What Is This

[mjg]

What is this, what is this, what is this (ooh)

What is this, what is this, what is this (ooh)

[hook 1]

What is this i'm appraochin' what is this appraochin' me

All the time i'm out on the grind, now what is this supposed to be

[mjg: verse 1]

I'm a memphis born pimp, nigga don't nobody wanna flex

Raised up in orangemound, live in t-e-x-a-s, breakin' necks

Ain't no tellin' what the future hold to be

When he or she tries to bring they stupid shit to mjg

I thought that we could win the war, conquer the battle, take the pain

Struggle up through the fuckin' strain, beat the heat, soak the rain

Up, ahhhh i feel i wanna breathe again

But soon as i come up in life you tend to watch my dividends

Hopin' i slip and fall just so you can capitalize

Can't thank about shit plus it's nationalized, in the skies

Phony shikes will stick you right before your eyes

No surprise, all they wanted was a money rise

Sunny dried out game hustlers on they last leg

Game dead all that shit they say be the same said shit

Sometimes, sometimes i feel i'm at the bottom of the list, what is this

[hook 2]

What is this, reality or just a dream

Everything ain't what it seems

Picture it on a tv screen

What is this, visions of a broken hope

Strategies of the most serious wisdom just a joke

[hook 1]

[verse 2]

Who would've thought in the midnight hour i could exercise a pen

Bring the life to sound effects, feel the thunder and the wind

Sets of ten flip ya mind strengthen up ya weakened cells

Generate ya inner spirit, leave ya with some shit to tell

Still it seems all my dreams come with fuckin' side effects

I thought i seen the worst but i ain't seen a damn thang yet

A lot of thieves outta nowhere, first-time mc's should thank god

For first-time platinum, that shit is hard

Hell let me put a bug in ya ear, catch the buzz

With a lot of mc's go straight today ain't what they was

But what they is, the lessons i learn as my life i live

Ain't worried bout when i'm gon' receive it i gots to give

Where ya conscience at how do you expect to prosper long

For blessings sent to you for reasons that got you gone

Damn, i thought i had the game tight in my fist

Came to find that i was tied in the twist, what is this

[hook 2]

[hook 1]

[verse 3]

How come every mc feel he got the skills to sell a mill

But when my record sell a mill ah hell that shit just can't be real

I'm flabergasted, am i the only rapper not afraid

To come with what i feel in my heart and get paid

No enemies, at least that i know of, i'm for sho' of

If you hate i'ma show love, kick back and blow bud

I look over shit that the people say who don't know me

Just like the hustlers who looked over them before me

You owe me, i owe you, we owe each other

So how the fuck you think i owe you something

Cause you don't owe me nothin'

You bluff, with ya career skills steps to be

Take it, i'm in it for the longevity

You racing, misplacin' thangs you was taught

For the thangs of the world, gettin' sold bein' bought

Resist temptations cause temptation is a bitch

Where am i (where am i) am i, what is this

[hook 2]

[hook 1] x3