Habitat

This is the habitat of poets and thieves
Bodies falling from rooftops like autumn leaves
But if you pull through
Stay true
And keep on it
In pursuit of your moment
Know one day you will own it

This is the habitat of poets and thieves
Prisoners and priests
Man you wouldn't believe
What a combination of random components
You gotta navigate through
For your one moment

Welcome to the concrete jungle
The tough streets
I rose to amen 'em
It's here that the bad meets evil
No acquittal
Only bail in dark night
Some go with the flow, some swim against the tide
Alright
You might wanna watch out
Left and right
Die late people - not early, even if you can't hide
You can't run
One on one
And the fight has now begun
Survival of the fittest - what's new under the sun?
Not much, yeah
Growing up, we didn't have much
Every day was crunch time
Like 24 clutch
Had to man up and stand up
And set high goals
Where many ain't got shit to sell, so they sell their souls
For roles of moles
Or to flat out chip in to rent
Playing fair
No votes to spare - 146%
Got tired of the rhetoric, i'm better off free
Even if more are against me than there are for xi
See?

This is the habitat of poets and thieves
Bodies falling from rooftops like autumn leaves
But if you pull through
Stay true
And keep on it
In pursuit of your moment
Know one day you will own it

This is the habitat of poets and thieves
Prisoners and priests
Man you wouldn't believe
What a combination of random components
You gotta navigate through
For your one moment

Now look
It feels like dante: the story's divine
While hustlers standing in line, you the one to define
The sign of your times
I mean like - inferno or paradise?
Don't listen to your fears, these dumb fakers be telling lies
Shall i clarify?
Okay
I'm searching my way
And even if astray
I pray i am no cliché
One step at a time - how i steadily climb
And have no limelight to rush for
Like steph curry i shoot
For the stars, if it's good
I'll be next to the greatest on rushmore
(facts)
I gave it my all
Have no right to fall
With my back against the wall, stand tall, defeat the default
Embracing my faults and thoughts 'bout fixing the matrix
Leaving the hood, not forgetting the roots in the section that bore with theatrics
Metrics show i'm flying high - 747
Read so many books that they even call me devin
I am going straight to heaven
I've already been to hell
Though the block may tell me
It is far from fair
Well

This is the habitat of poets and thieves
Bodies falling from rooftops like autumn leaves
But if you pull through
Stay true
And keep on it
In pursuit of your moment
Know one day you will own it
This is the habitat of poets and thieves
Prisoners and priests
Man you wouldn't believe
What a combination of random components
You gotta navigate through
For your one moment

We in that habitat
But making them moves
We in that habitat
Be woke what you choose
You gotta break through the roof
'n become your own proof
We in that habitat
Lemme remind you that
We in that habitat
Woah-woah

Yo man
No matter how hard it might be
We still gotta get it done by any means
Get through all the trials and tribulations
'n still come out on top
There's just no other way around it
No other way
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