[Intro: Speaking]
Ladies and gentlemen
Second Thoughts on the beat
Big up to Lace Cadence
Good lookin´ out for this one, man

[Verse 1:]
I love hip hop music
I just hate the ego
The politics that follow it
Getting caught in it can be lethal
See I love the community
´Cause a community will embrace you
But you turn it back the community is the people that will hate you
See everybody´s striving for that same shit
To get paid and make it
And I´ll be honest, I´m trying to become famous
When someone makes a move
Watch that person next to you
Cause I´ll warn ya
I love Hova but jealousy´s The Takeover
Here come the mean mugs
"I can´t do what he does"
And where does that lead us?
To the ego that feeds us
I wish that I could just do what I do
But when a door opens for him I´m afraid there won´t be enough room
Comparison´s a mother fucker
Like MLK said,
"We all want that band leader syndrome and it won´t stop"
This concept makes me wonder
Is it the commodity of the music or the ego that is killing hip hop?

[Chorus:]
It´s the ego
That makes me not give respect in death
It´s the ego
That makes me talk shit behind people´s back
You know that it´s the ego
That´s constantly polluting my consciousness
So ingrained in my brain that I can barely even acknowledge it
It´s the ego
That makes the present moment jet lagged
I said it´s the ego
That has me trippin about the next man
You know that it´s the ego
That makes me not go to the front
Of the show ´cause the performers have exactly what I want

[Verse 2:]
I´m so cool
F´real?
No dude, I´m serious spit it different and if you just flow too
I´ll listen lookin for glitches and rip ´em to shove improve
That my rhythm´s a little bit more intricate, just to boost
My ego
Is so evil
Threatened by so many different kinds of people
It seems that if you´re goin´ through somethin´ and life is feelin´ uncomfortable
The immediate place you go is to your ego to comfort you
When Boom Bap got signed
I hated on him
When Grayskul got signed
I hated on him
And that´s hard to admit
But since I´m really bein´ honest
I wanted to be one of the first to make it as a Northwest rap artist
Instead of takin it as a plus for my region
I took it as a cut to my dreams of makin´ it out of this political scene of Northwest haters
To be next I guess I´m just like them
Jealous of who´s taking that step

[Chorus]
It´s the ego
That makes me not give respect in death
It´s the ego
That makes me talk shit behind people´s back
You know that it´s the ego
That´s constantly polluting my consciousness
So ingrained in my brain that I can barely even acknowledge it
It´s the ego
That makes the present moment jet lagged
I said it´s the ego
That has me trippin about the next man
You know that it´s the ego
That makes me not go to the front
Of the show ´cause the performers have exactly what I want

[Outro:]
Now everybody got one but people tryin´ to front
Claimin that they on the humble but cocky
Now it comes up when we judge
Or are threatened by someone
But everyone still be like ´man that´s not me´
Now let me break it down son
It´s only a lack of love for ourselves
Cause we´re submerged in ´I gotta be´
The best or number one
But it´s just that we don´t trust
In our heart and that´s what stops me
It´s the ego