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Goin’ for Self

(Verse1)

Yo since I was chosen to help I exposed how I felt
Plus I ain’t got nobody else so I’m Goin’ for Self
And I’ve been rhymin’ but I got a long way to go still
But walk the wrong way and you could end up as roadkill
Wish I had a buck or half a dutch to pack an 8th
When you’re feelin’ out of luck and out of touch and out of place
Till I offered up some praise and was humbled by his grace
Cause a lot of things were great that have come from my mistakes
Cause I’m a student of the movement and street
And was influenced by the music as I groove to the beat
The goal was never to be the best but the truest MC
It was never encouraged of me I just knew it was me
So I put another beat on as I speak to the track
With no one that I can lean on or to lean on me back
Cause that’s the fabric from which Static was sown
Back on my own so I guess I gotta go at it alone
Cause I’m Goin’ for Self

(Verse 2)

What I want is my passion to have a marriage with wealth
A lot of times I’ve been so broke but too embarrassed to tell
But above all other blessings what I cherish is health
And can’t help anyone else till I take care of myself
Yo, it’s much easier to excel when you’re prosperin’
Back then there was no pressure when to fail was an option
And I feel honored that for you I fell in your top 10
But life is hard and it feels like it’s hell that I’m locked in
Went off rails after lost sales when it all fails
With dark tales full of park trails and cigar smells
This brand’s my own by leaving somethin’ in each poem
That’s why I stand alone and need nothin’ to lean on
Cause I can’t seem to find a match for me to stay
And it’s too sad to even say but it had to be this way
But now I’m fine I feel revived and I’m back
And as Static in any environment I can adapt
Cause I’m (Goin’ for Self)

(Verse 3)
So as I flow to the rhythm I just hope that you listen
To my ambition as I carry on this golden tradition
Cause it was my own decision to go on this mission
So all that love that we’ve been given and we show’s unconditioned
As I spark up some izm and converse with my homies
Cause most of these fair weather friends curse or condone me
Who have their own opinion and an urge to control me
So when I go to work I do my verse by my lonely
Cause I do care about the seeds that I’ve grown
So I should establish and clarify the needs that I’ve shown
Cause I was terrified of being alone
But would take advantage whenever I would be in a zone
Plus the more that my heart is broken, the faster I’ve been growin’
And I’m anxious to blow up but gotta master my emotion
Through patience it’ll come that’s why I’ve captured every moment
It ain’t just where you’re from, it’s where you’re at, and where you’re goin’
And I’m (Goin’ for Self)

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from Struggles of an Aspiring MC, released October 25, 2022

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