As I sift through the crate of the greats

buried in the bones

skeletal remains

I feel it just the same

in the song that I sing

like I relic of the past

that at last I obtained

can’t do the forager

never was a borrower

thinking of the long haul

kinda like a corridor

if it started with a play scape

stuck it through the landscape

searching for a place and the sounds that the hands make

can’t cancel this man who was sampled

but next to our torch, man, they can’t hold a candle

these rap scavengers act like amateurs

picture us forever and they never need a camera

they well-done

at the end of the day

And I hear’em advertised, well the legends won’t fade

got my own skeletal if they coming of age

if you just came in then you way too late

Chorus

You take the best of me and leave me with the rest of me

they rollin in their graves

when they just want to rest in piece

It’s just so plain to see that you ain’t who you claim to be

You take the best of me and leave me with the rest of me

FEAT. Jeremy Rist

Fix it up nice

make it ready for the mic

gotta do some shit that the people gon’ like

maybe do some old soul

looking for that old gold

make it look like a sickie

they go out of control

so pack up a fat bowl

bumping sax records

Hayes, Belles, staples

writing kingdom something wicked

and I’m checking for that one note

something I can throat

throw it on some drums

add bass and its dope

the beats like a potter

always spinning the wheel

it goes round and around

til it gains an appeal

and really gets that feeling

that I am trying to reveal

when the final product’s done

ain’t no need to concealing it

the pains concealing it

your brains are screwing’em

then I grab a mic and I really get to showing’em

FEAT. Sammy Feldblum

And it’s dopeful

years like hope for them

Keep the flows coming so that means I’m overdosing ‘em

referring to the past, son, I’m going toe-to-toe with them

keep the music chill and mental smolders in the row with them

well I hoping I’m prepared

‘cause I’m lucky to resemble

even them

much less what those chose to share

and then I represent

but then they got a little respect

chop it and on top of it

and I maybe throwing snares

and I sent it to my buddy just to see what he thinks

well he’s acting like the Sphinx trying to work out all the kinks

Until the music synchs and the whole beat links.

And damn it’s just perf’ fellas

I’m not trying to jinx

It’s always more practicing

back to the lab again

this old Blues, nah this time, the sentiments straight African

had a game too

taken all the best leave the rest

but understand it’s because I am on the quest to progress

And then I’m making nesting

I guess its speaking fresh

I get it off my chest

so I never have to stress

I’m blessed.

The track will pull back intact

he just took the best of me.

You’re better than that.

Chorus

You take the best of me and leave me with the rest of me

then only leave me things

and that leave us with the rest of things

It’s just so plain to see that you ain’t who you claim to be

You take the best of me and leave me with the rest of me