The Time Is Now

The Time Is Now - Jean Grae

Intro [Jean Grae]

Aye 9th, you know me & Phonte the Ashford & Simpson of this rap sh*t

Y'all ain't no? Oh, y'all ain't no. Ohhh, we creepin' up then

It's Jean niggas

Back again

Trap you in the wrath again

Blacker than boat loads of Africans

Or rather like them

This struggle, we can't win

Back bent, over till it slacks, and cracks

Can't hustle harder

I'm like my father

Only in denial though

My mother is like, \"I know\" and my brother is quiet so

I fight further

Till I type murder, family cycles will fly further than expected

Titles on my life or daughter

Sorta like I bought her

Still in my momma's house

Get green like chlorophyll when all of y'all be like, \"I'm out.\"

Get me wrong sh*t

Shittin' in your own crib

I'm in no position to be f**kin' on my own still

This ain't some words on a paper

This is what my mind's made of

Emotional heart data

Like a skyscraper reachin' up

Try to stay keepin' up and tryin' to keep my feelings out of beats and stuff

But Tay they ain't believin' us

Been through so many struggles in my life

You would not believe where I have been

I don't know where, I don't know how

Even my lonely heart and sacrifice

Until the day that my life ends

The place is here, the time is now

Now

At this moment

Phonte's flow is

Stompin' through

Y'all niggas just tip toein'

Soon as they put it on

They say, \"He's big Willie.\"

You just a Lil' Jon

Tryin' to Get Lower

This is

Proof that thee existence of persistence pays off and it's showin'

Cause labels used to play me like

Now they better pay me like I'm Luke Wilson

Check your books, I ain't owin'/Owen

Tay's a true terror

Y'all ain't bustin' caps

Y'all gangstas in the studio makin' a new era

And this is for whoever

Is tryin' to do me

Y'all need to do you, maybe then you'll do better

Cause I'm gonna be spittin' till I walk with a cane

Left my mark on the game

And y'all just scribblin'

I'm etched in stone, y'all just penciled in

#2 status that's your place ni**a, live with it

Uh

They don't know the shoes I walk in

So I guess they'll keep on talkin'

We gon' build it up, build it up, built it up

And now we're solid

Solid as a rock

It's solid, it's solid

You'll know, you'll

Until when, you hold that thing in your hand and you know it's solid

It's not a liquid, it's not a gas, it's solid, it's solid, let me tell ya

So solid

It's the icing on the cake. Ain't that the best thing you ever heard? Hahaha