Adequate Wordsmith

[00:20.98] Way back in twenty-sixteen I went and penned a ditty
[00:23.53] About the rapper I was clearly just pretending to be
[00:26.29] But I think I've been improving pretty evidently
[00:28.95] And there's a million people out there who would tend to agree
[00:31.76] Now who am I to attest that I am really clearly the best at rhymes?
[00:34.41] Will I be left behind or stand the test of time?
[00:35.78] Success predestined? We've yet to find
[00:37.37] Though far be it from me to come and claim superiority
[00:39.99] My vids that hit the milly are quite plainly a majority
[00:42.61] Oh honestly, did you not check my policy?
[00:44.50] I always rap in character and hardly ever drop as me
[00:47.12] Historically, you probably first heard memes on TikTok of me
[00:49.89] Extolling on the horrors of a corporate economy
[00:52.96] So, if you sit back and have a listen, let me have a moment
[00:55.92] I truly haven't had a minute yet to have a go at
[00:58.53] Doing that cool rapper bit and penning bars and flows just
[01:01.25] Supercalifragilisticexpibraggadocious
[01:03.80] Negotious, verbosity velocious
[01:05.91] In quality? Ambrosious - thesaurus adiposis
[01:08.34] I may not be an A-lister but I'm still on a list
[01:11.00] Of rappers who get paid, so I must make pretty dope shit
[01:13.75] Mitosis and Moses could never split opinions so well
[01:16.92] Like mitochondria, I'm the powerhouse of the sell
[01:19.57] Defined a genre decrying those with mountains of wealth
[01:22.11] And then made millions on the million of you sounding my bell
[01:25.23] You're listening to the missive of an adequate wordsmith
[01:27.62] But because they're insecure they felt they had to confirm it
[01:30.33] So, if you're a bit indifferent you clicked the track
[01:32.91] Here's a few more minutes you won't get back
[01:35.64] Am I a rap god? No! But I'm surely in the rap clergy
[01:38.58] Spitting like confession in the booth when I rap nerdy
[01:41.10] Father, forgive me I have syn-co-pa-ted
[01:44.18] Beat's off but they'll never make their tracks dirty
[01:46.78] Rocked up to the strip with my duds all glistening
[01:48.35] Got more drip than octuplet christenings
[01:49.44] Guttering ripped and it's thundering, drizzling
[01:51.09] One gets dipped, every youngster's dribbling
[01:52.24] Pack more paper than Dunder Mifflin
[01:53.61] Bars so hard that my puns need chiselling
[01:55.29] The ladies, the gays and theys wanna play
[01:56.65] But mum's here visiting
[01:57.42] Spit so hot I gotta keep my verses in urns
[01:59.72] Other rappers green with envy – call it Verdigris burns
[02:02.14] Though, perhaps maybe I'm milking it where words are concerned
[02:04.88] My bars are buttery smooth because they're perfectly churned
[02:07.94] My similes and metaphors are intricately clever
[02:10.39] Yours are lacking, rhymes are flagging
[02:11.44] Like you've written them in semaphore
[02:13.24] I'm chilling on the beach, you're adrift and yet to get to shore
[02:15.70] You never made the sales, so I think you'll have to peddle more
[02:20.79] Yeah, I'm doing a whistle break
[02:23.55] What are you gonna do about it?
[02:25.34] Just wanted something to space things out before the bridge starts
[02:27.91] Oh, here we go
[02:29.03] All these years chasing meaningless numbers
[02:31.16] Hoping to flee from this feeling of numbness
[02:33.75] Trying to drown all my doubts and my fears in the light of acclaim
[02:39.75] For eternity now my self-worth has been tied
[02:42.30] To the number of characters you have to type
[02:44.96] Into YouTube before it can guess you are writing my name
[02:50.30] Was it worth all the work and the stress and the pain?
[02:52.79] All the worries that lurk and obsess in my brain
[02:55.36] All the nights without sleep, all the fatigue and tired
[02:58.38] All the ungodly gallons of caffeine required
[03:00.97] My self-image anxieties I haven't resolved
[03:03.62] And the endless offensive of admin involved
[03:06.02] The unwinnable game of just trying to keep
[03:08.77] To an algorithm changing its mind every week
[03:11.66] All the months spent in crunch penning verses and rhyme
[03:14.04] To complete dissolution of personal time
[03:17.06] I make songs about games but the irony's clear
[03:19.71] That I've not actually played one for fun now in years
[03:22.16] All the torturous exhaustion contorted and mixed
[03:24.88] With the knowledge my job could be instantly nixed
[03:27.46] Google could, should they want, kill me off with a click
[03:30.25] Now I'm here at the top, was it worth all of this?
[03:34.33] Yeah
[03:36.14] Yeah, actually, it was
[03:39.10] I'm in a Lamborghini
[03:41.98] I can't even drive
[03:43.84] You're listening to the missive of an adequate wordsmith
[03:46.29] Though their need to sound impressive is quite frankly absurdist
[03:48.93] So, if you're a bit indifferent you clicked the track
[03:51.48] Here's a few more minutes you won't get back
[03:54.51] You know I put the sauce in the cans like I'm Heinz beans
[03:57.26] New resolution to command your entire screen
[03:59.95] Won't take a rest – improvising a line spree
[04:02.66] Drop off the cuff and escape from the crime scene
[04:05.22] Foes all flake when they're faced with my rhyme schemes
[04:08.05] Ninety-nine problems, yeah, my van's out of ice creams
[04:10.63] Flows got you froze as you stand in my high-beams
[04:13.22] Struggling to take it all in – size queen
[04:15.84] Linguistically I get them in hysterics
[04:17.70] The folks who write the dictionary are referencing my lyrics
[04:20.30] Pork-manteaus go ham, pen indelibly-soteric
[04:22.91] Yeah, I built my own brand, but I'll never be generic
[04:26.72] I'm the godfather of verse
[04:27.83] I write lines that are quite hard to traverse
[04:29.30] I slay that They/Them mayhem every day
[04:30.88] And I'm just starting the hearse
[04:31.88] 'Cause it's your funeral, baby
[04:32.95] You can hate me, but I can't be deterred
[04:34.30] Yours are marginally worse than the bars I've rehearsed
[04:35.93] Come and spar with a nerd, watch your ass get interred
[04:37.04] This vid has got you thinking I've a life of lavish luxury
[04:39.66] Assisted by the fact it's done entirely tax deductibly
[04:42.39] That's why I could quite comfortably still find the cash to budget these
[04:45.28] Impressive looking stacks of totally artificial currency
[04:47.60] I can't believe I do this as a job
[04:49.59] And I'm so insanely grateful for the view here at the top
[04:52.27] Though I'm afraid that I forgot to pack a hat to doff
[04:54.84] So, after all these years I've still no way to cap it off
[04:58.69] You're listening to the missive of an adequate wordsmith
[05:01.09] I got Wilde self-importance if I have to be Ernest
[05:03.63] So, if you're a bit indifferent you clicked the track
[05:06.10] Here's a few more minutes you won't get back
[05:08.76] More imperviously wordy than a Catholic service
[05:11.69] I'm delivering prime rhymes like an Amazon purchase
[05:14.37] Spit squeaky clean like I snack on detergent
[05:17.09] Got the beets in the bag, you're a satchel of turnips
[05:19.94] Lyrical flips? I pack a spatula permit
[05:22.10] And I'm wiping out foes like a laminate surface
[05:25.02] Endless bags to the Banks, yeah I'm practically perfect
[05:27.69] This Lambo was a rental and I have to return it
[05:30.31] I've a bunch of fine rhymes that you haven't all heard yet
[05:32.72] And I really didn't want to end the track with a surplus
[05:35.60] Like mechanical Kermit with a hand up his circuits
[05:38.33] An incredible rhyme that really hasn't a purpose
[05:41.25] I'm on so many levels need my landings refurbished
[05:43.60] Now I'm wondering if this ending bit was actually worth it
[05:46.22] 'Cause should they develop extra ends to candles I'd burn it
[05:48.72] Do you think they'll notice if I reuse adequate wordsmith
[05:52.35] One million subscribers
[05:54.22] Wow!
[05:55.36] Thank you so much
[05:56.60] I'm gonna regret doing this here
[05:58.49] Because it means I'll have to lip sync it in the video
[06:00.25] Which will be a nightmare
[06:01.68] But I'm doing it for you
[06:03.49] 'Cause I love you
[06:05.05] I'll see you at two million I guess?
[06:07.44] I mean, probably before then but you get what I mean
[06:12.94] Oh, oh
[06:14.24] We- we didn't do a fade-out did we?
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