Nico Robin
[Napoleon Da Legend verse[
The world devalues you
So you can prostitute yourself to feel valued
Mind eyes kept sleep like pills of Valium
We seek asylum in drugs, cheap thrills with an outcome
Often deadly, stressed from work we live without fun
Hating on ya neighbor no love... we live without some
Thinking we can avoid our fears we fail to outrun
The fate and the destiny that’s written for us
Out of tune and harmony singing a different chorus
All around the world same shit diffеrent forest
Consuming till our brain fried likе shrimp tempura
Already tried the straight and boring route it wasn’t working
My name was arrogant, as if ambition was a person
I left the day job, then I started writing more
Jumped in it without caring what it might involve
Breaking the fourth wall, taking y’all behind the curtain
So you can see the inner workings of the game in person
Slowly made a name day by day by slaying verses
Some people saw the greatness early and made me nervous
The music industry is set up like a Ponzi scheme
Many people cynical dead inside like a zombie scene
Never accepted, many meetings weren’t followed up
Swallowed my pride spit on wax what I bottled up
"Steal this mixtape" I told y’all to get it free
I illustrated what I would sound like on better beats
Bryan Winston introduced me to Madlib and Dilla
That’s when I stepped into beast mode like a mad gorilla
Several manager I went through but it wasn’t clicking
I had to chalk it up to the game, I wasn’t tripping
Secret competitions, rappers chasing clout
Acting hollywood in other words that ain’t my route
Realize my love for this was real deep in fact
Few years later, found myself knee deep in rap
Dabbled in French maximizing my strenghts
Random messages from strangers idolizing my pen
Made my own trends, pressed it on the vinyl myself
Took ownership my own narrative, defining myself
While I was seeking my goals was really finding myself
It got way realer, when I would no longer, lie to myself
Proud of myself, meditate and bow to myself
Validation starts from within, shout out to myself
I know great I’m just reminding myself
You should do it too…
It feels better I’m surrounded by the truest crew
And everything they said I'd never do I’ll do it twice
This catalogue of mine a living documentary
I gave you insights on my life complementary
Giving space and energy only for the things that’s meant for me …
And if you praying I appreciate vibes you send to me…