reddit.com/r/makinghiphop Cypher 44
Beat by - https://soundcloud.com/beet-farm-assist

let's go back a bit, when i was-'bout six
riding 'round shotgun, hyped up, in my pop's new whip
droptop lebaron, wearing aluminum rims
feeling on top of the world, topics unfurl, blow in the wind 
day was short course, i don't remember much cuz 
been a minute since Tim and his son, kicked it like Umbro's and that's nuts but 
I could fix it, drive and fill the tank up 
two cups of coffee, dub a copy, of the Captain and Me to pace us
I still reminisce, fit of nostalgia flipping thru photos
soft top two do', airing our souls, burning the ozone
certain je ne sais quoi, what I do know
you encouraged me and my dreams, curbing my demons of an old soul
we'd handle my issues, you'd handle the cold road
circle the block, purpose or not, serving a lot of my old foes
I idolized you, the pain, don't trip kid
face all of your fears, grabbing the wheel, that's [wood grain gripping]

Wood Grain Gripping

Lingering

Nonsense lyrics on my day off

i had the right to dream and amass fabric and threads
that bind us, matter of fact, different facets of a scientist
reprised in the eyes of a kind King, kite flying by 
from under the other side of a pine tree 
on a overpass, automatic, not surprised that it's overcast
past is the past, so ecstatic 
so the facts are sobering, so I sit, detached from the photos magic
that it caught us in, 
I'm mad, my soul's trapped in a bear claw and poked holes like the ozone - and aerosol 
hold close to the album, hosed down by the hope
that the air we breathe would always be fresh as bar soap
but got chocked by a death rope & closed doors when they said no

Will_Howard