My pops he secretly slid me a gift that he shifted
Outside of the standard conditions that loosely fitted with Christmas
I pulled back all the wrappings and the back half was Nintendo
With duck hunt on the cover it, was too dope I remember this
Launch pad for my juices with new views of adventures
And these sprites were the catalyst of how art was a treasure
How God could use art forms like music notes on a key
I hear songs in the background and can visualize all the scenes
That's when it-dawned onto me that i could get lost and be free
Within the structures of a sixteen like i was trapped underneath
Pillars of expression like lessons learned when I listened
I would play back all my favorites and my outlook would be shifted
It was crazy *b*, the world would start to slow down I'm tracing it
Beats used as a canvas and these verses were vehicles
I'm still driving like my journey just started I'm clocking a thousand
Miles per an album while I'm recording it

It's still a special feeling inside when i write
When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life
Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it
For lovers and our activists this music is our catalyst

I still reflect on all the times when i write
When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life
Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it
For lovers and our activists this music is your catalyst

You and I, we got history between the two of us
Back when no one knew of us, writing these raps in the back of a munibus
Something so new to us, daydreaming couldn't no one get through to us
Nothing no one could say or could do to us
We kept it one hundred, keeping it true to us but
Even the truest love could fade over time I went from
World tours to barely writing a rhyme
Passion was something I was dying to find
I mean I love you but I think its time I leave you behind
Lets Ross and Rachel this
And if it's meant to be, we'll find our paths intertwined
That was ages ago, several pages ago
I'm in a new chapter from rapper to pastor to church planter
To husband to my new happily ever after
Used to love you but I found what my heart was meant to go after
But it's still love, you'll always be my first love
Maybe one day we'll pick it up and pen a verse one

It's still a special feeling inside when i write
When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life
Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it
For lovers and our activists this music is our catalyst

I still reflect on all the times when i write
When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life
Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it
For lovers and our activists this music is your catalyst

So where do we go from here where each bar is a fadeaway
MJ from the baseline on each court as a get away
Time doesn't wait for no one, you got all that you wanted
Rings, wins and a legacy, what's left as an entity?
I'm not saying i got it, i got gas in the tank left
And i took almost four years to relive let my brain rest
Re-cash all my rain checks, really had to discover
That your worth doesn't equal a number look at "I Wonder"
I mean it, look at the team and the whole gleam when she seen it
You sat in the city you're born in what a scene could you dream it?
I can't, that's why I think that God's plan is the greatest
He took me from nothing, an orphan redirected my calling,
I'm walking a living example of a son who was saved
After living through that journey what's the point of the chase?
These diamonds and jewels are irrelevant and fame can be toxic
While authenticity is rare in music hope you can spot it

It's still a special feeling inside when i write
When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life
Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it
For lovers and our activists this music is our catalyst

I still reflect on all the times when i write
When I could speak through different stages and the seasons of life
Document the ups and downs of it, navigate through the sounds of it
For lovers and our activists this music is your catalyst