99/100

[Verse 1]
Laying in my room trying to get thoughts out of my head
I'm out of my mind, she out of my league and I'm still in her bed
Never believed in miracles but I got proof of her existence
And in case you missed it, this miss would make you think that I'm gifted
Living in the present, passed the future on my way to work
I decided to write a song tonight and it will find a way to surf
Sink or float, I think in quotes,
This is ragged, ravaged, raw rhyme, ragging from out of my throat
In this boat, I ink the most
Flooding title pages with sages and mages yes I made it looking fresh inside of my coat
Skinny pants, stands half a chance, the dude is a beanstalk
Keep talk to a minimum as I walk then knock giants off
Heart full of feelings and a noggin full of healings
Things I like to shatter include records, fasts and ceilings!
Always eating something or other, the hunger is a world wonder
Louder than lightning, faster than thunder, if you like it: here's my number!

[Chorus] x2
It goes 12/25/1993
D-A-N-G exclamation point just for me

Gotta say things really excited
The fire has ignited
This is you getting reminded
Longer than just one-night-ed

[Hook]
99 problems but I keep it 100
99 problems but I keep it 100
99 problems but I keep it 100
But I'm really bad at math so you might just have to double it

[Verse 2]
Well excuse me for a while
You might like me for my style
But the thing is that I do to words
is what I do to her nice smile
I am feeling very fresh
I got myself a haircut
Rolled up cuffs on my ankles
Hipster swag: I don't give a fuck
This shit, is never enough
Toned down, heart is buff
Life is this, life is such
Lift off and the cups is up
And you already know I can rap this fast
But I like doing it because I liked flash
I really like glamour, I really like cameras
I'm picking you up like good antennas
Never gonna stammer, got good grammar
Things so hot, I gotta use the hammer
Asian boy bear it all, call this the panda
and this manner is to make you laugh
Make you grin, I'm honestly not trying to look at this from a win
lose stand point but I'm pretty much at this point all in
Mentioned the girl I liked in the midst of my bravado
Awkward arrows being shot out of all of my staccato
Driving to Taco Bell, girl you know me well
I will only be coming first if in front of you is a blue shell

[Hook]
I will race across with you forever on Rainbow Road
I will take the loss for you but clever like I'm on some code
I will shake the boss so you can never have to hit reload
You ask me when this started and you already know it goes:

[Chorus] x2
It goes 12/25/1993
D-A-N-G exclamation point just for me

Gotta say things really excited
The fire has ignited
This is you getting reminded
Longer than just one-night-ed

[Hook]
99 problems but I keep it 100
99 problems but I keep it 100
99 problems but I keep it 100
But I'm really bad at math so you might just have to double it

[Verse 3]
Double it, triple it, you know I'm so sick with it
We gotta brag about ourselves, this is Hip Hop isn't it?
The boast and confidence helped boost my own
And now look at me when I'm almost 20 grown
I survived a nasty break up, every morning I still wake up
And I'm staring at your face even if I messed up your make up
Put out a book of my words, went from static to verb
And it's so shocking that the talking around the water cooler is about this sir!
I like my poems like I like my words: spoken
And lately I don't relate as much to the adjective "broken"
And notice that I'm liking myself
And if not, I'm taking steps to better my shelf
Put your favorite things on my back and I'll keep them held
Keep them safe
1st, 2nd and 3rd, I'm feeling so BASED

5' 8"

[Verse 1]
When you listen to this, the tag is "honest song"
I'm about to be on my Rudy Francisco game strong
All my life I paint wrong and I still turn out pretty pictures
Vivid images of scriptures turned backward on their figures
I figured that the mixture of soul and heart would be enough
But it's all deeper than skin and my layer got rough
It's hard to get underneath the impenetrable armor
The honor of monsters grew intense and I'm looking calmer
With words that I desperately need to say lodged in my throat
I'm rushing through poems and feelings to get something to quote
Something really catchy that sticks inside your mind
I just want to reverberate and hope the burning may find
Kind hearted individual that single handedly creates a whole
Digging for buried treasures under pressure I will turn my cole
Into diamonds. Something I can recognize
Something I can be proud of when the lead resides

[Chorus] x2
I'm five foot eight,
I really wanted you
I like my soda cold and can you understand these particles?
One hundred twenty five
Look deeply in my eyes
This the type of shit that I will really, really need to write

[Verse 2]
Because I like holding you tightly until my arms hurt
Until breathing syncs up since nightly I see the harm's work
I get behind dreams. The nightmares still gleam
Shimmering beams of light surround everyone else it seems
I get down on myself but I can pull myself up straight
Now straight up tell me if you think this is great
Because my speech is clouds when I want to speak concrete
My reach is loud when I want to peak on beats
Never needed pity and was never good at gritty
I've got city running through my veins and rain water pretty
Are you with me? Or against me?
Don't tempt me.
Since I've had those things raging inside my mind until the time ran out and yet they still live there since the rent's cheap
So right now mentally, to put this less densely
I need start learning how to be present in this or else I might forget me.
Or maybe I should just forget me

[Chorus] x2
I'm five foot eight,
I really wanted you
I like my soda cold and can you understand these particles?
One hundred twenty five
Look deeply in my eyes
This the type of shit that I will really, really need to write

[Verse 3]
And what I needed to write is all the things I couldn't say
It's all the things that I need to say, day to day
And it might sound cliche, but hey
Maybe that's the game I have to play
So stay with me. I'd rather not have you leave
We'll get along famously. Just you and me
But it pains to see that this is what I knew would be
So plain to we that this might turn into what could be

I Am Here

So no one told you it would be this way?
That's okay, because today is our coffee break
The sun is looking like the right shade of
Fuck it, I'm going to relax, kick back and remember how to play
Since all us kids keep yelling out acronyms
But you know that we won't ever be back again
We're only moving forward, we're constantly in motion
Awesomely potent: we've retouched our motives
But do you notice how often we get down on ourselves?
Us incredible radiant beings doubting our hands dealt?
Where our fingers see fists more frequently
When really they need someone else's hand in between
Friendships are never sunk, sometimes we sleep in bunks
And we'll need a boost up so we can do the dunk
And I'm a little messed up, bruised and scratched up
But it's lead me here to you, us improbable match up
I'll be your backup and if you ever back up
I've got my back against your shoulders even when odds stack up
It's all looking wonderful in the right lens
It's all worth something in the right sense
Pinky promises and swearing like sailor's into the night
We keep our shoe laces and our hugs real tight
More adventures like Calvin and Hobbes and
More dynamic than Batman and Robin
I like what we have, I like what it will be
I just have to keep remembering that you also like me
Twilight in the park, this is the summer I want
Me and you, laying on your stomach and something in courier font
Because this is all poems in the end, isn't it?
I guess I don't really want to get too into it
I'm not stressing love, but let's just remember it does exist
I'm not pressing love, but let's live like December 25th
And I'm hanging on your every words like the curve of your lips
I'll never get tired of this