT MY LIFELINE
I KNOW THE BIG HAND'S WORKIN' IN MY LIFETIME
I'M THE SECOND HAND GOTTA KEEP IT MOVIN'
LIVE FOR THE MOMENT, TOMORROW ISN'T PROVEN