Hello and thank you for listening to the weirdo My name is Dylan Dent and these are a random collection of my thoughts Allow me to extend my sonic handshake to make the ground quake and help put perspective in its place. You see Sometimes I write a couple rhymes with no reason Sometimes I put them all together so I can repeat them And yeah sometimes they get a little deep But this time I just wanna tell you about me I am often off kilter. Always off centered Awkwardly awesome and obvious rhyme killer I am the personification of Nike socks and adidas shoes I am the Pokémon that you'll always choose I am more the happy to make music and share my views I am a man that knows what I'm not I am the kettle always pointing at the pot I am hotter than cyan pan frying my rhymes Coming out fresher than thyme turn on a dime No matter how I'm doin I'm doin fine That's contentment that comes from the savior calmin my mind If you'd be so kind step into it see what you find My flow is delicious my dreams are fictitious I know if you listen you'll capture the vision I'm bout to go off just like nuclear fission I'm just sharing my feeling I know that I'm not alone I wonder how we're all keeping time without a zone It's funny that we think we're alive we sold our souls to our foes for money power and things Clippin the angels wings Chasing after a throne like cersei tryna be queen I know you know what I mean We live in a broken system I defy it I know it's rightfully so. Nice to meet you I am the weirdo

I ain’t livin for the future or the past So keep your eyes peeled gotta look fast And even though I might finish last I live for God and none of this trash I’m empowered you can call me incredible Got these fruits and no theyre not edible They come from God see I’m talking bout the spirit bro But that’s enough let me get up off my Jesus flow I don’t know how I got so lyrical It just happened you can call it a miracle And be sure that I’ll brag on my Lord like your ride with 24s or suicide doors I rep Christ and I fight for the silver metal That means I’m second always checking on my pride level I aint tryna spit heavy and be CHH Im just a man talking bout what his life contains I don’t know what you gon think So I’ll just keep living free I won’t be marked by society Your sticks and stones will not hurt me (x2) I’m a prism for the one who is risen Which means I shine his light and you don’t have to listen Ima land on the ears im supposed to I aint tryna land up on somebody’s poster I’m not a Bible thumper or a Holy roller But for the army of God I am a soldier And till my last breath I’m fighting for my Savior Same way you do when you tryna get that paper Between us there are a few differences Mainly what I do is significant You climb a ladder, keep on climbing whens it ever end No ladders here just stairways to heaven I don’t know what you gon think So I’ll just keep living free I won’t be marked by society Your sticks and stones will not hurt me (x2) Stick with me cause it gets kinda tricky Im just tryna make music transparently and I know that means that you can see whats inside of me but I don’t know what you gon think So I’ll just keep living free I won’t be marked by society Your sticks and stones will not hurt me Because Im a sheep that stays close to the Sheppard I know that God got me forever and ever So I’ll keep on walking no matter the weather I know that I’m safe because God my umbrella I know that youre feelin this flow Cause it got the livin water in it bro And theres no quid pro quo the water is free I thought you oughta know I don’t know what you gon think So I’ll just keep living free I won’t be marked by society Your sticks and stones will not hurt me (x2)

Everybody wants to start out on their good foot Put on a front, and keep up with their good looks But after one mean comment they get all shook Their identity misplaced like your left sock And try as you might you're not gonna shock me I'm not cool and I don't pretend to be. But that's the coolest thing to me, a person with some honesty. I'm just being who I gotta And I'm a straight nerd just sayn words that you've probably heard. But in this order might be absurd. But I promise you it's not for the birds. *Forget what you heard. Ima talk my talk till my jaw get sore And it's not chore. You better get it right I'm itchin for this like I got head lice. Skippin out on them Saturday late night. Cause I'd rather stay at home and write I will not conform to the patterns of this world Keeping my paws off all these pretty girls Cause I believe I'm livin for something more Can't forget about the kingdom that I serve We're wise in your own eyes. To busy to see the truth because we're sipping on Caronna's Saying we can sneak away because I don't think that they'll notice Well I got some news for you We're pacified in our passive lives tellin our passive lies. But instead we should be undignified for the Lord. Should be standing mesmerized by His word. And I think we need to recognize, real eyes, realize, real lies That's why I'm trying to walk by faith Livin for my God, not whats in front of my face Focus my eyes on the prize as I'm running this race Pushin forward even if it's at a slow pace Doin Anything else is just a disgrace And I don't know why you'd ever diss grace Talkin out ya neck. Stop Speaking sideways Like rascal said, life is a highway And I'm hoping that you drive safe The way I see it, everybody's cheating, living for the weekend, everybody's sleeping. Nobody's teaching... And nobody's leading (x2) If you're a leader better stand up If you're a leader better stand up You see we've all been given power And together we can shout louder Don't care what anybody else thinks Just remember two important things Know yourself don't forget bout what you stand for And forget the past. Keep pushing forward

My heart is broken I wanna ask forgiveness but my mouth won’t open I’m tearing up my soul with my actions lately Fakin like I’m fine but I’m feeling hopeless I know you know this I know felt this getting reckless feeling helpless God save me I hope I wreck less Got these bruises on my chest where nobody else can see Hide the pain, hide the shame I can never leave the spot I’m in now Ask how it started well I don’t remember how How’d it get like this let me reminisce Let me sit back and react to the last few months years decades Face facts why you acting how you act Feel like you’re being haunted by these bad habits So we look back at it found the source and it was truly tragic Somebody touched you when you was a youngin So now you touch yourself Now you cut yourself Now you puff and puff and pass on healthy form of help You might chase what’s right but you ain’t waitin right? We grabbin at what we can cause the present is all we have But if beauty is out of reach we shuldn’t settle for trash We shouldn’t settle for half bake hair brained half measures Never make us better Only last a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of forever Only serve to makes us dirtier but we can be redeemed We can be set free We can leave the pain behind be cured of our disease I know I can leave behind a hopeful legacy But it’s not because of me you know I lean on Elohim

I'm feeling blocked, feeling stopped, feeling locked up Like a lion in the zoo, I'm feeling caged up The devil got my life all rearranged up Man I'm tired and I think I'm bout to hang it up I'm feeling blue, in other words feeling down And I feel like there's really no one around To hear me when I make a sound. Cry for help, look around, I see water cause I'm drowning Everyday I'm sad clowning Fake a smile to appease my surroundings Master of disguise so don't you think you found me There was a noose around my neck I was walking towards a tree No longer did I believe That I could be happy Now I find myself Conducting all of my surgeries. Carving out my empathy. So I can't love my enemies. Or hear what people say to me I feel like people's enemy Don't know what's gotten into me I'm skipping meals now I don't eat Not talking to my family I've been burned past the third degree And now I'm lookin for relief I feel like I should murder me But I can't let these feeling rule my soul Sometimes it's what you feel Other times it's what you know You're not alone in feeling alone And I know we're all made for a purpose And we should keep on breathing cause I'm worth it

(Hook) Hugger pain confusion Tell me how to use it Don't know what to do when you're turning 22 Graduated college Heads full of knowledge Don't know what to do with it Guess I'll just avoid the pit falls that will swallow up a lesser man Money, sex, drugs Let me tell you I ain't better than These so called thugs on the streets and I understand You just tryna make it out a bad situation The system is broke so you got no hope But still you run the race cause we got the highest stakes I won't finish last Compete with myself I'm taking a crash course In how to write these raps By studying the greats Past and present and I know it's not too late To throw my hat in the ring Maybe change the game Yes I got a degree But that don't mean I'm lame Yo all that that means Is that my plan B is sane Plan A was these raps For this middle class black Yes I said that I don't care about your street cred I ain't out here actin hard Killing people every weekend I slinging on the corner I ain't puffin on no reefer I'm just tryna do my best With taking my next steps I don't have to stress Don't have to be the best I know that I can sleep Cause I gave God all the rest 22 Hook (x2) Destitution starin me in my face Do I pursue my dream or commit to this rat race Why step into an overcrowded industry They say with my brain I'd do better academically Well I, guess I chose passion over a price tag or nice bags Keep the money, I don't want that Hold up. Lemme check that I know got some bills that'd take that check back Like all this student debt That's breathing all down my back $200 a month 10yrs to pay em back And I got off easy Graduated early Tuition that was in state A scholarship to help me But still I'm getting no sleep Stressed out daily Anxiety is rising But still I'm saying I'm thankful for the prince of peace that's bringin peace to me (x3) Hook (x2) I hate how much I think about myself I know I know better Money is not the key to wealth I wish that I could put it on the shelf But if I don't fill my cup then I'm no good to someone else You see I just wanna give back I don't really care if I even make a dollar off these raps But I hope to have the influence to push someone along I want to spread some hope when people listen to my songs And I hope that maybe one day Escape the red tape of professional development Just running for the hell of it Or better yet you can call me A rotisserie chicken because I'm scared to chase to chase my dreams I don't know what the future holds But until that cold wind blows Ima act like Ima blow up or do something big So one day you could look up and say I'm proud of that kid And I can tell the world what my God did

New comer to the game Only 22 but feel like I started late So I'm comin like a flood better open up the gates I got passion in my blood that can never be replaced Shoot for the moon and you'll land among the stars That's what what they said when I was on the monkey bars Now that I'm grown I wonder if they know **That the nearest star is actually the sun and if you shoot for the moon and miss you'll most likely end up floating in space until you die... anyways** I started writing without the meaning of a 16 Or what a 16 could mean Or what my 16s could be Or that bars could actually set you free I'm a man just tryna follow my dreams I'm a man just seein what I could be I'm a man. That's what they told me But maaaaaaaan, I'm feelin greener that a spinach leaf *I'm hustlin hoping that you'll see me Music comin to ya stone cold like medusa Whittling my soul just to give it straight to ya You already know. Pray the fakes get exposed. Pray the real reach their goals don't stop me I'm on a roll (x2) Tell me what you see. Feel like I'm bursting at the seams I won't give you what you want. I give you what you need I don't claim to know it all. I just call it how it seems Treat my brain like the liquor. Think responsibly You see I know myself. I monologue internally Stressing about wealth. I'm hoping that I'll see the green Don't want the fame but I really hope my art gets seen To glorify your name, that's the reason that my heart beats I'm running off of hope. In still livin at home Battlin my past tryna live and let go I'm funny guy but my pen don't joke So when I write these rhymes don't expect a punchline I might get a little clever but I'll always will expose The fact of the matter or the matter fact In fact, I break my back for rap My hoodie up I'm black No going back from that (Hook)

I'm on a quest. I'm running straight out of my nest I'm running from death. Running from what happens next I'm running from life. Running straight outta my mind I'm running from time. I wonder how far I can climb I'm running from stress running pests running from tests Cause I want it easy don't make me queazy put me to rest I'm resisting arrest with my hands in the air I'm saying a prayer I'm under duress. Cause these aren't water guns that they aim at my chest I'm running from justice. Cause I'm too distrusting I'm running from safety. Cause it never saved me I'm running from feelings. Cause I need some healing I might be crazy. But only one man living ever saved me I'm running from hurt running from pain running from loss I'm running to joy running to gain. I run to the cross I'm running to power. In my final hour I ran out of rhymes... I'm gone I'm scared of the future, scared of the past, scared of the present I'm scared of death, I'm scared of hell, I'm scared of heaven I'm scared of love. Because I can not give it I'm way to passive, I'm to distracted, I'm too indifferent I'm scared of losing. I'm scared of winnin Because power corrupts. And my soul can be frigid I'm scared of rejection. I need protection But when that pain left me. I learned my lesson I'm scared of resting. Can't fall behind. I'm scared of relief But I'm tired of pushing. Tired of pressing. I just want peace I'm scared of pain. I don't want gain Won't open my soul. I feel deranged. I'm scared of these things and so many more I'm scared that this industry'll eat me alive I'm scared that my stomach does not match my eyes I'm scared that my mind will run out of rhymes I'm scared of the truth that I'll one day find I'm scared that I'll spend to much time on the road Im scared I'll end up just dying alone I'm scared of what I could become And I know that I shouldn't be scared of these things Cause I gotta shield and I will not yield and will not budge Cause I got the power. I got the power. Power of love So I'll stand my ground against all of these fears and all of these doubts Because my Gods, love will never run out (x2)

What is black? A color or a state of being Cause it seems like the state of things is hating things Skin color to the place you lay your head Everybody fears what they cannot understand On the surface we can look so different But underneath we got the same composition A few changes in our cells got us thinking That one is better than the other. Let that sink in Everybody sharing their opinion No matter if it's fact or it's fiction That leaves a youngin with a million definitions Of blackness. The fact is thats hapless This black kid did the mathematics And saw his own blackness on blacklists Decided to become an actor So he wasn't eaten by raptors I gave them what they wanted. I put on a front I gave them what they wanted, just to shut em up I am, tired of fakin I am, tired of hatred I am, tired of waiting I don't, wanna forgive No more, answering questions No more, being suspected No more, feeling rejected I don't, wanna forgive (X2) What is black? Still looking for a definition High school still struggling with a lack of vision Growing up I was catching heat from both sides Brain fried. Hands tangled like a bow tie Black folks, white folks, calling me an Oreo Black skin, white talk, something I was always told I feel like I'm all alone someone tell me where to go Hatred is around the corner something I wish I was told Experienced racism, 14 yrs old Said I couldn't date your daughter had my teenage psyche blown Self worth went down the drain with the psychological pain Didn't know my black skin could be bringing your family shame so I Sit and sulk sullen silence as my brain dies just tryin to define this Culture that I claim. First I'm feeling kinda lame. Then I'm feel kind a cool. Then I'm feelin used. Why you treat me like a tool From birth we're being organized and sorted This is the kind of thinking that needs to be aborted See there's nothing wrong with definition But when definitions cause division then it's prolly time to change our vision And I think we need to turn around. Before we find out that we ran our country straight into the ground I am, tired of fakin I am, tired of hatred I am, tired of waiting I don't, wanna forgive No more, answering questions No more, being suspected No more, feeling rejected I don't, wanna forgive (X2) I am black. But I'm scared to admit it My fist is held low I'm not fully with it Middle class black kid raised with folks who tolerate ya No clap back kid. Too afraid to speaking up. Gun toting confederates are livin down the road But still I fake a smile to appease your fragile soul I wanna stand for justice but don't wanna lose my friends So I will just sit quietly. Wait for the world to end. There are Zimmermans around the corner Keep the hood down I ain't tryna meet the coroner See nowadays I think that it's always up to me to make sure you don't perceive how I dress or how I speak as just a thug up on the streets I'm still scared to walk around after sunset That don't rhyme but it's still true Ain't been the same since Trayvon Cause he coulda been me I could be dead in the streets I am, tired of fakin I am, tired of hatred I am, tired of waiting I don't, wanna forgive No more, answering questions No more, being suspected No more, feeling rejected I don't, wanna forgive (X2)

Don't sleep, don't sleep, don't blink or you'll miss it I'm schemin on a come up you wanna make sure you listen This is just the beginning Time is helping the vision Let me tell you now there's only one chef in the kitchen Wait til I get a clique down Comin out like click blow Makin this on my iPhone My pocket project get down Wait til I get my money up You might think it's funny Bruh But this is not a game for me I'm way more than serious Way far from delirious I'm cool calm collected I put my soul on pages I'll leave you to dissect it Let's get this on the record I am not a fad I do not plan to fizzle out. It's best not to get mad And if you choose to hate on me you best get out the way Cause you know your boy is hungry and this rap games my buffet I've already got a will. I'm looking for a way So keep your ears wide open and please listen when I say Don't sleep, don't sleep, don't blink or you'll miss it I'm schemin on a come up you wanna make sure you listen This is just the beginning Time is helping the vision Let me tell you now there's only one chef in the kitchen (x2) Funny thing about dreams can't achieve them if you sleep That why I dream in days leaving me in such a haze What is real? What is fake The world may never know My philosophies can harken back to that of tootsie rolls There's not much in my control I'm not on earth for long So I'm taking no half measures when I'm making every song I'm giving all you honesty cause that is all I got The money fades, the music fades. I know my soul will not That why I choose to sacrifice my life in such a way That I'm leaving the earth better than it was when I first came Life's too short nobody lives forever But if we work together we can create something better. Like a Multifaceted rapper Lover of folk and I'm laughing Cause you think I'm a disaster But I'm just serving my master While i am chasing my passion I might not know the system. Just know I got a soul that is willing to be exposed like a villain Ready to take down two buildings And It's not about fame I don't have to change the game I'm in it for the culture. Wanna help you through some pain I'm just sharing my experience cause I know I'm not alone Im sharing my experience. If you feel me let me know Don't sleep, don't sleep, don't blink or you'll miss it I'm schemin on a come up you wanna make sure you listen This is just the beginning Time is helping the vision Let me tell you now there's only one chef in the kitchen (x2)