FIRST TAKE

from THE BENCHWARMER by Joe Proulx

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First take
Fine line between the 3 and a dinner plate
Take a while later for you to calculate
I acclimate it
Feels like you frustrated
I fuel the feedback loop to demonstrate it
Never needed opinions
All I need is my own, I’m writing based off a feeling
That’s the way to punch a hole through the glass ceiling
I’m Scottie B on the boards, stealing
I’m Luka with a deck of cards with the way I been dealing
I’m sampling until I find meaning
Calling the game how I see it, I’m talking bout MCing
Court could use a good cleaning
That’s a figure of speech
Guess I should mind that my words are another extension of my reach
I don’t teach, I give perspective on why I do what I do
But you gotta do you
Or you’ll never break through
That’s how it is
Gotta learn to use what you got when you in the biz
Another day of trying
No prying against the skids
Gotta make sure you wipe your shoes
Don’t be slippin like Harden
I don’t need clips to know the game is trash
I sit back and kick it, know when to drive and make the pass
I could never go past it
Keep it real when I cast it
Could be Jeff the way I outlast it
Surviving with this music, that’s a heavy bar
But I ain’t tied to it like the way y’all are, that’s a holy guard
I’m never on par, I rise above
That’s the first take so far

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from THE BENCHWARMER, released March 1, 2024

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