EPISODE · Mar 20, 2025 · 3 MIN

Wellness Check

from #StoriesAboutSongs · host RedefineHipHop

Pass the salt, pass the pepper, pass the mic around Like a break in a record, bout to get down It’s bound to cause some controversy, small or big town Big fish, small pond, kinda like a myth now Far as sink or swim, thin line, with a split crowd Trying to share my life, god willing, do it with style Locked on my life goals, he’s a human mis-sile Tune in now, wait too long, you may miss out Fate called my number, but must’ve been a misdial Thought I had the answers but I guess they’ve been misfiled One thing I know for sure, just trying to live in bliss now Happiness been fleeting every since I was kid- CHILD Please memories cut deep, some real foul Used to take the ugliness, blend it with ill style Now I take the filth, wash n rinse, cleanse then guilt And write through the pain till every inch is felt It’s sort of like a ritual, the rhyme is like a raft Push in the water, light the match, spark the staff Engulf it into flames, push it out into the waves Wherever that it sinks…that’s where the failure stays Plan on feeling free, living in my elder days Sitting in silence, it’s my Hans Keller phase Don’t raise your hand, for parts you can’t understand Just please pardon the brand, it’s all part of the plan Better or worse, it’s intentional I did this It’s not new invention, I’m reprinting from the index First time it fell through, but I plan to win next Crack the glass ceiling but first, pass the Windex I wanna see clearly, reshape my theory Analyze the enemy, including those that’s near me If I said ‘I love you’, I meant that sincerely Said it more than twice, then it means I love you dearly Million miles apart, thousand days since we spoke Confusion in my heart, doesn’t change what I wrote My brain is on the ropes, this weight class joke This heavyweight depression got my peace in the yoke But he didn’t know I stashed a dagger in my cloak I put it to his throat, ‘Release me and my folks!’ That’s just passing hope, that real is more complex And being self aware is merely one of the steps Try to build community, seek a good therapist Show no shame cause the path we trek is perilous If love is in the air, I can’t feel where it is Hurt people hurt, predictable as a parrot is There it is, the raw data, all actions all matter Diamond in ruff, yeah, classic case, ball-batter Fat beats, no gallbladder, painting words, wall splatter Choking on my own words, just to watch the ego shatter