The Sub Way - Substantial, Precious Joubert, Kenichiro Nishihara

Started in Cheverly, the line was orange

On January 7th, a star was born

Stayed in Seat Pleasant ‘til mom and I moved on

To the next stop, come ride along

Left pops, moms tired of the fighting and tears

So in Landover’s where I spent my formative years

While living here I met my oldest of peers

Underprivileged yet I’m overcoming my fears

Like robberies and shootins, now we out in Suitland

Right behind my high school to focus on my schoolin'

No longer boostin, now I’m beat looping

Pre-To This Union, writing with my blue pen

Penning blue lines from Pentagon & Addison

Battle raps dumb funny like Billy Madison

Battlin, til my name spread like a pathogen

This is just the start I can feel it in my abdomen!

All I see is lines, letters, colors

Zippin' right by, with plenty numbers

Runnin' thru my mind, what to make of it

It’ll make sense one day

All I see is lines, letters, colors

Zippin' right by, with plenty numbers

Limit’s the sky, ready, comin'

Take the Sub way

Left Maryland, but still spittin these bars

Next stop Brooklyn, off of Clinton & Wash

New York, New York was the City of Gods

In Hip Hop, big stage.

Hope they give me a part

Took the 4 Union Square, rap ciphers galore

Or the A to West 4th hoping I’m in the store

Fats Beats showed love, thought I made it for sure

Years later, All City on an NY tour… now…

All I see is lines, letters, colors

Zippin' right by, with plenty numbers

Runnin' thru my mind, what to make of it

It’ll make sense one day

All I see is lines, letters, colors

Zippin' right by, with plenty numbers

Limit’s the sky, ready, comin'

Take the Sub way

Take the J to Koscuiszko to see old the crib

Or the 2 to Flatbush another place that I lived

Shot to JFK, first Tokyo trip

Bullet train’s like magic, blew my whole brain to bits

Everything’s changin' chances being taken

More time at Grand Central and Penn Station

OT.

Brazen… confidence.

Amazing…

Where my train of thought took me with a little training

All I see is lines, letters, colors

Zippin' right by, with plenty numbers

Runnin' thru my mind, what to make of it

It’ll make sense one day

All I see is lines, letters, colors

Zippin' right by, with plenty numbers

Limit’s the sky, ready, comin'

Take the Sub way

Headed back to MD had a family to start

Now in Baltimore City couple minutes from the MARC

Spending time in DC teaching youth and rippin mics

Kill a show on U St. at Benning Road I save a life

Did the same off Southern Ave. teaching kids to rhyme & more

If I wasn’t with the youth, highly like I’m on tour

Then our brother Junior passed rocked our family to the core

Relocated to VA to hold the fam down for sure

Out in the burbs not too far Dunn Loren

Still nice with the verbs and far from done touring

Now we in Huntington and I’m maturing

Still in PG everyday ‘cause I’ma support’em

Where it all started, I’ll head home someday

Journey’s never easy but I’m making it… someway

Some tracks are curved and some straight

And not everybody will Take the Sub way