Who Owns This Mic (Self Produced)

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[Verse One]
Okay
I got a problem with everybody - who thinks they got to get bloody everytime they run into a conflict
I got what I think is my own sound but they wanna label it - underground? - conscious?
don't hold to the standard every second I waste while I'm molding the process
acknowledge the cost but I can not quit - even if I lost the prospect to profit

the problem is - the hallow kids - breaking their necks - hoping to get a dollar pinched
in their fingers - if it lingers - swallow it - don't choke if you've been balling it
can't be mad - every song you have is like a side effect of damn rehad
scantily clad - the glam and ass - but still mad at the chance I have

All I know - is I've been working myself into a steady grave - but I aim high - and I'm wreckless
But I want a day where - I'm not wandering wayward - hanging on the wrong objectives
I'm in the next generation of prophets - plenty room in the office - offered incentive
but I will never vacate my position - you'll have better luck trying to crawl from wreckage

Estimated a short lived career - it's been debated - though it's still up in the air
I'm a little white boy who likes noise so much - that I want to get up and appear
Don't want to hate - but don't appreciate - you saying what I do is a piece of cake
or saying no one will be playing my songs - you're wrong - repeat as I say

[Hook]

Who owns this mic? -
whoever holds it when its cold at night
some folks think they stole the right
but we're coming with a golden light

who owns this mic?
[2x]

[Verse Two]
see the thing about a movement - is it moves - and so many people are clocking in
the hip-hop game is rocking in new faces daily who want a shot at the top of the list
they just want some sunshine - but when it comes time to look for it - they find the opposite
they had the talent but reality broke them down - they were not equipped

and then you have the weeds - that squeeze at the life of the other seeds
for no reason - why would you want to filter music - the only excuse that I have for breathing
the issue is money - call me nutty but I think somebody pulled the wool over the globe
to turn the industry into a monster that scoops up dreams and devours them whole

but how would I know - I'm just a nobody - knocking at the door - up and slow coming
I've been known to be hard headed - but I'm me - and that's true - Rich - or no money
you wanna pique my interest - you better know - I complete my business
up in your face - so our cheeks touch and it just keeps us stuck in rhythm - rough when I get them

Getting rowdy around me - cause I'm up on the clouds when the sound surrounds me
I'm in love with rap - don't want go back to a day - if it exists where I wasn't this loud and free
it's an image to belittle - mad at me? - aren't you little concerned with what you have to be?
take a look in the mirror - the mic is still here - here - you can go after me

[Hook]

[Bridge]
just lock me in the booth and watch me in the moment when I get to own that focus
ain't no stopping the sound of my voice when I blow doors open - feeling like I row through oceans
feeling like I deserve a shot - to see if I can be the one to glimpse my worth - if not
I just wanna know - that I had something to show - before that time was up and the curtains

Drop - drop - me down - in the middle of the crowd - man I can not stop - get loud
if you end up with a doubt - keep it on the down low - cause I'm no let down
who owns the mic? the first challenger to want to bring that right kind of caliber
to rip it out of my rigor mortis induced grip - I was hoarding it - but now it's yours

[Hook]