To Whom It MAY (The Intrusion)

I just want to take a moment to say thank you. Yes, you. You're so genuinely happy for me and you take an interest in my well being. You hear me clearly as I speak to you. My bad I got distracted at Popeyes but I'm back in it, you hear me clearly as I speak to you. You hear me clearly cause I tweet to you. And if you keep paying attention then you'll see it through. Started this two days ago but it's a newer day. Let me time stamp the picture for you, bout to go to June from May. Putting in work on my craft like two-a-days. And even though he doesn't read em there ain't a dam thing I wouldn't do for Dre. Back in it, this is belated work. Took a break from the world on Dre's date of birth. Enslaving the pen the way I make it work. Now I'm sitting here thinking where I should take it first, to make it last. My mother's son shining like he on the break with Nash. Called outta work like screw it I'll make it back. Cause now I understand my drive so no one else can make me crash. Broke as my shoulder now but I'm knowing the pen'll make me cash. I don't consider myself paid until I can pay my dad.

My parents gave me way more than I could pay em back. Right now my money is a joke but I don't hate to laugh. Black and tryna be surrounded by green like the Jamaican flag and have the haters and naysayers wishing they could take it back. Ain't got the paper but I'm stating facts I could explain my bars with emojis, picture me painting raps  Caribbean dinners, better take it fast. I'm giving out food for thought, you know the plates get (w)rapped. Your mind just probably went insane with that. If you didn't really catch it you should play it back. It's like I've been trained to spazz. I enslave the pen & my mind runs away, let me bring it back. It's the month of May. Happy belated to my brother Dre. The flow's too smoove, too cool. I'm a genius, screw school. I shouldn't say it but if you judge it then screw you. I don't care, I don't give a dam. Cause I can paint a picture and then post it up on Instagram. Speaking of which, let me take a second. To show you that my Will's about to make me legend. I'm lucid dreaming, I see it coming true. Popeyes the EP: A Short Film, coming soon. I turned my month into a movie, you thought it was a joke. Even I hadn't seen it when I started what I wrote. 3381 words, started as a quote. Swaggyspeaks, and I swear he can write yo. You see these bars on twitter, peep the link in the bio. Or not, your choice. No beef but I'm pro-choice. Cause you can't tell somebody how to speak if it ain't your voice. You can't tell somebody how to live if it's not your life. Try it with me and you'll get left behind cause that ain't your right. But I'm just here to let the people know it'll be alright. That even the darkest times can turn to shine because we're all bright. They're seeing rhymes on their TL & now they're thinking 'yo he's alright'. But they don't understand that I could keep doing this all night. Save the real, spare the fools. Take a look back, 3 There's, I'm here for you. There there, and an extra with a pat on the back. Rewind it cause I'm blessed to use these patterns with raps. Save the real, spare the fools. Take a look back, 3 There's, I'm here for you. Take a bite of the food for thought that I've prepared for you. This is a silent film, you see it & you hear it too. Performed at a spoken word show and got a little spiritual. Slipped up painting the picture but they saw that I was lyrical. Didn't even fully portray my vision and they thought I killed it, cool. This feels way better than the days that I was failing school.

This feels way better than them days I had to plan to lose. Access(Axis) Power bars, provide damage and make the planet move. Axis Powers, dropping bombs with these bars. That means I'm really doing harm with these bars. I'm a threat for bearing arms with these bars. Illustrated my joy, while they're observing my heart. Axis Power, I turn the world with these bars.

And I love my girl's brain cause she keeps up with mine. But sometimes I wish the pen could keep up with my mind. I'm slipping and losing highly intelligent rhymes. There was a (point where Wave and Brendon had to tell me to rhyme) Now I share my thoughts clearly through parentheses rhymes. S/O my first performance. I got that chance before I ever worked for it so they couldn't really fully feel my words. Watched the video, realized that the camera blurred. Didn't have a mic for the first half, could barely hear my words. Spoke it before I'd even ever read it so I smeared my words. I've got a gift so now I'm rapping again. I pause for applause and hear em clapping again. Spitting fire so I'm feeling like a dragon again. On the contrary bars colder than Alaska my friend. Ain't gotta work for slave wages cause I mastered the pen. That blew (blue) your mind so much you just read (red) it again. Was stuck on what I mastered so I said it again. Mastered the pen, wrote notes with the pad. Spoke to my mom, wrote notes to my dad. Directed the lost, gave hope to the sad. Word to my greatest pain I had to shoulder the pad. Hooping I fell so hard I doubted that my shoulder's intact. Told the little kid I was okay, although it hurt really bad. The first part was on twitter, this is what I wrote with the pad.

Ever since SpeakEZ I been speaking even clearer to you. Cause now I'm more than painting the pictures, I bring em here to you. Now I've learned to put on a show, pull up a chair for you. Now I've learned to put on a show, buy out the theater for you. Cause when I isolate it I can make it clearer for you. I call you pal, cause the pen brought me nearer to you. I was behind bars, I kept them locked away. This my 3rd time saying that I spit my heart away. But that's line's a perfect 10, it's only something Shaun would say. Tim Halpert on twitter, that kid's just giving art away. Right now it's MotherDuck the money, I would give my car away to help somebody else ease the pain of those harder days. To help somebody understand that I'm not afraid, to show em that I have a God that I've gotta praise. Word to Vegas I beat the odds they can not appraise. You see I take these bars high and I keep you climbing. Then I drop a couple gems, I'm the King of Diamonds. Keep climbing but don't look too far, if I say I'm watching The Office don't look too hard or you'll be like DAM HE'S EVEN DOING STRIP CLUB BARS??! And nobody else caught it to quote it but my girl know that Office Bar was the coldest word to the A/C, painting pictures in HD, man they're about to hate me. Bars take em so high that they're worried about their safety. The flow's going deep and they're worried about their safety. 4th & 99 I ain't worried about a safety. Double sided coin for the football fans. Spitting lyrical rounds hoping that the clip don't jam. I'm boutta get some bands but I ain't with no scam. Young and on a mission, see the kid's grown man. Oh wait, triple entendre y'all don't get those, dam.

Sometimes I feel I'm overlooked cause y'all don't understand me. I'm putting on a show, you see it on a grand screen. Cooking up a grand scheme. Point blank, I don't need a Plan B. To Whom It May Concern so real it could've won a Grammy. I'm leading a climb, shoutout to the people near me. I be spreading love so much that all my friends a family. I be spreading so much love that all my friends are family. I be spreading love so much they really can't compare me. I be spreading so much love cause I give em the real me. I be spreading love so much cause I can make em feel me. Showed em that my heart's a home and then I gave em realty. So they know even when it's behind bars, I'm not guilty. I express my joy as explicitly as I express my disappointment. It's funny they love you for your concern until you voice it, To Whom It May. Let's review the day, about to go to June from May. And I don't have a clue of what I'm gonna do today. The one I'm dating just picked her school today. How ironic she got hired as my mind flew today. Gotta bring home the bacon, flow sicker than swine flu today. I think I could use a break.

My best friend's ex and I ain't spoke in months. My (ex)(best friend) and I haven't spoke in months. Now I'm talking to myself, and saying (that was tough). So I'ma tell myself to (run it back), dam I'm acting up. My best friend's ex and I ain't spoke in months, my (ex)(best friend) and I ain't spoke in months. Became inseparable as friends once we were broken up, now I don't get to tell her about the girl who brought me home for lunch. Guess that's part of growing up. I wasn't wavy but now the flow is up. And I told you that the world was mine, now I'm blowing up. I showed you that I was bright, now I'm glowing up. You knew the flow was kinda sick but now I'm throwing up. We were once strangers, I didn't notice love. But now as soon as I feel it I know it's love. And now I'm trying to help em see that we're supposed to love. I felt like David Blatt, I couldn't get the most from Love. I once wasn't w(hole) but now I'm close to love. I'm painting pictures of people the kids have posters of. And yeah I hung up my jersey but my team still attached. Some of them are sleeping on me as I put my dreams in these raps. It's annoying but my team's still intact. You were on twitter reading those raps as they were beating the raps. The game was in Cleveland but tonight they brought the Heat to the Raps. Say a prayer for Chris Bosh as I put Heat on these Raps. I'm doing things that even I can't believe on these raps. My shorty on her point blank, me I just bleed in rhymes. And wow I'm so sorry to hit you with those egregious lines but I just have to do it sometimes so you can see the light. Told the homies I've got some G's for us, that's word to Jesus Christ. He was the one that jumped in and helped me win all those demon fights. Let me scroll up so little that you can see the lines. My shorty on her point blank, me I just bleed in rhymes. I thank God that I'm still a kid, not a father. It's been a couple days since he seen his daughter, it's been about a month since I seen my barber. I'm just hoping that my dreams can change realities. My girl's 3 months from a salary, and right now I'm feeling like I'm 3 minutes from a masterpiece. Fact checking, had to Google Johnny Appleseed to make sure I could tell you many will come after me. Missionary, or pioneer, call it what you want. I could get this whole EP recorded in a month. Then drop it for the ones who stayed down to come up. 10 toes down regardless of who may run up. I'ma stay down while trying to get my funds up. This is a short film, you can give it two thumbs up. I just directed you to the answer, God is love. Life is like Tristan Thompson, it starts with love. I've only got a small chance but my heart's above, like Kevin dunking on the mini-rim, shuffling through synonyms. As a kid I wanted the jacket with the M&M's. Back then I was ignorant, now I'm tryna be eminent. Feeling like success is imminent. Killing it, yet the witnesses know I'm innocent. Because they're watching me put on a show for their benefit. Shuffling through synonyms and found a bunch of homonyms. At night I think of these rhymes, I am the running man. I'm on a run like Russell, painting pictures with candid flows. The picture's loading as we speak, word to D'angelo.

My best friend's ex and I ain't spoke in months. My (ex)(best friend) and I haven't spoke in months. Now I'm talking to myself, and saying (that was tough). So I'ma tell myself to (run it back), dam I'm acting up. My best friend's ex and I ain't spoke in months, my (ex)(best friend) and I ain't spoke in months. I can't front, College Algebra was hard for me. Now my bars use the distributive property. Check the parentheses, I'm painting pictures that no professor sees while writing my legacy. I'm even ready to leave the swoosh if they try checking me. Like I'm giving the gift of time, right now I'm w(rapping) up a Master Piece. Told you the story's backwards, the intro's the conclusion. There's a lot going on so it could get confusing. Breaking into the game, this is the intrusion. I'm a winner, you can miss me with the losing. I'm painting pictures you can see my vision through illusions. I turned shooting my shot into a biblical allusion. A dollar to my name but still in August I'll be moving. I put it all in writing so there's nothing left for proving. A genius with the pen who didn't pan out as a student. Now I'm cooking for thought and you can tell me how the food is. Anyone who doesn't like it doesn't get it cause they're stupid. But that's their right, I'm sorry that was kind of rude man. I'm enrolled in classes but don't want to go to school man, cause when I tried to put my heart in the books, the devil moved in. Look at how much I wrote in a week, they couldn't grade this. If I ever submitted this in a Dropbox, they'd degrade it. But I don't give a dam what they say, Popeyes the greatest. I spoke to God so clearly in May, that I got saved kid. I was once stuck in a maze, now I'm amazing. Had everybody near me in May, so I'm elated. Told my job they can keep those hours, I'm putting days in. Even my friends sleeping on me, so many people dazing. But once I'm getting dollars I'll see everybody changing. I'm just writing without thinking, how many words is this. This is pretty long, thank you if you're still observing this. I didn't have a choice, I just knew I had to murder it. Thank you for giving me a voice when I thought nobody heard the kid. You gave me a voice, I gave you my heart. You gave me your attention so I gave you my art. You ain't really gotta thank me I'm just playing my part. I'm just here to shed light to those chasing a spark. Rhymes gotta take you high because I'm raising the bar. Fruits of my labor, I put raisins in bars. But the flow never dries out so they're still grapes in these bars. In the days where foreigners would ask me for Nike airs. Chasing my dreams cause I was sick of my nightmares. Pro-choice but still giving em life here. You read the tweets in order. I'm boutta meet her father. And he's gon know that I'm the reason he don't see his daughter. And how do I get this teacher to see she's not a bother? Yes of course I hate school but I could never hate you and you know if I ever say it there's no way it ain't true. I always speak the truth, I never tell a tale in bars, the flow is well suited so I guess I'm spitting tailored bars. One Outro to another, and a shoutout to my brother. I'd do anything for him, he's annoying but I love him. I'm never home and it's annoying my mother. My dad's reading my thoughts but we only speak about sports, but I appreciate the silence cause I see the support. And my aunt just called me and I needed that talk, she's always given me a chance to speak on my thoughts. I'm so wavy that my world's (whirl's) in a wind. I think I've found a healthy balance between my girl and my friends. Came back because this part was supposed to go at the end. I've been staring at this scratch off hoping I win, so I never have to be shackled by my brokeness again. My girl's out with her friends, my parents outta the crib. 12:06 am, it's my dad's birthday. I know even you're surprised by this wordplay, sad that I can't really afford a gift, happy birthday dad. This ticket in front of me can take the shackles off, so I'ma look to God and say a prayer before I scratch it off.

(I won $5)

Now I'm talking to everybody at once, like this a session and I'm passing everybody the blunt. You see I'm keeping it real, cause I can't keep it concealed. And now they're starting to agree that I'll be reaching a deal. I'm never faking so they see I'm for real. I told them about my pain so they can see that I've healed. I don't blame you because I didn't see it for years. I didn't see it this clear, but make sure this is reaching your ears. I'm the one. I've got what it takes. Never been the one to make a promise I would break. So much drive I throw my last dollar in the tank. As I see the others are not in my lane. Because I've found the perfect balance between my heart and my brain so now I'm putting the pad in the coffin again. Tragic, I'm so fly that my thoughts can ascend. You hear me behind bars, yes I talk with the pen. Windows down, losing thoughts in the wind but bars still hitting hard like I'm assaulting the pen. Like Kevin coaching himself I put my heart in again. I know KD and Russ wish they could play with Harden again, they probably laugh about how nobody could guard em again. I know James remembers they weren't starting him then. Some times. People change. Shaun won't. Time flies. Things change. Bonds don't. They still haven't stopped making 007's. This is food for thought and you're gonna want seconds. I really ain't got it so I'm really not flexing. My job could fire me tomorrow and won't owe me no severance. So that's why I learned to put my homies first, no second. Don't ask me if I love em cause they know it's no question. Hadn't posted it yet cause I guess it I wasn't done with it. The intro and the conclusion, decided to have some fun with it. Painted a picture for em then I switched up the illusion. Caught up in the middle, this may get a little confusing. Interrupting the intermissions, it's the Intrusion. It's payday again, had to head to the swoosh to pick up a check. Right now I'm not getting money but I'm getting respect. Standing at the ATM, what am I thinking about? 30 seconds ago, there were 3 0's in my bank account. Got a scratch off hoping to add some weight to my account. Then I turned back looking for a lotto ticket for a chance to live a dream with my peers. Then I ran into Noesha I hadn't seen her in years. So much to catch up on, no way to say it all. But if I showed her Note To Self it would explain it all. How far I've come, and how far I have to go. Like 7 dragon balls I've got the glow. I'm taking after my hair, let's see how far it grows. Same world, different day. Gucci's out, lemonade. Picked up the phone and hit Herb for a fade. Only the hoop fans are understanding this line, my barber nice with the clippers like Elton Brand in his prime. Spotted a familiar face in another chair. Same shop, different barber. Thought to speak but it's been a while, didn't bother. Pulled up on my old job in a new whip, but no intentions to flaunt now. Used to deliver pizzas but I'm serving food for thought now. No intentions to flaunt, no position to brag. I'm broke but somehow I know I've gotta get me that bag. $50 too many for my financial situation, but when I laid my eyes on it I knew that it was fated. Wish I had the bread to head out to New York with Jalen. I ain't got it now but I know that I'm gonna make it. It's just a matter of when, so I don't have to pretend. I'm just grateful for this time that I have with my friends. I make the best out of today cause I won't have it again. Tomorrow became yesterday I'm writing too long. But I can't stop, it's almost like I'm writing two songs. But I know as long as I can write I'm even right when I'm wrong. It's coming to my head and I'm just typing it all. I hear him real clearly like I'm skyping with God. I told you I'd be giving em life here. Chasing my dreams brought me out of my nightmares. This is way too long, I think I'll end it right here.

-Swaggy T

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My First Show (Intermission's Intermission)

Okay let me get started on this verse. Writing this hours prior I won't have time to rehearse. Lately I've been trying to shine like the pocket on my shirt. God watching over me so the timing is perf-ection. In my notepad so I'm worse texting. I'm so fly, I'm on airplane mode. Speaking clearly so you can hear these flows. Getting higher as my spirit floats. My days flow into my nights, word to the Equinox. I wrote this part while listening to Speakerboxxx. Rise and lean a little bit closer see what these roses smell like. Rhymes be wishing and hoping so they know I well write. I mean I write well, get on the mic tell, the things my mind yells. I know the hype sells, but lies I can not tell cause that would be libel and I would be liable. So I never try the bull. Never switched my team, never tried the bulls, chasing green but like the 09 Celtics, I despise the bull. Cause you can't bring light with bull. I'm the Truth it's undeniable, because with the pen I Pierce minds in flows. 5 star bars about the Big 4, like KG I got big boards. Vision boards about having the heat in the future, I'm putting Jesus in flows. Shuttlesworth shooting his shot, I beat my demons with flows. I copped that headband and put my team in these flows. Eyes closed, my mind, no. 9 flows, Rondo. 7 years ago, like where did I even find those? Fast forward to the present, Western Conference Finals. There's a game tonight, I spit insane tonight and now they're seeing it's fire cause the flame is bright and now they're understanding that I'll change my life, cause I was made to write. And how my loved ones and I will remain this tight but even they didn't know what I would say tonight because I didn't have a clue. Because I couldn't really choose, I mean my rhymes are all like this so I couldn't really lose. But I write it so clearly that they didn't get confused. It's coming from the heart, and the bleeding is profuse, Because I wrote this knowing I'd be spitting it to you. So I had to make it connect, like what's the wifi? 4:04 PM shifting through my mind about how I can get me a high rise among the skylines. Now I'm about to put on a show, this is Primetime. About how I'll be funding my travels through these fly rhymes. This wasn't even my story, just the first things that came to mind. I once thought my mind wasn't great, but I changed my mind. It may take you a while to catch that, take your time. I can A tell story backwards like Nas, so we can play rewind. I once thought my mind wasn't great, but then I changed my mind. I never force it, I just take my time. Drop the tape, get signed, and I've reached the happiness that I once couldn't find. So anything is possible. Impossible is nothing. If you dismiss your dreams cause they're impossible, you're bluffing. Cause anything is possible, just need to know you love it. Anything is possible, just need to know what love is. And that's why I always put my team in my rhymes. They were sleeping on me, I was putting dreams in my rhymes. I don't blame them cause they simply didn't see it that time. Even I didn't know that I would see it this bright. Even I didn't know those were dreams I would find. Trust me I done felt some pain man them demons can fight, but once I found God I beat them demons for life. Tell the homies I've got some G's for us, we'll reach em with Christ. This is way sooner than I ever thought I'd speak on a mic. And the bars are so loud that they're keeping em quiet. Grand slams dug out from way deep in my mind. I wanted to tell my story but I keep getting lines. I want to kick these dope bars, but I keep getting lines. This deserves a break,

and if I drop another bar like that the earth can quake cause now I've got your world rocking and you've never heard the tape. This is just something I'm writing on it's own. Almost a freestyle, I just write it off the dome. I was searching for the flow and now I'm finally off the chrome. Cause it's time to go for gold, all summer 16. I'll be chasing goals, all summer 16. And when me and the track meet, even if it's a trap beat. I'll be spitting mad heat but still bury the facts deep. They opposites but I don't let it attract me. I stay real, I don't let em distract me. Word to these Air Max Plusses they could never subtract me. And I show it cause I remember when I wasn't this happy. I thanked God every day, and then he started talking back. Now I talk to him even more than my Mom and Dad. And I talk to them in front of you, yes you. Rhymes sick, bless you. If You're Reading This It's Not Too Late to see you're special. Was gonna wear the shirt that said you couldn't guard me but I couldn't find it so I made a movie starring me. First let me paint the picture I already laid the steps for, and throw in the tech pants I had to rep the check for. I ain't got it, so what would I try to flex for? Was gonna rock the Popeyes visor but Brandon said no hats. No tape but I said no need. Thanks to God I'm not in the same '03. That Jetta's gone and I'm in the Benz now. It's an 07, I ain't boutta flex now. Saved money for it so I ain't got it to spend now. Brake light is out, I had to ride with my friend now. But all of my friends proud. A few in the crowd, a bunch not. But I'll keep em with me when I'm eating, lunch box. Still ain't tell the story, when will the fun stop. Feeling sorta self conscious cause it's too long. But they're looking at you Shaun, so keep writing your new song. 4:41 pm talking to me in the future. March was mad but the pen has been amazing in May. I'm painting pictures and I'm putting on amazing displays. And I know it might sound cocky when I say it that way. Pay attention while I send you this message, you're supposed to be confident in the gifts that you're blessed with. God saved me and used me to help him save you. Life is a test, the answer is love, and to remain true. If that sounds familiar I'd like to thank you, for reading the blog. And taking the time it took to really see into Shaun. And for listening even when you weren't agreeing with Shaun. You were there for me even when you couldn't be there with Shaun  And for that, love for you is planted deep into Shaun. I'm talking to everyone including me in this song. And it's coming out so smoothly like I'm singing this song. And I break it all down, I don't often shake. I told you how I walked to God, yes I offered faith. Oh wait I haven't told you yet. I lost myself, I've got a for gift for rapping in an awkward way. Shoutout to shorty who told me that I should pause for breaks.

First let me paint the picture I already laid the steps for, and throw in the tech pants I had to rep the check for. I ain't got it, so what would I try to flex for? Was gonna rock the Popeyes visor but Brandon said no hats. No tape but I said no need. Okay I've got it back. I was disappointed I couldn't rock my Popeyes hat. So I no longer knew what I would perform. Cause I had to paint a new picture, even though I still could have described it to em. But I thought it'd be more organic if I just write what I'm doing and now they see the picture cause I brought one right here to em. It's 5:06 in the Lex and I'm bowling mad strikes with pen. If I stop now, I don't know if I can write again. Flow getting sicker but I've just run out of vitamins. The pen kills my pain, I've never popped a Vicodin. No track behind me but I'm feeling like I'm running out of time again.  What I'm wearing's laid out on the bed, but what time is it? 5:10 and I know my shirt is wrinkled but I won't iron it. Dropping mad gems, you might find em in the dirt. Cause you really gotta dig, I mean your mind may really hurt, from hanging on this whole time as I've been popping off these words. Lately I'm just tryna shine like the pocket on my shirt. I married the pen some time ago but welcome to the wedding, in these tech pants that I try not to break a sweat in. Severe love for my team so there will never be a severance, strong willed so I'm tryna be a legend. I'm seeing it so clearly now I'm almost mad that I wasn't. It's all starting to add up, word to these air max Plusses. I want my girl to meet my friends, she wants me to meet her cousins and I explained to her that they aren't my blood but we're brothers and sisters cause love is a picture. Love is real, love is descriptive. And your heart can not be whole if you turn love into a victim. And your heart is not a home if you notice love and evict it. I'm walking with love cause I know love is on a mission. I'm bringing you the message, I'm not a Jehovah's Witness but I'm standing in your face and telling you Shaun's a Christian. Because God is love, now swap the words and play it back. Ain't getting paper yet I'm somehow up here sending facts. And anyone who is paying attention can see that. And for my sake if you're paying attention, please clap. Okay wait, please stop. I'm glad I've got your attention. Put some respeck on the name, I was done, I ain't finished. Mad bars, I'm serving drinks. Bars hitting so hard, they deserve a break.

I hit my shoulder to show you the pad. You can learn about the time I wanted to die the same way that my dad did. He read it on the blog, I'd never told him before. I kept it to myself but now I'm opening Shaun. I tell them about my happiness, I told them about the pain. Mom watch your son shine, now that I've told em about the rain. You didn't see much but I told you about my day. We really only spoke when I pulled up to you at the gate. I told you I went to church, grandma was proud, she said enjoy the service. Hold on Mom, (I'm giving y'all food for thought, hope you enjoy the service. Bars everywhere like Verizon, then I close my eyelids, and Sprint for the Horizon. Search for a picture until I find one. Dreaming of the days that I'll be catching flights son, paint pictures of my dreams show em, how I'm tryna take flight to keep my team mobile.

Search for a picture until I find one. Norkis paints the same type of pictures, but she designs them. Now I am a writer, I've been off that block like Bynum. Reuse a bar sometimes just to help em find them. Wrote a 10 page blog post and then I got a text from Lemar. And I knew that conversation was just destined by God, I got excited cause this means that I was getting to start. You can shine, don't bother checking the forecast. Ozzy copped the equipment, now we're starting the broadcast. My team's about to shine, don't bother checking the forecast, even my girl writing now, we're starting to all spazz. Now what do you call that? I'm thinking all stars. Know we all can shine, cause I know that we're all stars. And that's how it all starts. Life comes at you fast, shooting shots like I'm throwing darts. I'd like to thank Brandon and Sheldon for this platform. They put on quite a show tonight, we should clap for em. Oh I was painting a picture, let me bring it back to em.

Mom I told you I went to church, Grandma was proud, she said enjoy the service. And I knew that I would, because I saw the purpose. Everything happens for a reason, he does it all on purpose. I'm putting on a show so I'm removing the curtains. My grandma proud of her grandson. My mother thinking, dam son, where'd you find this? And to her that line'll be random. I was  scared to shoot my shot but now I'm getting And-Ones. I'm writing like 4 projects when I once had only planned one. Was searching for a miracle, he showed me that I am one. So now I show the picture more clearly than any Samsung. So I'm confident that it's getting displayed.

He spoke to me and said time to step up so I listened to him as I stepped to the stage. This is the story of how I talked to God in his crib and I went and got saved.

This is the part I ran out of time to write. I'm about to blow up, flow dynamite. I'm ahead so there's no hinds in sight. I escaped that dark period, I simply had to find the light. It's funny, finding myself facilitated finding Christ. Standing in God's crib with Pastor David on the mic, a moment that would change my life. Thank God cause he saved my life. I speak to him and that's why I can write, 1:00 service the timing was right. Ironic I'm losing myself in the moment with a focus on having the time of my life. Thought about it before, but I'd always been afraid. Hours before I performed, God called me to the stage. I looked at Jalen and said "Yo I think I'm about to do this." I was already walking with God but I had never walked to him. But I couldn't ignore him as he was talking. And he made sure he sent me there with someone to walk with. The whole church watching as I step to God. And you see his work here because he's blessed the blog. He bestowed a gift upon me, then let me rap it. This is the intermission's intermission and the next one's backwards. Now I shoot my shot with confidence like I've got extra backboards. Either way it bounces, things'll go my way. And I realize that every time I talk to God I pray. And I promise I'm not trying to force religion on you, I've just got this message for you. God has a vision for you. Even if you don't attend church, he has a mission for you. Any time that you need to heal, he's the prescription for you. Anything you feel like you need, he can get it for you. That's because your life is planned out he's got it scripted for you. Started the rhyme around 4:00, finished it at about 6. Hit the stage around 8. Wasn't ready but the crowd faced, served food for thought and the crowd ate. I didn't get to perform this part. My face was sweating bullets as I poured my heart. Crazy thing is I've never been one for stage fright, but I had my first performance and got saved on the same night.

Brief Intermission (RacecaR)

Oh man you snapped and I didn't open the message. Never creeping but the flow is deceptive. Real peaceful but the flow is a weapon. With the pen I preach, through flows I'm a reverend. Knowing that one day with these flows I'll be legend, like Jaden's father. We stay lit off the Herb, my barber is Jalen's barber. Can't split it, it would be insane to bother. Lyrical crime, spitting flames with my partners. I'll never change on my squadron. My team they shall remain on my heart then. I keep that K on me, James Harden. 4th letter, you can feel the flame sparking. If you didn't catch it then picture the name Rockets. I'm dropping bombs, word to the embassy. Keep that flame on me and that's word to these embers, see? Keep that K on me, and the K is for Kimberly. Married the pen but swear that I'm the best, man. Ambidextrous bars as I write this verse with my left hand. I write this verse with my left hand, she's sleeping on the right one. Freehand verse, they're sleeping on the right one. The way I make these punchlines tie son, the Mike won. The mic's one and yeah my shorty's like 5'1. The right girl when I thought I wouldn't find one. Lord did me a favor when I really didn't mind one, gotta thank him cause he saved her for me like Bryson. I'd give her everything I have left but she was cutting circulation in the right one. Now I've got my hand back, so they better stand back. Chloe and I just turned some texts to a dam track. Do you understand that? She up in New York, out there where the grams at. But way beyond insta, she out there getting grand checks. I'm reaching for the ceiling, trying to get to where the fans at. Ain't in the game yet but I'm coming out the stands next. I'm tryna be touching them money falling out my pants checks. Not a drug dealer but I'm tryna move my Grams next. S/O to my Grandma, I ain't got no grandpa so S/O to my pops for being better than his dad was. People see the crib and want to ask me what my dad does. Let me paint a picture you ain't gotta bring your camera. In the cul-de-sac where I didn't spend enough time working on my game. With the basketball hoop I shot jumpers on with Shane. In front of that two story pink house with the Beamers in the driveway. Now I'm following my heart and trying to get my mind paid. Learned To Dream With My Eyes Open, now I'm trying to get my mom paid. She's a CEO but I want to tell her resign today. She wants to take care of my Grandma I will find a way. I may not get signed today. Easy or the harder way. You can call me Tim, cause you know I spit my heart away. Used that bar before but they ain't seen it yet, no not today. Checked the stats, 150 pageviews on my blog today. 10 page post, but I wrote it in a proper way. That means no format, no one telling me what Shaun could say. Think I'm about to blow up so I'm thinking bombs away. Chasing greatness and yes I want it in the worst way. Yes, today was Thursday. May 19th, called Janoye for his birthday. It's 2:34 AM, depends on what you'd rather say. I didn't go to sleep so today isn't yesterday. So while I say "yes, today" You can read it "yesterday". Told you I'll tell you about tomorrow in 2 days, you can read it yesterday. Preparing myself to eat, you can read the recipe. Working on my craft, and you can read the résumé. Telling a story backwards so you can get ahead of me. But this interrupted it, had to explain it so you understood. @ Name used to be justthatdude, now the kid is just that good. Did some growing now they're seeing that the kid's great. To Whom It May Concern, the first Live Mixtape. Wanted to have a line about a Diamond with the kid's great. But very few would catch that, allow me to demonstrate. Sharp mind so with what I write the pen'll trate. Now they seeing the flow so sick because I ILLustrate, paint pictures in the illest way. If Chloe opens our thread, she's gon see the 3 dots go. My bad Chloe I turned this to my next blog post. My bad Chloe like trees I'm barking with these dog flows. I can't wait for the days that we're chilling at awards shows. I was with you when Kendrick got his awards though, then took over the award show. It got deeper through more flows, I felt every word like it was speaking to me through Morse code. So many rappers I've gotta thank but of course Cole. Cause I realized that he changed my life, gave it more soul. Back when I squeezed into the size 12 15's with the lost soles. Bought em for 50, wore em once then made a $100 man. All my money went to my feet, it was outta hand. So with any habit if I gotta kick it I probably can. I'm putting on a show but now I'm on demand. No remote control but the power's in my hands. I put powder in my hands and tossed it up because who didn't want to be LeBron. I'd like to thank the girls who didn't want to be with Shaun. Segregation bars, these n****s can't compete with Shaun. Had to say it but I couldn't let you see it mom. I love you, yeah that's for you. When I had a bad day, you'd comfort me after school. When I was dead broke, you told me I had the tools. They showed and then I improved. It's possible, I am proof. Done addressing my mother and now I'm talking to you. Learn the lesson to love and to do what you're proud to do. And do it even if you don't see they're proud of you. Why sit around dwelling on things you could probably do. Instead you can make it happen, nothing's impossible. Oh man, 3 AM, but I'm not in the Benz. I'm laying next to the girl that says to not call her Kim. She's woke up to see my right arm is not in her hand. I kiss her on the forehead and say "I needed it, I'm writing again". I'm not really sure how I'll ever complete it, but I can't wait for her to get up and read it. I talk about her all the time now cause for about a month we kept it a secret. We kept that agreement, cause a couple people that were obsessed would've seen it. I'm talking too much, what's next in my thinking? A quest I'm questioning, I'm special when speaking, I'm penning and peaking. This is food for thought, it doesn't cost a penny to eat it. I'm petty as Peter, picking a peck of petty peppers. And once you get fly the birds flock, plenty feathers. But I don't pay em no mind cause I won't find any better. I done had plenty avi's, I done had plenty headers. But I couldn't paint a picture vivid as the day I met her. I was at the crib, moms was cooking dinner. Got a text from Imani like yo I think I got a friend for, you but she didn't know we were years acquainted through twitter. Never saw her in real life but I adored her through pictures. I halfway shot my shot, got her number in winter. The end of December and still I didn't meet her til March. It's only May, how'd she make her way so deep in my heart. Sneaking in everything I write, how did she get so deep in my art. I swear I really didn't see it this far, I'm Serta certain that they're really gonna sleep on this bar. Going home in the morning, that's a 3 hour ride. Let me wrap this up so I don't fall asleep on the drive.

I wrote a masterpiece, then she got up cause she had to pee.  Tryna rhyme and ball, don't we all want to be Master P? Writing in Orlando, guess that's why I do it magically. Do a tape about The Office? Or take it in a different route? How I Met Your Mother, these the days I'll tell my kids about. 9 seasons either way, things I need to figure out. Too much adulting is terrifying when you've been a child. They weren't feeling the kid, they weren't pedophiles. But now they feel what I spit, it's much better now. Birdman flow, I said I was done, but I'm finished now.

                                                           -Swaggy T

Spreading My Wings In A Popeyes Visor (May 13)

I'll write it here cause if I don't then I just can't remember. Flow out of this world, I'm in the Game with Ender. Wizard flow, uncovering secrets through every chamber entered. Hogwarts, I became a member, by spitting flames and embers. My loved ones, they'll change up never. The game of life, every season we'll remain contenders. Through Thunderstorms we couldn't change the weather. But what goes around comes around. To ball, we must remain untethered. I had to get outta the storm, call me Reggie Jackson. Because I can't change the things that

already happened. But I'm in tune with my future. About to relocate, every move is so crucial. It's never Too Late, If You're Reading This I salute you. I appreciate my drive cause I was stuck in neutral. And it's only real when the love is mutual.

My apologies, I paused for a sec. Had to head to the swoosh to pick up a check. Then made a deposit I couldn't direct. Lady at the ATM apologized for taking a while. Then said the Heat could use me tonight as I was making her smile. Dude at the gas station asked my favorite superhero and it didn't feel right. I realized that all my heroes are people in real life. Had a conversation with Jalen, that's nothing new. Constantly dreaming for the days they'll be coming true. I married the pen, he caught the bouquet. As long as we have tomorrow, I can get lost in today. And now they're seeing that I'm not the same. I'm painting pictures, they are all displayed. You see me when I talk this way. I'm in the whip and I just crossed my lane. So my thoughts are strained. So many lines in my head I think I lost my brain. So many directions I wanna go with this, fear that I won't get back. You hear my mind so clear, you feel when I get distracted.

Distracted but now I'm back in. Trying to choose a path and, let my mind take me to heights I couldn't imagine. Speaking my mind and exposing my heart. No joke, him? That's Noah and he's close to the ark. Because I'm taking off. See this is a God journey so I pray as I walk. My uncle's up for parole in September and I pray that he walks. I want to buy my parents a crib and then just pay their crib off. Then turn around and do the same for my grandmother and Aunt. I'm thankful for the day my mother married my pops. They created two of me, my little brother is Shaun. He's following my footsteps, my job's to make em good steps. Made a few promises to myself I wish I would've kept. But back then I wasn't me, I was wearing disguise. And the mirror wasn't clear in my eyes, cause it was blurred by the tears in my eyes. Peep his style, yeah it's clear that he's fly. Showed you the demons in my closet now I'm showing you my family ties.

I showed em the light, now they understand that he's bright. Off the stroke of the pen I'm tryna have my family right. Get my family set from time that I spent planning these checks. Things are working out but I ain't planning to flex. Writing out of this world, like yo what planet is next? Freestyling I ain't even planning what's next. S/O my girl, I ain't answer her text. But I'm sure she'll understand that I was lost in my mind. I started writing and got lost in my rhymes. Then I lost track of time. Then I met with some people it was my fortune to meet. Great vibes, word to Norkis' tweet. Got so lost in the vibe that I stopped writing this rhyme. This ain't a word but I feel like they had the likest of minds. Hearing my thoughts shared by those I'd never spoken to. So before I said a word, they know I spoke the truth. Don't know if I can reach the masses but I'm sure I can try though. S/O to anyone with RNF in their bio. Let's focus our todays on a better tomorrow. Dwell on the hoorays instead of the sorrows. Rather get my own, I've always hated to borrow. This food for thought, the plate's kinda hot yo.

Yeah I'm heating up, rhyming as the tweets go up. Gave my secrets up just to prove to people that all we need is love. Jalen just told me take this rhyme as far as I can. Sitting in the Lex, & I'm writing again. Through these sentences I give life to the pen. Life sentences, these are eternal bars. Coming off the top of the dome like a turban scarf. I have no clue where I'm going but I'm the truth when I'm flowing. I worked on my jumper, now I'll shoot cause I'm open. I'm creeping up on the game, the refs worried. I once pump faked now I shoot like I'm Steph Curry. Speaking so clearly that when I write I talk to you. Shoot your shot, all you've gotta do is follow through. S/O to Oz, he taught me to. He's a wizard but this ain't no yellowbrick road. As you can see I'm getting better with flows. You know it if you've read what I wrote. I tried to tell em once but now I'm getting to show. The world is mine, yes I'm destined to blow. They used to question the flow. Now I know they hear me cause they put my message in quotes. Passion burning like when you get to the roach, you can study all the lessons I wrote. I didn't ball cause I ain't mess with the coach. S/O to God he's fueling my dreams and blessing my hopes. None formed against me shall prosper so I'm not worried when the weapons approach. Some weapons are "friends", some weapons are foes. Some weapons are far, some weapons are close. Once they see you on your feet they'll try to step on your toes. I wish I could make it stop but that's just how it goes. Got on my feet, now I've gotta step up. And show them how to spread love. So they can see our generation's next up. This time is ours and we're wasting it, things we've become complacent with, we really need to make it quit. Stop with all the hating shit. Ain't cursed in a written in a while but I had to say it. Wanted to make the picture clearer so I had to spray it. Windex bars, man I'm the greatest. But back to this picture, watch as I display it.

Painted a few pictures for you before, it's a new day. Picked up my check then killed Brendon in 2k. On my day off I got paid at work. Came back to the crib and knew today was special when I changed my shirt. Create inspiration from limitation, catch me in this tee all summer. Because it's everything that I'm trying to be all summer. Reached in the H&M bag and found some sweatshorts I didn't recall copping. Popping tags, clothes newer than a ball dropping. Simple shorts, simple tee. Word to Shaun, this is me. I'm painting a picture, focus if you didn't see. Should I rock the Popeyes visor? Duh Shaun. I can pull anything off with these Air Max 1's on. You see the growth, heart as wild as my hair. You can't see my eyes, but know they're far from my fears. White Nike socks, okay I'm stopping it here. I painted the picture for you now I'm dropping it here.

                                                                            - Swaggy T