Mona Lisa - Apollo Brown, Joell Ortiz

I wipe the coal out of my eyes and let the light in

Look to the sky as I’m invitin' the sunshine

The lightnin', the rainfall, the downpour

The snow and how it whitens the whole ground

And somehow that brightens my whole day

Run away?

No way, come right in

I’m one with all the elements

The benefits of writin' is I can remain here but go there

I’m flyin', I’m fallin', the parachute just opened

Look, I’m glidin', arrivin'

Thoughts heightened to the point I feel a slight wind

Goosebumps appear, you see 'em clearly on my light skin

Letters begin swarmin', words form and take shape

Without a warnin', I can feel my palms warmin'

And it’s happenin' again

All that I’m imaginin' is transferrin' onto this pallet

As I scratch it with a pen

The first facet if a gem

The corresponding' scriptures start matchin' at the ends

It’s soundin' like my soundbytes are at a ten

The tone in my headphones have grown to a frequency unknown

Some of us call this the zone

Every instrument is on they own, but not alone, it’s like

We rent separate apartments in a harmonious home

All I see is sounds, all I hear is colors

All I feel is nothin', it’s a numbness like no other

Time is nonexistent, like forever in a moment

Wish this moment was forever but it’s forever been just moments

I’m starin' at a canvas that was once blank

Contemplate, «if this was read aloud, then what would one think?

How would they perceive it?

Will everyone receive it in the light that I intended

Comprehendin' every meanin?

Or will they just breeze through it like a gentle summer evenin'?

Is this even worth leavin'?»

My easel, I flip the sheet and there’s a

Brand new canvas waitin' for me, how convenient

Its eyebrow raisin' how I scrap a Mona Lisa

All I see is sounds, all I hear is colors

All I feel is nothin', it’s a numbness like no other

The beauty’s in the flaws

All I see is sounds, all I hear is colors

All I feel is nothin', it’s a numbness like no other

The beauty’s in the flaws