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Ego Check

from The iLliterate Papers by NOTIQ

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I left my ego at the door
My guns on the floor
My hat in the closet
Aint no need for a wallet
becuz my god aint in it
Just them cards up in it
And my heart aint in it,
So my all I’m spendin
I left my ego at the door
My guns on the floor
My hat in the closet
Aint no need for a wallet
becuz my god aint in it
Just them cards up in it
And my heart aint in it,
So my all I’m spendin

Verse I:

No key to the house, key to the safe, we mistakes
Deceit in they face, hate in they eyes, we debate
Nigga, we the bait, get eaten everyday
But they never hook what they after, so we replace
Their emotional disdain, we the physical presence
I’m just a bugle boy, aye they don’t taught the lesson
Tuition high as hell, they cut programs at west Ga
And I don’t go to yo school, I just know how they play
They present it to you, like the whole world is on display
You graduate, cant get a job but you got bills to pay
Ya lady far away, yall do the long distance
She say when you get diplomas, you’ll kick this phone business
The future bleak, she trip, so you get a dome mistress
I feel like I’m a failure, but I was born in this
All I can tell ya, wipe ya tears keep movin
I still love you baby girl, this shyt just real confusin

Chorus:

I left my ego at the door
My guns on the floor
My hat in the closet
Aint no need for a wallet
becuz my god aint in it
Just them cards up in it
And my heart aint in it,
So my all I’m spendin
I left my ego at the door
My guns on the floor
My hat in the closet
Aint no need for a wallet
Because my god aint in it
Just them cards up in it
And my heart aint in it,
So my all I’m spendin

Verse II:

You feel alone, ya partner just died
You go to school with stressed eyes
Can’t even tell the fourth, and the half
Leave that to --------
Situation all too familiar, house like a beehive
And ya honey just left, so all you do is re-high
Feel like the queen is diminishin, we pray she neva finish
And all i can do is witness
Cuz im so far removed too, lost what I was used to
Use to feel so corded like umbilical, im Bluetooth
You in the prime of your youth, smokin’s not a pastime
Moving packs is not for you, rod told me the last time
And no I didn’t listen, but I was given a halftime
A break to preciate, I guess the good and the bad is all Path
Livin the life as you have, makin it far with no rehab
Although it may seem, ya life has been told
Everything is in your grasp
Just keep movin on like a nomad, aye look in the sky it aint so bad
From his wisdom, my dad, to my ear, to your pad

Chorus:

I left my ego at the door
My guns on the floor
My hat in the closet
Aint no need for a wallet
becuz my god aint in it
Just them cards up in it
And my heart aint in it,
So my all I’m spendin
I left my ego at the door
My guns on the floor
My hat in the closet
Aint no need for a wallet
becuz my god aint in it
Just them cards up in it
And my heart aint in it,
So my all I’m spendin

Verse III:

You gotta past and you tryna erase it
Friends wont let you,
Cant deal with the fact that we changing
And if you cool with you life, that’s fine you stay complacent
But if we are to remain on this level
You need a heart replacement
The darkness chasin, and I aint getting swallowed
Not tryna be a leader, but I think you should follow
Ok, lets get the cleaver, I’ll cut into ya morrow
Uh, and I’ll say bye tomorrow, or bye today
Cuz I cant stay, environment is just disarray, prone to Mistakes
And at this rate, I die, be locked up, I love you dearly
I gotta move the fuck on my nigga…
Sincerely yours

credits

from The iLliterate Papers, released January 30, 2012
Written and Produced by Gabriel A. Rudd, Music provided by Tone Setter

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NOTIQ Marietta

Born Gabriel Rudd in Albany, Georgia ,Atlanta Rap Recording Artist, NOTIQ, releases "The iLliterate Papers". Previous releases include "The Prelude EP"

Founder/CEO of The iLliterate Papers, LLC and Executive Producer of b.ware's "The Red Tape Chronicles"
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