A Long Road - Tunnel Rats

So uh… where have you guys been?

We haven’t heard from you in a while

We’ve been here in the studio

In the house in a back room

Perfectin' the rap skills, Dert perfectin' the breaks

I’m sayin' we just been learnin' the business

Along the way we lost some things but we gained some things too

We started this, we gon' finish it

Believe that!

Yo it’s been a long road, it’s been a long slow process

Of us rats dealin' with cats' nonsense

Been gone since you heard us last

Like Moses at the back of the mountain learnin' to fast

Analyzin' the past, preparing for tomorrow

Prayin' for present times, this population of sorrow

This millennium bug had thugs on some ol'

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Knowledge without wisdom’ll be a fatal regret

Hackin' into your system and posin' more than a threat

Let it never be said that the standard ain’t set

By these TR emcees and yeah, tunnel vision’s still 20/20

Older now savin' every penny

Coulda been wildin' out and sippin' plenty Henny

Instead I chose to chill, just ill when I hold the steel

Rethinking all the feelings I was told to feel

Hit the stage, now I bring it with soul for real

Know I’m young, but I’m feeling like a soldier feels

Wise to the politics of what’s fake and what’s real

Wise to the games that are bein' played

Forget the shade, I’m ready to work

Throw me back into the game where the fame and the dirt

Go together, last forever

'Cause I choose to be better than the generation that screwed me

Thank God for all the wise fathers that schooled me

Still much to learn, props to earn

Many heads to turn, numerous mics to burn

On the way to the future that been foretold

Picture me settlin', yo I don’t want the gold

Want the platinum, not only for the loot and the plaque

Want the type of influence to put the Rats on the map

When I speak, y’all hear, when I teach, it’s clear

But for now we doin' our thing, making people aware

That these Tunnel Rats got no inhibitions or fear

Already hear that gossip from strangers and peers

Whisper in ear, tell the people that this is our year