20AD (Feat. El-Emcee & Stee Moglie)

Check it out yo', twenty albums deep, this is a celebration For all the struggles from start, had to acquire patience A different generation back then But some of the same struggles we faced as juvenile young black men We still got attacked when the news came on at ten The irony of Trevor McD being the front-man And black people taking the fall just like a stuntman How was I gonna take on thе world when I'm just one man Having the drеam to be a Rap-star With no instructions or manuals, textbooks or flashcards I'm just a seventeen year old with big ambitions Making a nuisance of myself to get some peeps to listen Couldn't say that it was easy, it was challenging Did it by myself without labels, no management No front covers, many haters, many scavengers A couple business deals gone bad and felt the damages but… Chorus Stee Moglie When life knocks you off of your seat, you've gotta stand on your own two feet Yeah, nobody can walk your destiny for you, twenty albums deep And when the lights on your path go dark, you can't see your way Just walk in faith, know the life you crave can shine from deep inside you Verse Two Funky DL Yo', twenty albums deep, this is a landmark I prayed for this when I'ze a kid so have to thank God I'm saying this for all the ones who ain't believe in me The ones who treated me like I was doing this illegally Don't get it twisted, I persevered, persisted With 19 other albums prior if you missed it Went from entrep'naive to Entrepreneur And kept releasing irrespective of the things before The only thing my heart was in was music Before the days of social media numbers and Insta blue ticks From samples to acoustic, I struck em' like a pool stick And gave thousands of people something that's therapeutic To tell the truth I was done at Autonomy Feeling like the business was a joke, was a comedy Record labels play monopoly with only novelties But when a prophecy's a prophecy, it's just a prophecy so... Chorus Stee Moglie When life knocks you off of your seat, you've gotta stand on your own two feet Yeah, nobody can walk your destiny for you, twenty albums deep And when the lights on your path go dark, you can't see your way Just walk in faith, know the life you crave can shine from deep inside you Funky DL Tell em' El-Emcee Verse Three El-Emcee Twenty albums deep One can only dream of these sort of achievements Leave em' all speechless, every time I speak this Feeling like a genius, 20-20 vision They say spit ahead of this time, so when I future rap I'm reminiscing Cash-cow's milk and all the business Stake it on me, with no beef I'm Hip-Hop til' my heartbeat cease you see uh-ha Strategically calculating my steps, taking my time Like Bob Ross, my music be my picture, my painting divine Ain't pushing no rocks, I'm slinging my rhymes Funky tells me how the journey was a hell of a time, whoa Had dreams being front cover of magazines Listening to my favourite MC's in limousines Woken up now I see patience, dedication and hard work Yeah, look what I can be, twenty albums deep Chorus Stee Moglie When life knocks you off of your seat, you've gotta stand on your own two feet Yeah, nobody can walk your destiny for you And when the lights on your path go dark, you can't see your way Just walk in faith, know the life you crave can shine from deep inside you Outro Funky DL I always knew that… from a young age I always knew that I had to become as self-sufficient as possible. I... I guess you can say I started my… my life journey in music at like… twelve-years old, I… I always knew that I'd be… here… twenty albums deep