Top of the World

you are now rocking with the best emcee you never heard of
check this out ladies - don’t pull your shirt up!
gentlemen, don’t ask the ladies to shake something
settle down take a breath before you break something
who's that man behind the curtain?
it's not your father’s hip-hop, that’s for certain
it's your new summertime jam
it kinda makes you wonder who I am
on a plane so fly that I’m never gonna land it
I’m outstanding - in the rain
with the other 3 people who understand it
I guess its rock it science
my name is qwiet so I should rock it in silence
but silence wont stop the violence
and critics wont stop me
‘til I’m taking panoramic shots of paparazzi
yall look good, snap, snap
bring your hands together clap, clap

right now, I'm on top of the world
ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls
right now, I'm on top of the world

this right here
it's what happens when music meets the truth it's
rather amazing at times, other times it feels useless
flowing about the level I wanna be at
when all they wanna know about is celebrities in rehab
or which club they’re gonna meet at
not gonna lie, that didn't feel right, decided I couldn’t be that
but I could be this, I could be anything
and the harder it is, the more to me it’ll mean
deep in a dream I saw the vision come true
didn’t want to come to, flashbacks of lighter times
in my room writing rhymes while my peers
were in more altered states than this country’s first hundred years
so it’s no surprise I’m altering landscapes
in a world phonier than Hollywood handshakes
a glimpse of authenticity, a mainstream traitor
it’s not a good time to get me, maybe later

this is how it sounds before it all pays off
get on the bandwagon now
or be left on the ground when it all takes off
this the shining
you got about a minute left to make up your mind in
I’m too gospel, I’m not gospel enough
I rock ‘em too hard, I don’t rock ‘em enough
either way I lose, unless you choose to walk a mile in my shoes
two lefts with no laces
still going places, wearing through the soles I can feel the pavement
but the hope on their faces
is enough to keep recording observations for the Cambrian Soul
this world aint what I wanted I’m making it so
3 decades of patience, I’m taking it slow
better than I’ve ever been, got a long way to go
but that’s all for now, peace, ciao, please say it aint so