EPISODE · Jul 21, 2023 · 5 MIN

Absolutely Naught

from #StoriesAboutSongs · host RedefineHipHop

Absolutely Naught This one goes out to Too Short, K-Rob, Kool Moe Dee, Downtown Science, and the sound and feel of Hip Hop circa 1986 You had your time, now let this one step in With the burden of the truth as my best weapon Expressing a full range, on an emotional binge I’m not on the fringe, prefer to keep it deep when I cleanse Refocus my lens, study every specimen, since I’m on the fence, about certain events that don’t make sense Lucidity is how I wish the world to be, feeling free Let me see, ‘Are Y’ALL feeling me?’ You’re free to leave, I got my own goals to achieve So close to appease sometimes it feels more like a tease But I’m at ease, and that ain’t easy, believe I’d keep going if I had to crawl my knees My will extreme, even with no one on my team I’ll play the game all the same, erase the pain in my dreams The taste of love is poison once the dose exceeds Useless advice, I know…like, GO succeed Yeah, just go succeed. Absolutely Naught Absolutely Naught Absolutely Naught Absolutely Naught Absolutely Naught Now here’s the deal, I’m less concerned about my skill I left the hill, we’re here to learn how I feel Now, with that said, I put a lot thought in this Some caught, some missed, Some might cause a rift The topic drift, the downtown science defense The lion prince, not worried about days of kingship Or pink slips, yeah, I got that thing that sinks ships Eclipsed my own well being so frequent Relinquish the hold that you have my kindness And find bliss in some other hole that we each missed Distinguish the flaws from the ways things are Locate the cause, sometimes its how the puzzle is solved Love all encompassing, the purest law It’s the cure lost more times than I can recall Why can’t we all get a long-lasting bond And pass it on, teach the young, the devotion’s strong Absolutely Naught Absolutely Naught Absolutely Naught Absolutely Naught Absolutely Naught I took some time to gather my thoughts to speak And still I seek a way to see what is beneath What a belief, what do you consider relief? Considerately, I guess I would consider it’d be Hard to see the future, when presently His present needs, seems like sequestered dreams His effort leans on routines trapped in the machines A practical means for side-stepping all the extremes That only means, the road’s the longer, but my legs are strong I said, ‘I’m gone’, a hundred songs ago….so long But got prolonged, this is still my prologue I’m so lost, one misstep I MIGHT FALL OFF But I’m alright, I know, that seems untrue But once I knew, the cause was a lost, I grew And I salute anyone that learned the same Burned in brain, nothing left to lose but gain