Verse 1 Chicago night, the streets are cold Every single day, we just try to keep ahold Of any little peace that anybody to show My city knows pain so my city has soul The skyline beautiful, the vibe unusual The weather's insane, nothing to get used to You can't trust none, everybody uses you But I see it different, I ain't trying to lose the youth Everybody struggl'in, everybody hustl'in Work all day but you feel you have noth'in Pain everyday, we try to rise above it We're trying to feel alive, we're trying to feel someth'in I'm trying to be a leader, show another way I'm trying to be the light, show a better way My people are dying, every single day its time to get free! Its time to break away! Hook - I'm trying to be a leader, show another way I'm trying to be the light, show a better way My people are dying, every single day its time to get free! Its time to break away! Verse 2 I am the solution, mental pollution Allows the illusions to cause us confusion Chicago is ruthless, I'm shapin the future I'm not angel but I ain't gonna shoot ya Every rapper killin, every rapper dealing Every rapper swaggin, every rapper poison! Look, I'm trying to get my money, I'm trying to stack it high I'm out here in the struggle, yeah I get high But I ain't killing mine, I ain't killin time I'm trying to be progressive man, really be fly Cs is back, we service the people So, just sit back, be focused & be you New movement, new revolutions New ideas for the new institutions No more prisons, we're mentally boosted Spiritually troopin, my soldiers can do this !

Hook I'm out here with my people We wild for the night Yeah we crazy with it but we always end up right [Righteous Schemin] Yeah we got the vision Our music is a drug Yeah we gettin paper But man that's not enough ! Naw that's not enough It will never be enough I'm out here working hard so my people can come up Verse 1 Rollin up man, we smokin spliffs We gettin high joe, we talkin shit We writing scripts, we rising quick We stay workin, we stackin chips It's righteous schemin, we Killin demons We know the secrets of illuminated heathens My people feel it, my people breathe it We righteous schemin, we righteous schemin We in the future, no need to shoot ya You have more value as the cattle, they will use ya Power to the people, karma for the evil Peace to the streets, we keep it movin, life is real Hook I'm out here with my people We wild for the night Yeah we crazy with it but we always end up right [Righteous Schemin] Yeah we got the vision Our music is a drug Yeah we gettin paper But man that's not enough ! Naw that's not enough It will never be enough I'm out here working hard so my people can come up Verse 2 I'm working,grinding,hustling,climbing Shining, my brain bling [bling] like a diamond Mental calisthenics, my thoughts are my leverage This is how I get it, I live it like I said it Futuristic message inside every single sentence Nostradamus promise to the mission that I'm sketching My movement is my weapon, church inside my sessions Blessings to the people, I give power in my records They weren't ready for us then,they ain't ready now Righteous schemin on you demons, I see all you suckas drown Tomorrow is a dream & I don't ever sleep So I'm giving to you now,everything that I see Hook I'm out here with my people We wild for the night Yeah we crazy with it but we always end up right [Righteous Schemin] Yeah we got the vision Our music is a drug Yeah we gettin paper But man that's not enough ! Naw that's not enough It will never be enough I'm out here working hard so my people can come up

Verse 1 I don't play a role, I just play my position And my position is missions And pissin off bitches I can't help that I'm vicious I live it, eat it, shit it So fuck the critics, I just move with quickness or maybe the swiftness Or maybe its intricate Either way, about YOU, (huh) I don't give a shit If I start, I finish it, I'm limitless gimmickless & different Im glistening & interesting My religion is my vision & livin it Inconspicuous, amongst the devils & Wickedness My righteous pillages, give back to the villages Question me! I won't give a shit ! It's better than you just sitting there listening That's not why I'm spitting it I spit to uplift the children & give em scrimmages Before the real game scares the living shit in it Take my vividness & handle your businesses

Everybody taking , ain't nobody giving Praying that I give like it is their religion And I don't even get it cuz I'm on a mission To talk to the world & teach a million children Or maybe they just need it, and I can't really see it You don't know a story, till you take the time to feel it It takes a little pain to really start believing It's takes a little time, to really start the healing Take, take, take, now I realize I take I give and I take, now I think I see the take I take all the attention, I take away the pain Look I'm taking my respect & taking all my change I'm gonna take charge, I'm gonna take the lead I'm gonna take what I'm worth and taking what I need To truly live your life, you gotta do this everyday Can't just take, can't just give,gotta give,gotta take Hook I'm just trying to take cuz I gave everything I had Now I'm bugged out, searching, going to get mine Verse 2 Gimme that, gimme that, been there,done that Now I gotta get mine, James Brown, Pay Back I want everything between, the train and Maybach Experience, I'm livin it, everybody, say that Taking it, taking it to another place I got tired of the chase so I changed up my ways So I'm handling my biz, Say how it is If I'm taking then I'm taking, I'm giving then I give

Verse 1 No games, don't chase fame, faceless No names, all moves,chase papers My way, all day, makes haters Ya'll lame, I ain't, I stay gangsta But not bangin & no gun to aim with More like a mind & grind that is dangerous Confident & prosperous, I'm shameless I can't help but announce my greatness I'm godly, a poor righteous teacher My arm,leg,leg,arm,head will reach ya! If you believe it, Jesus Christ will free ya! But I'm more like a Dali llama preacher My Mayan reflex got the world tweaking My Aztec instincts will highlight ya weakness I've broke down, these Illuminati secrets I ain't scared of shit but not embracing my breathing Hook Tick Tock ... The hands will never stop The sand in the glass, flips up to the top This life right here's the only one I got So, I'ma do my thang till the day that I drop Love me right now, don't love me at my grave Pay attention close to what I do & what I say I'm in tune with the world & its crazy ways I don't really play cuz this life is not a game Verse 2 I'm out here man, I ain't trying to die but I'm out here, out here getting it in I'm trying to live, gotta feed my kids Gotta pay my bills, I wanna smoke & chill Count my blessings, count my cash Gotta make them calls, make these plans I ain't trying to dream, I'm living it up! Filling my cup, pressing my luck Giving the people the truth that they want My soul & my passion, the things that I flaunt Keep the hoes, I'm unbelievable Young brown dude trying to change the world They saying all this shit that will make you dream I wake you up, I give you what you need Get it, get it, ain't no limits And you better keep a smile while you stay all in it

Lord have mercy on my soul This cold world I can't control my righteous steps, in time with every breathe I scheme to live, I hope its not a test Listen up world, I'm not a religious man But I've seen enough to let you know I understand This is world is mike but the world is cold and that don't feel right to my soul but it feels right to the reallness in me and nothing matters if the real ones feel me that's who wrote for, that's who fight for that's who my sights for, that's who I'll die for I'm trying to see us free, Jesus ain't saving us that'd why we scheme no matter who prays for us I'm not pefect, I never will be I am a human, someone will kill me or somthing but I ain't worried I'm drunk off life I'm in no hurry, vision never blurry fuck the jury, duck the judge , my souls enough

Verse 1 All energy, my flow so heavenly Yet ... on my enemies, it falls so heavily They can't reach my pedigree, jealousy They try to get the best of me, testing me I'm working like theirs ten of me, multiplicity I'm blowing hella trees, chasing em down with Hennessey I'm writing down what I see ... Vision ... Its my intuition ... I'm building these bridges and made it my religion Maven ... I save em from enslavement A man of the people, I'm pounding the pavement A spaceship ... in tune with the ancients Its basic ... maneuver the matrix Sacred ... I am illiuminated Hate it ... you are amongst greatness This is thee announcement, suckas so astounded They should've been working, now they are surrounded Verse 2 Let em know that my flow, not typical Let em know that my flow will make em glow Shining, for the people I'm climbing Grinding, like an eagle I'm flying Logan, that's home base, take notice Bogus, all of these lames are hopeless Potent, I speak passion, a poet Zon'in, philosophy is motion Devotion, to my style & my creed Seperates me, from simple suckas & frenemies Everybody mad, ain't nobody feeling good Everbody jealous, they ain't doing what they should That's ugly ... just let go & love me G-O-D , the only one to judge me I hustle, so a sucka never above me I manifest destiny, learn something from me Hook Born to set it off ... Haters get em off ... I make moves, make news so tell em all These dudes are hella soft ... They're emotions tell it all ... I make moves, make news so tell em all