[00:00.00] 作词 : Stanley Bryan Robinson
[00:01.00] 作曲 : Stanley Bryan Robinson
[00:02.64]Uh…
[00:03.69]Best kept secret but the fam know
[00:06.27]Trying to save a little green like Mando
[00:09.66]Many come and go but your man though…
[00:12.33]Know my worth that’s why I’m substantial
[00:15.09]This is the way you make a banger and you make a difference
[00:18.06]This is the way you shhh a hater and make’em listen
[00:21.03]This is the way you pay it forward and you pay with interest
[00:24.27]Uh, trying to learn you youngin’, pay attention
[00:26.61]I done failed more times than most have tried, traits of a winner
[00:29.67]Since rocking temper tapers, been trying to taper my temper
[00:32.52]A cooler head that’s prevailing but always ready to cook’em
[00:35.55]From Maryland is where I’m hailing but I made my name in Brooklyn
[00:38.49]A galaxy far away from Splash parties and cabarets
[00:41.67]The home team colors are mustard and cabernet
[00:44.40]Tagging up in alleyways unsure we’ll graduate
[00:47.40]Memories feel like an infinite loop of Saturday
[00:50.19]Cartoons and kung fu theatre, seemingly unrelated
[00:53.37]Til you realize some of the shit we’ve been kickin’ is animated
[00:56.37]For your edutainment only get better and I'ma claim it
[00:59.49]Reigning underground champ that's never had an arraignment
[01:02.31]Wai'mint…
[01:03.36]Black of All Trades, Renaissance Stan
[01:05.28]Modern-day Harlem Renaissance Man him and his fam
[01:08.25]Some grown up’s that got more growing to do, 1-2-1-2
[01:11.25]Living the life I worked toward but never thought that it carry through
[01:14.10]So what do you do, when some of your dreams come true, people look up to you
[01:17.01]They see that you grew, shit that was hard to see, clearly within your view
[01:20.13]Walk in your truth, tap into God within you, nobody harder than you
[01:22.89]When I walk in the booth, do what I do, rhymes just flow from out of the blue
[01:26.07]And turn into green, know what I mean, since a teen, been living my dream
[01:29.10]Had to recharge but I’m back on the scene, I’m workin harder than a machine
[01:32.10]All apart of my daily routine, all or nothing no in between
[01:35.01]Kinda extreme for you, but me, being great, kinda my thing
[01:38.25]Walking the path we pathed ‘cause our ancestor left the light on
[01:41.25]Wrote our stories on stars when they couldn’t find shit to write on
[01:44.07]Krylon over Orion been chosen to get my shine on
[01:47.16]Turn the mic on, watch me grip it with the strength of a python, I’m on
[01:50.55]My hero’s journey, I swear it’s the stuff of legend
[01:53.04]That make men into Gods and my birthday is on the 7th
[01:56.04]Of January, which makes me a goat. It must be destined
[01:58.98]Been giving them what they needed and they ain’t even request it, I must be
[02:02.85]The best kept secret but the fam know
[02:05.52]Trying to save a little green like Mando
[02:08.88]Many come and go but Stan though…
[02:11.55]Know his worth that’s why I’m substantial
[02:14.37]This is the way you make a banger and you make a difference
[02:17.31]This is the way you shhh a hater and make’em listen
[02:20.31]This is the way you pay it forward and you pay with interest
[02:23.49]Uh, trying to learn you youngin’, pay attention
[02:25.77]Listen