Swell - Common Market

Beat entreat a seeker, teachin' leadership

Group ‘em through the groove, spike the meter, weaker needles skip

Like defeatist-types, see the sign, retreat, this hype is evil

Might it be what I perceive as aiight’s

In a state of decay, he say it’s but a few days left

Aint let it rest since I was fresh up in OCHS

Never seen my senior year, bet I never shed a tear

Kept my head up, and lead in the weapon to let ‘em hear

How we lick it off for victory, synesthete feel the imagery

Sympathy give ‘em clemency — you’re witnessing the synergy

That’s how they shall remember me upon expiration

A god in training — take ‘em beyond denomination

Stay calm and patient, we gon' make it to our destination

Condolences to those taken in the conflagration

I suppose they’re awaiting us now, I make ‘em proud

When I’m out, do me that favor and play it loud

Utilize the Line to rebel

Find a Mass of others with like minds in the swell

Reminiscing over this and It Aint Hard To Tell

Now my daughter knows Geo’s bars, my heart swell

I been lost at sea, tossed around in this hell

‘Til some folks up in the Beacon guided me through the swell

Keepin' company with heads, more at home where I dwell

Scent of spring, well the team’s lookin' swell

View of the Cascades drew in a fast rate

A flood of brothers to the tune of two of the last greats

Arrogance is so passé, my distinction don’t

Apply to rhyme skill, flow won’t move ‘em like the shine will

Conciliatory I build for my affiliates

A guild of spitters, the core of the city is insidious

A war of attrition waged and sick games played

The script scribbled, written to get ‘em on the same page

If obliterated the kid’ll make something outta nothin'

Divinity in him poured the form to forge function

Natural born hustler, cousin — you can’t touch him

For the moment I’m just showin some love over percussion

Catch a relay, when I facilitate I mic check it for the rebate

A couple cents worth for the beat tape

Double if the seed takes — rapid expansion

The thizz visible all up in the town’s mass transit

Keep in mind ‘fore you slide deep and opine

We’re in the six hovel with picks and shovels told to coal mine

Struck and found a diamond on a practice swing

Now the scouts all tout him as an athlete

Respect for the game, sincerely revere the spectator

The kind I often find training to be the next player

Run the drill out — blood, sweat and adrenaline spill out

But faith you won’t ever be without

Utilize the Line to propel you

Through the parts where the sharks swim around in the swell

What, you thought we haven’t fought ‘em off?

Sit for a spell

I’ll spin a yarn about a thousand battles won by the swell

Reinforcing the importance of the bond we weld

When you see it stand the test, son — your chest ‘gon swell

Used to hear it from my Gran' now I know how she felt

Play the hand dealt, boy, you’re lookin' swell