I said I'd always tell myself I'd be a rapper I'm getting big blunts served on a platter I copped some jordans and a jersey to complete the look I started jotting down the rhymes in my notebook So I smoked and free-styled to get my bars up I tried to give myself the very best karma I studied Jay on the mic when I saw him live Well i tried but I was too damn star struck I bump the five foot assassin on my way to Manhattan Memorizing Biggie lyrics rolling weed up in traffic Nasty Nas was the prophet, Tupac the savior Mob deep and Geto boys taught me how to get paper I get my style from the Funky Homosapaien Black Star, Gang Starr all of it was in my cranium Analyzing what Shady said Identify my alias DC born but I flow like Atliens The Radiance can shine through every word in my breath I never sleep Cuz sleep is the cousin of death From 95 til infinity my rhymes a threat We could kick it to the vibes just protect ya own neck And get yo own respect And make your pose correct Make the record that could bring in all them infinite checks Have a team Keep it lit keep it real keep it g Speak your peace Speak your mind Look inside you can see I said I'd always tell myself I'd be a rapper 5 Years old that's the very first chapter Francis M. on a tape, that I'd master I press play, and zone out, and then after I'm writin' a verse in the back of the class, just daydreaming Thinking of words, as the time would just pass, I stay schemin' like I gotta write, every night, many moons, that gave me light Grip the mic, dreaming I might, end up on stages blinded by lights 36 Chambers, use my brain for this chess game I use these 16s and 4 chambers with pen game And rap on beats by Bobby Digital, whether its literal Or metaphors, I had material for all y'all pitiful Lyrical - the rappers in the cyphers cuz it's critical I mean it's minimal for me to turn you all invisible Masta Killa with the mic, liquid swords I used to write Check the "method, man," this is the essence when I bless the mic I saw "the light," like "common sense," I never knew a love that's like This or similar with, feelings of filling this void or abyss Give me some Tribe, I listen in bliss Ms. Lauryn Hill, the top of my list Pac was my teacher, Lauryn my preacher Study the tapes including the features I'm a student of the game, until I'm fluent with this, sayin' I'm moving in this lane, I'm staying true to this - I'm layin' These verses cuz of those that came before me, and my view That there would truly be no Ruby but somehow I always knew... that You see I wanna be a rapper cuz it means something Cuz we can make the average listener actually feel something Making music for the club or the youth too But first I gotta get a million hits on YouTube And next, I gotta stay plotting up my next move And use this mic to get my mama in a crib, too And so we pay dues, remember that we do this for the light To bring the power in the music and the voices with the life Aye ruby can I get the mic Yes you can yes you can I said the future looking bright It's in ya hands in ya hands Well this the method Yo favorite Filipinos represented Connected Manila to the Bay we come correct with Well aw shit man you know what it's like for us These fake bummy ass rappers ain't nice as us We light this up cuz we the type to write one up That might put you on that life support, your mic is up So slice em up Ready to make an entrance every night I pick the mic up off the floor Write my lyrics with my quotes California marijuana filling my lungs It's harder to make the glass than break it Rocky G and Ruby we the greatest No debating, its history in the making, pave the way and Mic check yo check the cadence, from the Bay we celebrating All we need is one mic To bring the truth and the light So stop the chatter We always knew someday we'd be a...