Shine All Gold Lyrics - Evermore: The Art Of Duality - The Underachievers

You're stupid to think the world's small enough to heal all of us 

That's what the teacher say, go to the preacher, pray 

But you gotta pay, gotta fight you a cheaper way 

Look into myself, gotta find me a deeper way 

Chase my dreams, create, made me me today 

As I prosper, no defense, they watch us 

So I'm still obnoxious when I'm in their binoculars 

A nigga just wanna be free 

I was in the same hood and nobody rescued me my nigga 

Could've plead and believed and self achieved 

Nothing with greed, just be yourself 

Realize that your strength is locked inside 

It's the thing that you feel when you open your eyes 

Them feelings alive, go ahead homie and fly 

Someday you'll get high, leaving your mark in the sky 

But till then I got this, fuck your hypothesis 

[?] while I build my conscious up 

But my ganja tryna like prosperous 

It's a [?], I had a dream and I followed it 

Dodging them hollow tips, throw some shots, they missed 

Had to stay optimistic 

But her pharmacist kept me on cloud 9 when the hard times would hit 

All time high, first time I hit fronto kid 

By Eighteen, had the mind of a king 

Gotta learn from mistakes, what it takes to lead 

But of course had a taste of the evil seed 

So I could truly see what I was meant to be 

Who would know much later I would be much greater 

Every parent, teacher, conference, told my mom I was a failure 

Cos they couldn't see the profit in the sky as a player 

Rise on them haters and defied all the labels 

Swear to keep it G till I'm at the crossroads 

And the grim reaper creep tryna [?] my soul 

Used to sin every week, had to let the pain go 

Gotta practice what your preach, but I ain't an angel 

Mob in the streets, but the blue rack know 

But despite all the demons tryna bring me down low 

I just rise like a phoenix and I shine all gold 

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Flatbush was my stomping ground 

Mother wanted to keep me out 

Tried to put me on a different route 

Sent me to school to smarter crowds 

Problem is when my school was done, would come home to my neighborhood 

Learn the ways of the hood I'm from 

But in my books, I was a gifted one 

My conduct, it was fucked up 

I was the class clown since I started up 

Getting good grades, but that's not enough 

Had a 99, but my behavior sucked 

High school, a nigga found drugs 

Prescription pills, not the good stuff 

Xanax next when I'm waking up 

Percocet just to keep me up 

Nose candy was a favorite 

8-ball for only two of us 

Popping X was another one until we found out the shit was cut 

Ain't it funny when you think about it 

My mother thought that these schools were bound to keep a nigga on the straight end highroad 

Instead they filled me up with problems 

But in the same breathe, I would've changed shit 

Because the pain is what made me become great 

Everything that I go through, because faith 

It was hard but it caused me to change shit 

Addiction lead to depression 

And in depression, you're taught some lessons 

If you listen, they keep on pushing and the solution cause evolution 

Obstacles come inside of your path and make you switch up and step on the gas 

If you look back inside of your path 

You find direction, it's like your own map 

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