K-Rino - What I Gotta Do lyrics

What I gotta do to make you see I stay true
And get some love back too? What I gotta do
To show the whole world that I
Did it all for you?

A lot of men went astray
So my head bends when I pray
When my mindstate's in disarray
But at the end of the day
I wanna make sure that I said
Everything I intended to say
Then again in a way, sometimes it's
Better just to chill on tape
Put your grill on safe
‘cause the real gon’ take what
You sayin’ to heart
But the people that wanna break
It down still gon‘ hate
So I might as well go
And shoot straight with ‘em
It’s only winners and losers


I was raised in a place where
It’s only two ways it works
Either the bait catches the fish or the
Fish gets away with the bait no in between
You either wearing the ring or tap on
Down the road like Ben Vereen
An endless scene with suspended dreams
Eventually you appreciate the simple things
Life’s waging a bad war
A lot of it’s happening fast so I gotta
Focus and get in the lab more
I see through ‘em like glass doors
I got people mad at me for not taking
Advice that I didn’t even ask for
My last resort is to get my passport or do
Me a Nascar with some miles on the dashboard
Maybe a fast horse to take me
Out of this bottomless pit
Because in real life
I done had a crash course
Listen I'm worn down
Do anybody know the score now?
My motivation’s sinking the lower ground
I’m hearing these poor sounds and
Realizing every single day
That I ain’t got enough patience to go around
So a little introspection might
Be necessary to
Press me in the right direction
I notice whenever I stop studying
My brain gets muddy and I need
Another life injection so I’m asking

What I gotta do to make you see I stay true
And get some love back too? What I gotta do
To show the whole world that I
Did it all for you?

My name is like dust
It blows unnoticed forever
K is the real deal, my skill ain’t a bluff
My catalog’s up on the beast
To release seven CDs
In one day and it still wasn’t enough
No attention or no mention from
Any publication or station
Deep in the underground is where they bury me
Thirteen quality projects in two
Years when most
Of these rappers releasing one every three
So how the hell is he or
She considered to be GOAT
When I repetitiously body and DOA beats
If you listen diligently
Eventually you’ll agree
No lyricist in history has
Been consistent as me it’s a higher peak
I mentally aspire to reach
When I’m being penalized for
My desire to teach
I’m still writing the heat but man
The fire is weak
Even contemplated turning in
My retirement sheet
Why should I keep depleting myself
Extending my limit's
When it’s only appreciated by
A mini percentage?
But plenty of men have seen
It so anything with a critic who fails to
Even mention my spittin’, i get offended
But then again again it goes back to the
Premise that artists never walk in accordance
‘cause I never needed
Commercial endorsement or
Reinforcement to properly validate
My importance so with that said
I’ma acknowledge the people who
Still rockin’ with me
Though it ain’t really about the cash
The people from all over the
Planet who manage to
Get whatever I manufacture whether
Present or past
I put too much effort into my
Craft for me to have
This slow amount of love when
I be givin’ my all
So if I say right now that
I’ma put the mic down
I want you to know that
It wasn’t because of y’all i’m asking

What I gotta do to make you see I stay true
And get some love back too? What I gotta do
To show the whole world that I
Did it all for you?