Lazarus '99 Lyrics

Ayo! This is DJ Rockwell broadcasting live from the burning planet

This one right here, this one is for the naysayers

Yo come on, let's go

Speak myself into existence

(Twice over)

Misunderstood but y'all would never ask me anyway

I'm the patient zero victim of illusion of choice

I yell my story from the roof and now I'm losing my voice

Now I'm hoarding these quarters and corner pieces for peace

And pleasing myself for the moment

'Till I can cop me a Royce

Had a dream until I woke up with roaches on family portraits

Got broken glass on the floor

So don't get stabbed on the porch

Seething coughing sneezing monkey scratching ass

A contortion of my own image

I'm finished with being pitied in courts

I spent four days and four nights to myself in a chamber

Was locked away from the church

Was locked away from the danger

Not a place for my hurt

Not a stage for my anguish

An angry nigga more fitted for prison cell entertainment

Shuck and jive it with me

The problem child you know you wild

(Keep your head down)

I know my worth so you can do your worst to me

I walk this cave until I'm finished

Count the days passed in seconds

Never present past a minute

I'm a menace anybody can get it

A disappointment anointed by ill-appointed statistics

I ain't like the others

Am I a trending topic best remained in shade?

Or maybe I'm a monster whose purpose is "have it made"?

Or maybe I'm just built for the fodder

Carry sins of my father

And stick to acting unphased?

Or maybe I'm that leader needed for sparking a revolution

I loosely resemble Malcolm or Marcus or Dr. Martin

What a margin

The first martyr in self-interest

What a mission

You never treat me so ruthless until I fit description

I walk the path of a man with no moral compass

My guiding star is lost in the clouds

Where are my options?

A God of war or peaceful and pacifist

I'll live to see the farthest stars or bandage my heart

I am Lazarus