Jon the Journalist - Like I Never Left Lyrics

It's been five years, but it's like I never left
A whole new lane in the rap game, but I avoid it like death
Am I messing up as a rapper by not switching my style to capture
All these rapper's fan bases faster; no, forget that, I'm moving past them
Don't even know what I'm after, just love writing and rapping
This track should come with an answer as to why rap is collapsing
But i don't have it, tried to write it, but all i got were three sixteens
Opposite of big screens filled with Knicks teams, greatness
In other words I lack the words to fix the rap world
But i have the words to captivate and flip the rap world
Let me navigate the landscape to hit the rap world
With some calculated rapping take a poop on the rap world
A true lyrical assassin, my pen rocks a ski mask and
My notebook stays blasting, my mic, don't even ask man
My wit shows no compassion, when I'm rapping
I zone out, like hey yo Def what happened

I'm a veteran with passion
I'm hungry, been fasting
You seeping, wake up
The Journalist been rapping
Been writing and stashing
Pursuit to be the best
And a lot of things changed
But it's like I never left

Yeah there's been a lot of change but some things stayed the same
Like the way I grab the microphone and pick a apart your brain
Or the way my heart beats faster when I hear a beat to slay
Or the way I feel to make a change, got to stay and lead the way
Either way, I'm here to stay, might as well clear the way
I spit the real, touch your soul, may cause a tear to spray
They disrespect the game spitting stuff to cause your ear to ache
They fear me because i say what all these other rappers fear to say
I'm fearless hey, like I said I'm here to stay other rappers here today
Gone tonight, they underweight, over paid, over hyped
Motivated like a vulture, bird of prey
Thinking they a super hero but they lack a vertebrae
Like superman when he hit the ground his horse a foot away
You spineless mother suckers I done stood the pain
Now it's time to root you out like tooth decay, I shoot to spray
You claim to be a heavy hitter, but the bars are losing weight, need two-a-days

I'm a veteran with passion
I'm hungry, been fasting
You seeping, wake up
The Journalist been rapping
Been writing and stashing
Pursuit to be the best
And a lot of things changed
But it's like I never left

Your tyrannical, shatter souls
Lift me up to drop me down like catapults
Claim to like my stuff and say it rocks like gravel stone
Only to gain a follow back, you filthy animal
I'll beat you down like battle-toads, man you stink of fakeness
I gravitate towards greatness when I make this
And I'm honest like abe is or was, so let me say this
I'm astonished the way the game is, because
I came from an era to live and die in LA
Some plain rap Pharcyde, and today was good day
But rappers nowadays are laser focused on attention
Stuck in their sour ways of falsifying their public image
Only way they're dropping deep lines... is when they're going fishing
Man it's sickening, so many indie rappers out here spitting, no ones listening
So you market yourself different, change up the written
Tell yourself it's small, it supports the bigger mission
But in minutes your incentives will mislead the life you're living

I'm a veteran with passion
I'm hungry, been fasting
You seeping, wake up
The Journalist been rapping
Been writing and stashing
Pursuit to be the best
And a lot of things changed
But it's like I never left