Kyori the Okapi - Reflection Lyrics

How can a rapper be conscious if they were always sheltered?
Sucker, such a lightweight, caught 'em fighting "welter"
Being heavy-handed and a huge glass cannon
Get your huge ass handed to ya just for standing
And you ain't a man, you a child
Without a plan, in the wild
Hurry, kick the can now in style
Or end up living riled up or chasing nostalgia
Oh, is that something you're proud of
Seeing what you amount to?
That was just a wake-up for me
Or your reflection for free
Only scammers charge you a fee for epiphanies
I won't tell you, "Please listen to my tapes
So I could let the papes come"
Yo, this conversation ain't done
Fuck a new normal, when shit was never better
'Cause it's a cold world, getting killed for wearing hooded sweaters
And get imprisoned 'cause your pops from across the border
Get 9066'd, when triple six's what Frankie ordered
And later get the gas lit in your face
With fumes so strong, you could taste the disgrace
'Cause some base it off race
When others judge your pace
Like life isn't case-by-case, and yeah
I'm hasty 'cause I want to feel I'm being free
But it's hard when another wants to hang you from a tree
But I ain't tryna have you fear whatever they do
I'm just giving you the year in my view
Give you perspective on
Life: the collect-a-thon
Vibes: how I kept it calm
Doing music on the side kept me from being a con
And closer to be the one to making minds wiser
I ain't no fountain of youth, I'm just a rhyme geyser
We needed Pfizer like yesterday
For the virus that kill the ones whose skin's opaque
And if you say that nothing's ok, I ain't spreading hate
I'll just let you all know what makes us all great
Like Mama said, I've been dope since the embryo
But I'm a wait 'til we all eat, 'cause of 遠慮 (えんりょ)
And at the end of my eulogy, I want them saying "you a G"
And to a T, that's really coming to you from me
'Cause I won't ever be the hero 'til we better ourselves
'Cause a lesson has worth unlike acquiring wealth
I always treasure mental power over physical health
Like Johnny Blaze used to say, just Release Yo' Delf

How can a rapper be conscious if they were always sheltered?
Sucker, such a lightweight, caught 'em fighting "welter"
Being heavy-handed and a huge glass cannon
Get your huge ass handed to ya just for standing
And you ain't a man, you a child
Without a plan, in the wild
Hurry, kick the can now in style
Or end up living riled up or chasing nostalgia
Oh, is that something you're proud of
Seeing what you amount to?
That was just a wake-up for me
Or your reflection for free
Only scammers charge you a fee for epiphanies
I won't tell you, "Please listen to my tapes
So I could let the papes come"
Yo, this conversation ain't done
Fuck a new normal, when shit was never better
'Cause it's a cold world, getting killed for wearing hooded sweaters
And get imprisoned 'cause your pops from across the border
Get 9066'd, when triple six's what Frankie ordered
And later get the gas lit in your face
With fumes so strong, you could taste the disgrace
'Cause some base it off race
When others judge your pace
Like life isn't case-by-case, and yeah
I'm hasty 'cause I want to feel I'm being free
But it's hard when another wants to hang you from a tree
But I ain't tryna have you fear whatever they do
I'm just giving you the year in my view
Give you perspective on
Life: the collect-a-thon
Vibes: how I kept it calm
Doing music on the side kept me from being a con
And closer to be the one to making minds wiser
I ain't no fountain of youth, I'm just a rhyme geyser
We needed Pfizer like yesterday
For the virus that kill the ones whose skin's opaque
And if you say that nothing's ok, I ain't spreading hate
I'll just let you all know what makes us all great
Like Mama said, I've been dope since the embryo
But I'm a wait 'til we all eat, 'cause of 遠慮 (えんりょ)
And at the end of my eulogy, I want them saying "you a G"
And to a T, that's really coming to you from me
'Cause I won't ever be the hero 'til we better ourselves
'Cause a lesson has worth unlike acquiring wealth
I always treasure mental power over physical health
Like Johnny Blaze used to say, just Release Yo' Delf