[00:11.46]Sparring is training[00:13.40]Chain snatching the slaves[00:14.36]But a rap song is a match in a cave[00:17.33]Dim lit, wet wick, wicked wrath in its way[00:20.40]Drunk off of light, lies, laughing[00:22.23]Claiming asylum while shying in shade[00:24.39]I can't stay silent, I go violent when my violets is gray[00:27.16]And my roses is black[00:28.73]**** the pharaohs and pharisees, Moses is back[00:31.39]I don't need to see a Sphinx to know they noses was black[00:34.35]I don't know one temptation that had Otis' back[00:37.37]Sparring is training this a jumping jack[00:39.37]I'm the scariest jack in the pumpkin patch[00:41.62]Float like my jumper wet, sting like a bumblebee[00:44.75]I swing like a lumber jack, go back when I'm up at bat[00:47.84]They tried to label me a non-rapper[00:50.39]I'm an independent contractor[00:52.48]Card cracker, sparring is training without the training wheels[00:56.22]You made it, you made it, you made it, yeah, you made a deal[00:58.94]You played it straight, hated, graduated, waited, waited[01:02.36]You still a waiter still[01:03.98]Mice will always find out ways to steal[01:06.30]Picture me, fifth of Hennessy and the swisher sweet[01:09.42]Fake identity, 'til a plug named Trinity shook me[01:12.90]"Wake up, wake up" like remember me?[01:15.43]Said one plus one make three, and you finna see[01:18.35]You ain't as grown as you finna be[01:20.95]You got them young nigga tendencies[01:23.47]Sentimental energy[01:24.49]I let the light in beside him, I stand like angel[01:27.11]Sparring is training for an apathetic halo[01:30.44]Apologetic, non religious, consequential fable[01:33.28]Like good is good, the love in me is goodly or godly[01:35.75]The Bible say mistakes is necessary[01:38.74]So I Mississippi monologue to granny house[01:40.99]My soloist is sold out to attentive God[01:44.30]Cornbread on my table when I say my prayers[01:47.30]On airs, to stairs where shadiness is time to rest or manifest[01:51.00]Sparring is training, I know they think me bumblebee[01:54.16]Afro-Americano Sunny D[01:56.95]But bet I sting, no die[01:59.54]Sparring is training[02:01.37]Jacob wrestled with God, in the desert 'til he broke him[02:04.39]And he blessed him and he rescued his heart[02:06.44]I struggle with love, I juggle my loves[02:08.59]I cuddle and coddle, ship wreckin' bottle, I huddle in hugs[02:11.32]Sparring is training bra, Ramses watching raining frogs[02:14.63]Jigga watching Damon, Damon watching Wayans Bros[02:18.61]A tandem unicycle with two pilots in different maps[02:21.83]You giving back?[02:22.87](I'm giving back)[02:23.70]Tit for tat[02:24.88]Synagogue and bottle caps[02:26.55]A body in the underpass says, where's my Jesus?[02:28.31]Pledge allegiance to the money now[02:30.69]We runnin down to kiddie parks where darker kids be casualty[02:33.51]Like come with me, to the museum[02:35.78]Excuse them, they know of what they do[02:38.70]Sparring is training,don't let Denzel Training Day you[02:40.70]Sensei could catch a fade too[02:42.62]We be onnat elegant hella melanin[02:45.27]Pelle Pelle's since they crayons and jelly pens[02:48.80]And now you know Noname ain't never for none[02:51.13](Ayo, you know Chano ain't never for none)[02:53.89]And now you know Noname ain't never for none[02:57.10](Ayo, you know Chano ain't never for none)[02:59.95]Aha, and you don't stop[03:03.69]Boom bap, and you don't stop[03:06.10]I told you that was gonna be fun though