One of my best songs in my opinion

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Jaiz
Elevate

I only got one life to live this mic is like my kid/
I hold it dearly ain't no love quite like this/
It's not about y'all liking me/
It's about all the passion, heart, and hype I bring/
To the table, and till I'm unable/
To move a single bone to grasp a mic cable/
I will be up in this piece until ya hate my guts/
While other rappers promote hate, rape, and drugs/
Not me.. I'm on a journey like Odysseus in the Odyssey/
Come and follow me/
To the new hip hop generation/
Where it's not about the G's and being famous/
And black and white racists bleeding our nation/
TV and magazines giving hopes and dreams so fallacious/
Ya might as well give these believers a spaceship/
To touch the stars or they'll feel naked/

(Chorus)
I wanna be no one but me/
Don't wanna be anything I don't know/
I tried before and inside I'd die slow/
Now it's time to elevate/

I strive to make rhymes valuable like the lottery/
Through my insight of life, and knowledge of psychology/
Way too many precious years spent wallowing/
In sorrow watching my fellow peers lie to me/
Allowing other people get on top of me/
And silence me they mocking me until it bothered me/
Enough for me to say I gotta be better than this/
They all laughing at me while I'm depressed as sh** /
Man f*** that, but screw 9's up in a gun rack/
What in God's name would I prove if I would jump back/
With a gat in their mouth so they can't speak/
I'm mean it would show I'm so damn weak/
I just need to use this as strength/
Because if I don't I will never elevate/
Feeling dead awake, but I got too much too prove/
Cause I can't be another mistake of the youth/

(Chorus)
I wanna be no one but me/
Don't wanna be anything I don't know/
I tried before and inside I'd die slow/
Now it's time to elevate/

Yo I state facts just don't make tracks that'll make you shake that ass/
Like half these cats making these half ass raps/
With not even an ounce of substance/
But comin commercial so everybody loves them/
But no I ain't bugging just in this game to rise/
Saw way too much destruction in front of these eyes/
Ladies rubbin their thighs, but ain't the reason why I rhyme/
It's therapy to me and a natural high/
This is my love, and if I make some bucks/
Doing this than cool, but if I don't so what?/
I'll be happy with an average income/
I'm not married or have a daughter or son/
So it's not like I really need all that much/
Or need to see ones filled with greed giving me these hugs/
While haters wanna see me bleed enough/
To leave this game but I'm here to stay give up/

(Chorus)
I wanna be no one but me/
Don't wanna be anything I don't know/
I tried before and inside I'd die slow/
Now it's time to elevate/