[Intro: Sample]
[Verse 1: ANoyd]
I really feel like the almighty dollar took all of the spirit from hip-hop—period
Cry tears for the criteria, horsing around on the cafeteria table
I spit a rhyme on boom-bap so follow the arrow like Sagittarius
Instead of putting they heart into it I see the embalming fluid making it look alive but it's different now
And you low on stamina see the thing is you amateur, damaging, sandwiching
Aerodynamic to vanishing got the Atlantic behind your ear again I'm a little twisted behind what I 'ear like Anakin
Handling single-handedly like a finger, no wedding ring
Quit the rambling, cool your mouth and examine a teething ring
I'm cleaning the game poetic, a janitor key to bring
Propaganda and affidavit the banner the keep the cling
It's really a thin line with me hearing whatever you got to say like we talking on two cans and a piece of string that's annually
Look up "Star"—I'm in the Webster, Emmanuelly—
—Lewis, the pus*y n*ggas survive and they land on they feet
And they stand in debris with a can of Febreze
Demanding a speech, commander-in-chief—n*gga, you wish
I ain't turning up nowhere till I don't gotta turn my windows up manually
And ain't no stopping till I'm selling out the biggest crowd and you sitting down n*gga 'cause it's different now different now
[Hook]
I been watching time go by
Staring at the clock till the time go by
Yeah, it's different now
Listening to Biggie and my Nas
Listening to Biggie and my Nas will I nod
Yeah, it's different now
You be putting words together and I bring good people all together with my words see the different now? Give a n*gga dap put your middle finger down
Oh ,you don't remember? I remember how, written down
Oh, I forgot that's it's, that's it's different now
[Interlude: Sample]
[Verse 2: ANoyd]
It's no surprise that I'm still here for standing so long for what I believe in
Guarding my Garden of Eden
They been tryna cuff ANoyd
Since wearin' my Lot 2-9 on Air 1s and trying to stop the bleeding
Y'all praying to stop the breathing on hip-hop
While I stare at the vinyl of Illmatic, I promised myself it wouldn't open until I meet him
And dap him and tell him, "I ain't done rappin' until we even as Steven in rap bracket and accurate to the region of mankind."
What if that car crash haved me forever paralyzed?
Have the franchise still putting their hands high
From a wheelchair craving a shepherds pie
Checking profiles give a f*ck if you verified
Thought you was clean as a whistle but climbing a stair of lies
XSee the change in the wives and kids and it's clarified, went from training wheels to changing wheels then I got tired of that then I clocked into rapping with spare time
The listeners today are blindfolded and losing it
They shart truce in a pair of chartreuse pants and they zoom in it
That sh*t bright for all of you new n*ggas
Getting the same plate of food and you cool with it
What if ANoyd got Connetti on the map
With a song that sounded exact
Like everything that's in the rap
With a solid, liquid and gas
I guess that's a matter fact
'Cause, honest to God, ain't no longevity in that
Every once a burgundy moon I get a promotion
I'm done smoking with no more gaming I'm out of token, Mama told me cut the front lawn and the back too but I'm too connected I unplug modem and then I mowed 'em
Y'all just here for the money period nothing else and it's clear that you put it over the comma like semicolon
I don't just make music for nothing I put my ear to the crowd like I'm Hulk Hogan but lately I'm heart broken it's different now
b*tch n*gga it's different now
It's different now
I understand that it's different now
b*tch n*gga it's different now
I hate that it's different now
I don't like that it's different now
It's different now
[Hook]
I been watching time go by
Staring at the clock till the time go by
Yeah, it's different now
Listening to Biggie and my Nas
Listening to Biggie and my Nas will I nod
Yeah, it's different now
You be putting words together and I bring good people all together with my words see the different now? Give a n*gga dap put your middle finger down
Oh, you don't remember? I remember how, written down
Oh, I forgot that's it's, that's it's different now
Oh, I forgot that's it's, that's it's different now
Oh, I forgot that's it's, that's it's different now
Oh, I forgot that's it's, that's it's different now
Yeah, it's different now
Different now
Yeah, it's different now
Different now