AllttA - AllttA, 20 SYL, Mr. J. Medeiros

American me, wearin' a hair net as a teen

Feeding my arrogance to be seen

Embarrassed to care, I was scared, unaware of my dreams

Just an heir to what my parents had seen, how unfair it all seems

Collar to throat was the barrio joke

Had 3 Flowers a comb and some dollar store locs

Ironing rags keep your eye on the sag

A disguise for those admired but never fired a mag

I grew tired of that, I grew eyes on my back

They drew iron when I drew rhymes, now who’s firing back?

Told myself keep your mind on them raps

Knowing damn well this shits chess, Denzel

And distress is for the damsel lying on tracks

719 my Springs training days

Clever with rhymes I ain’t explaining a thing

Though I ain’t claiming to bang, I state in criminal slang

I speak better with signs and subliminal hymnals

Lines look minimal until I paint a King

Be it Rodney or Martin who can make the claim

When it’s minds like Stephen’s who create the game

Be it Tut, Louis, or Midas, the mistakes of James

These times got me relying on the King of Kings

'Cause ain’t a hand that can change a thing

Can you blame the ring when painting man with some angel wings?

Now keep it moving my styles deep seeming confusing

Me and 20 in a league of our own;

where have you been?

Where art thou?

You who trend?

Where is art now?

Please, let me clue you in

I said 20, thou, league, see I drop Jules and

Used those last three bars in parts to prelude, dang

Sylvain said «I see you man»

Brought my skills from LA to the EU land

And formed AllttA and on this altar I offer my language 'til all words are

auburn

Sorta like in autumn see my loose leaf’s changing am I too deep say it and

we’ll all learn

I said language, altar, and auburn, I’m saying pages are getting read as they

all turn

But they on an altar, I’m saying they all burn

Words are getting purged in the flames call our songs urns

If all of our songs earn and we get paid well

Is it 'cause we’ve all learned that only fame sells?

If you’re not at all concerned if we can paint well

You can take our name just make sure that it’s framed well

And hang it high, expose it to every angle

Guess it’s all the same when they claim no one can tell

Maybe it’s the way that our names spelled

AllttA, A Little Lower Than The Angels

AllttA, a-a-a little lower, little lower, little lower

AllttA, AllttA, AllttA, AllttA

A little lower than the angels

AllttA, a-a-a little lower, little lower, little lower

AllttA, AllttA, AlltA, AllttA

A Little Lower Than The Angels