Atom X: i take for granted the fact that i can act on what im planning soon enough ill be the man demanding everyone to listen couple fans but my mission is to finish school dreaming deals and a record but i know you arent expecting me to be someone special the reason i make music is to speak through expression hopin i can be a legend dreaming deeper every second makin history and lead with intentions of never leaving for greed but im guessing you decieve for a vengence let me breathe just reflecting on the things that im left with the words that you said but didn't mean ive accepted my life and everything aint what it seems see my momma telling me to quit tree but im reckless claiming i aint no fiend but her suggestin me to leave like an ex who didn't need me for nothing but these people make me grow and see the fear i know better im waiting at the gate to heaven when can i enter... Marcus Anthony: i know that music is my savior, im sittin here written on the paper i only could imagine makin rapping just my labor with no label but im goin to the top with a couple friends trying make it with no gaup now listen to the way we talk and hear the way we rap did a mention that we speak it only real not a act thats a fact man im doin it really straight up pursing it, n i know theres loot in it, but thats why im in it to get it im winnin already because the tracks they help me with sinning how can you telling me im happy n im not even grinnin, but i understand it only takes time so im right next to homie as we blowing n we rhyme just rippin up through the underground to break the surface is my true purpose n all the others under us can be the servants not really but really so ima stand up while you kneeling, the flow is so appealing, we feeling that we only have a dream

Atom X: see back in 08 before the whack started rappin talking trash showing off relax and let it happen using m.a.p.s. for direction no discretion on a track because the words i use are weapons that i shoot when i attack you go on and ask me what its like to let my mind off on the mic when im high and have the energy to fly away ill tell you everything you wanna hear learned it from women when they disappear its different cuz they ended our connection never shed a tear cuz they aint trippin off the loss now you gone let it known that you moved on to bigger better things even though you miss it all reminisce and let it go cuz forever never lasts i think i know i been through it back when i was acting foolish now im trying to start a movement with my boy introducing you to music from the bay in a different way from normal but what is really normal in the world we live today Chorus: I got seven days to make it, so im takin on the world Paint a mural with my words and kick the bullshit to the curb... Yea maybe cuz thats really how it is Makin music, we can use it neva stoppin with the bliss Marcus Anthony: I can feel it everyday, i feel it in my soul its not jus a hobby, music got me outta control I feel the masterpiece comin' it didnt happen magically it started with a tragedy & rappin' bout my family but now a man to be, i can see my future i like tryin new things it aint always what im used ta. Switch it up, you dont really give enough I keep tryin' my hardest to go the farthest or its stuck like quicksand, but thats another tale that ill tell ya, leave you in my bars like no attempt to even bail ya Get my point across, im on another level fella. Im jus' playin cuz you know I can I make jams with my friends, I dont want this to end We stand out, how you gunna tell us to blend? How we gunna fend for family that depends on us without the money? But ill excell and thats a promise

Marcus Anthony: When I'm wakin up I eat some cereal high pourin Cheerios, Then I sit down, hear the sound of my stereo Im Thinking clearly, now more than ever, Plus we gettin better, Neva gunna let the negatives hold us down We older now, a couple wise guys tryin rise fast to the prize cash in our eyes, We wanna take it to another level, Make it right Takin flight on em like Mike J in the red & white But other nights I'm pippen, cuz mexi he be pimpin We tryin spit it different. Ill hip hop is what we grippin Don't know where we goin, trippin isnt in the plan we gotta be the men thinkin do u understand Atom X: just another day the suns out re runs of runs house has got me on a mac makin rap until the blunts out bouncing to my sound through my speakers only underground allowed but i defeat another beat then i think what i can be when im free and feel the breeze by my feet relieven me of pain that i build up so deep learning lessons like a student use the past to form a future that is destined to be looking better for me Chorus: Reaching high for the music, cuz you know we gunna take it, If you feel the power running in your soul, don't mistake it Writing all the lines to a beat that was naked, You can call us some poets, you know this is are only placement x2 Marcus Anthony: Im just an oreo, with a latin trying make it happen. Attacking the beats, with the vivid rappin you know my shit is graphic you know you shouldn't be laughing, actin like a parody i know its only feelings disguised because you scared of me apparently ima keep on doin me tho haters keep talking shit n call me stupid negro or the dumb cracka but you don't even know what i be after im here to map a couple goals out, then roll out. Can we go now? Atom X: Master of disguise the plan is not to die like a man about to cry water starts to fill my eyes my little sister asking can i hear your music you and marcus are the best i wouldn't choose another two to take a movement through a youth that runs our future meaning anything is possible i will rap and get approval proving we the only two to ever do it with our roots we will influence those who choose to be a nuisance

Marcus Anthony: I'm content, my content ain't nonsense, I'll do away with the comments, it's all common sense n past tense. So new subject write a new story, I been trying to write tonight and fight and for the glory In my territory, got my mom breathing down my neck Everything weighing heavy, jus gimme a sec. I need a respect, r-e-s-p-e-c-t I need these bests. Ya n frankly man beats need me I'm giving free CDs, to blow ya mind like PCP I Neva tried it but I bet you get the P-I-C-T-U-R-E Man who is he, man I be, Just the coolest and you knew this Cuz I do this, all the music, we can use it, not abuse it Turn the garage ass non factor rappers to the sewage. The critics try to sit here and tell me I don't spit for my fam Acting like you know who I am. Chorus: The old days were bad days but good days comin' man i know that we have overcome the obstacles we runnin' over Sober cuz the flowin' gets me ina zone man i dont have to be in prone cuz we no longer alone x2 Atom X: Northern California recording every moment every morning roll a joint in hope that i can prove im worth it. but before you write me off let me know so i can torch you on the mic and leave your ashes in the corner. the former mr. innocent now i never give a shit i used to care what others thought but now i understand im different than a lot of the suburban kids i kick it with i let my fingertips tell the story that im liven in im really smart to you im just an idiot reciting all my lines like a script that i am reading from freedom is the reason im alive so thank you mom for overcoming every obstacle the hospital in oakland where the kids are born and blossom to the top of a generation of abusing drugs and poppin pills go on and stop me if im wrong but understand that what i talk is just the obvious truth of why its popular

Atom X: Wake up in the a.m. Listen what I'm saying Just a normal kid in college tryna raise up all my grades but the game has got me chasin like a shot i never tasted at cal all the other kids were busy getting wasted while I faced me up a blunt and float away it felt amazing running over everyone who in my way I'm always gunning for the one on top just an underdog but ain't no mut I work 5 days a week but that don't pay me much cuz in this country either make it or you just become another person learning patience like a virgin who is waiting for the perfect opportunity but still they run away from anyone and anything Including love I used to love but now my music runs my life and everything I like to write comes from my mind I light it up and every night I see the reason why I get high So don't you tell me that I'm done, I'm bout to roll me up another one and jet by Marcus Anthony: Yea we back again to tell the story like you neva heard it, Ride the beat like I was surfin', with the homies so it's perfect. Everybody be askin us questions, you don't even know. Behind my bars is where i needa go Leave me though, I'ma show toe to toe Conquer it n get it yo tell me I can't do the shit, Ill make an impeccable flow You don't even understand it when I be tellin you, In tryin so hard writin bars, ima mellow dude Just a couple a friends, tryina take it to the end, Yes and all this music sends, happiness through my body Like a slug to ya chest, I rap like a shottie Not strapped, but I potty ona beat if you know what I mean. I'm so clean, call me the perfectionist, Ima teach the lessons, so the future won't be guessing shit. Let em know, in other words when I rhyme, It's a crime, If you're thinking that our lines could be lies

Marcus Anthony: I know I'm young, but theres only limited time, My makin jams for tha fam on an infinite climb, A different design, just plotting it got hot i wanna master it Single mother Neva was dad, I was the bastard kid I wasnt having it, resorted into to rappin it, Even if i told my story, you don't know the half of it And I don't mean to come across with the attitude I'm not even mad at you, be a little practical. Yea you asked for my advice, and then I told you, Please suck it up man do like a vacuum do Plus I told you I'm not with the stress, I'm never gunna sleep at the top I will rest Till then, I'm hopin I can send out music, Workin on the negatives & take'm to tha sewage, I do this, im ready in every situation takin my mind ona different kinda level, I'm not talkin bout some drugs or signin with the devil I'm a real ass person, I'm worth something, Rhymes so incredible food for thought like edibles, Came to cure the rap game, so call it medical M-a-r-c-u-s, nd I'm always gettin' betta And whatever the weather, I'ma stay getting smarter And when its harder I really gotta practice just to embrace it. Cuz im doin it to Chase it, now I really wanna lace it Am I basic? Hell naw, neva was I know that music is a hell of drug, maybe I'll take it far But either way its gravy cuz it saved me hasnt paid me You can hate me but that not why I'm doin it Persuing for stupid shit that isn't like me, I'm livin in the bay, what can I say I witnessed hyphy I always do what it takes, You know I'm using the rakes, to steady move all the fakes for god sakes I'm out Atom X: So let me tell you bout these 2 kids Music is what they want and risk it they abuse instrumentals is there anyone around who'd like to help or make a beat get us featured with some people get us running on our feet hopin I can be on top at the age of 23 I know theirs doubters and theirs haters but who are they to me either come along and see or lead your march into retreat understand that what I say I leave it all up on the beat go to school for a degree but what if I don't want to be A part of this economy the place we call the united states we oughtta be paying back the people we owe Or watch the anger towards uncle Sam increasingly grow The problem aint Obama the media can change the innocent into monsters The citizens they watch and form opinion never thought this world would come to what it's at just a country full of followers stabbing in the back you think you know them but they act in different ways that make me understand the truth and see the facts of what I had But now the feeling has me askin why I love to lose and rap about the loss of all the people that I push into the past

Marcus Anthony: Tory was a great scholar, with a good education, not thinking' bout the money or routes she taken' but she was doin' good in school never actin' a fool tory's only 16 and she had big dreams she was cream of the crop for an academic scholarship you see that T could be wherever she wanted after her senior year, which it jus' so happened to be, she killed essays as I do rappin' to beats Atom X: He in the 5th grade doesnt know the world is big and complicated who can blame him mom and dad aint around see they debated whether they could raise a kid or leave him waiting askin if they ever loved what they created but jason was a man of his word told the family he'd been liven with since he was kicked to the curb that he wanted to pay them back for everything that they'd done so forever he'd lovem what a wonderful son Chorus: People handed different choices, and I choose to use my voice, and im gunna be the one to carry on and keep my poise You gotta be close to all ya family and ya boys It's not just some noise, keep plottin' with all your morals x2 Marcus Anthony: Tory had a plan, with good grades, little friends and very few to really understand What she was goin through, where she was goin' too after high school leaving' her brother in a alcoholic house when she bounces visions of her father commin' n goin' and selling' ounces She thinking' damn I need a counselor And I feel so bad, cuz thats not even half of Tory's story, damn it's tragic Atom X: jasons now 13 he's the smartest in his class but to others they look down on him and laugh cuz the fact that he is black changes everything but wendy didn't understand why anything was different he a gentleman so couple days go by him and her become official wishing everyone would leave them alone and end the racial negativity that follows them wherever they go hopin' they can overcome different skin tones

Atom X: im just an up and coming underground below the surface living life without a purpose is for other clowns from a place where money flows stay afloat and hope i never drown. Im makin music in a room hopin i can sound im only 19 and on my way up, the first demo hopin it'll make us but theres still plenty to come this aint the end this aint the end right my mind screams yes but yet i still fight for what i know to love im never giving up on us cuz we are 2 of the most lyrical bay area rappers where you at putting oakland san ramon even frisco on the map its time for you to notice how dope our flow can be when we can open up and breathe believe in what you preach leave the rest for the drama inspired people with greed why do you feed on things not real makin deals out of nothing thats just the way i feel theres a hundred million rappers but none of them appeal all they talk about is bitches getting money slanging pills which is cool but i aint rich stay in school till we make hits what don't you understand about life and all its common sense aiming to be big wanna change the world and give leave my mark on planet earth before im dead and you forget go on and cut us if you like but in the end im gunna to live with no regrets and let these lyrics leave my head Chorus: This is the life that we live Were never givin up or gettin' stuck this is Our Gift This is the life that we live Subtractin' all the strife by tonight, I wont miss it This is the life that we live Were never givin up or gettin' stuck this is Our Gift This is the life that we live Subtractin' all the strife by tonight, I wont miss it Marcus Anthony: I told myself this would be the last of my grieving When times get deceiving just do what you believe in The many reasons we stay close to makin all the music Is to relax ona mac makin tracks it's a fact My dad didn't know that his semen was capable of eating beats like veagans eatin veggies I'm ready Whippin' it up like mom speggetti we feasting so grab a plate For gods sakes I been waiting just the day I could say that I have writtin something that isn't hiddin by getting it heard everybody else will hear my words When failing does occur, its dispicable it hurts What Am I really worth? As I'm kneading in the dirt, Just striving to be better, neva worrying bout cheddar cuz the treasures that I'm aiming are for closer everyday. Just striving to be better, neva worrying bout cheddar cuz the treasures that I'm aiming are for closer everyday.