why do we idolize leaving us with idle eyes
afraid to see the beauty in that which can't be televised
merchandised and sold we cannot find ourselves cause we're
searching in the mold so when they pour in the gold
we'll be that statue on the pedestal instead of all those other chumps
we can claim we're credible trying to get famous
aimless in our purpose but y'all know what the name is
what the game is cause we all sound the same as each other
when we're spitting our egos we go
"I'm the greatest rapper ever and I lay it the tightest
my rhymes are mad fly in fact they're outta sight"
which is really the truth cause they're making us blind
we aren't speaking with our hearts we're just flexing our minds
this is a rhyme to take the ego out of being an artist
cause regardless of my songs and whatever I do
any fire that's in me is a reflection of you

you can sing it you can shout it
scrawl it on the bathroom wall
you can tell me all about it cause you're beautiful

namaste to my human posse
criss cross to english if you lost me
the light in me honors the light in you
cause you don't need to be on stage to be speaking the truth
I'd rather live in the groove than be living to prove
that my beats bump phat and I rap better than you
this quest to be the best is tying up the rest of us
stressing in our chests trying to sound just like the record does
I'ma wreck it cause I am tired of it wrecking us
fuck the pecking order I'm not a chicken I'm an anarchist
break open the walls keeping beauty in the studio
bust down the dam don't give a damn unless it's true to you
step up to the mic push doubts back like your cuticles
there is power in your voice I believe in you you're beautiful
who do you think you are except divine
there is light inside your heart like there is light inside of mine

you can sing it you can shout it
scrawl it on the bathroom wall
you can tell me all about it cause you're beautiful

as our tasteful oratory fills this makeshift auditorium
the platform that we rap on performs a metamorphosis
transforming from the ordinary boring everyday
in the circle of the cypher we explore another way
for a moment we create the world we want to live in
where every voice is valued and our art is freely given
to any who seek to listen
anyone's free to lend a beat or instead to speak their vision
when we preach we breach division
teach that each degree has got a piece of what we need to know
egos not the point but there's a reason we should heed the flow
cause even though that we be told that the truth be on the tv show
it's not we got all we need right here
I believe that we ought to be taught by each other
and not by the box, the cops, or big brother
so recover your life from a world that is hurtful
find light in these words then take it full circle

you can sing it you can shout it
scrawl it on the bathroom wall
you can tell me all about it cause you're beautiful