[00:11.38]Remember Spliff Star?
[00:12.98]Remember Memphis Bleek?
[00:14.36]Remember all them side kicks that ain't what's meant for me
[00:17.20]Big shadows, I think I need more sun, big shadows, big shadows
[00:22.73]Remember Lil Cease?
[00:23.89]Remember Murphy lee?
[00:25.62]No disrespect is meant but dawg that ain't what's meant for me
[00:28.39]Big shadows, I think I need more sun, big shadows, big shadows
[00:34.47]I was a youngin', late bloomer
[00:36.53]Never had recorded writing raps on my computer
[00:39.31]When I was a shorty, uncle Mark he introducethe
[00:42.18]Legends of this game, to my ears then I grew up
[00:44.99]Never thought I'd be a rapper wanted to be Kobe
[00:47.82]Wasn't good enough for NBA, that hit me slowly
[00:50.75]Meanwhile I was writing all on message boards
[00:53.50]Nerdy text battles, backpackers I would join
[00:56.24]Way before this liquor burned, life took a different turn
[00:59.23]I started biting Canibus and using bigger words
[01:02.21]Met a couple other kids they nice as hell damn
[01:05.00]Thought that I was fly, they got me in a tail spin
[01:07.69]One of them was named Therapist, thought I was arrogant
[01:10.40]Cause I won competitions that he thought was unmerited
[01:13.36]Got a little cooler, had a lot in common
[01:15.94]Way more than just rhyming, talking how we'd change the climate of this rap game
[01:20.14]So I put out 'Do The Right Thing'
[01:22.74]And that shit ain't do a damn thing
[01:24.84]He dropped The Come Up like a year later
[01:26.73]Both of us on this journey tryna be some entertainers
[01:29.71]Months past then he told me them industry heads was talking
[01:32.89]Tryna get more MySpace friends, hoping they'd log in, discover me
[01:36.72]But who knew that Jay would discover you?
[01:38.92]Swear when I heard, I felt that shit like its my 'W'
[01:41.57]Remember Spliff Star?
[01:42.99]Remember Memphis Bleek?
[01:44.49]Remember all them side kicks that ain't what's meant for me
[01:47.40]Big shadows, I think I need more sun, big shadows, big shadows
[01:52.72]Remember Lil Cease?
[01:54.37]Remember Murphy lee?
[01:55.58]No disrespect is meant but dawg that ain't what's meant for me
[01:58.79]Big shadows, I think I need more sun, big shadows, big shadows
[02:03.92]Happiness lasted and now I'm living vicarious
[02:06.72]That could happen for me, inspiration was my inheritance
[02:09.95]I dropped a classic verse on this song called The Badness
[02:12.34]Then gave the internet madness on this song called Enchanted
[02:14.99]I was buzzing, touring I think I fell in love in London with a girl named Claire
[02:19.06]But see this world ain't fair
[02:20.59]Meanwhile I went from omen to his little homie
[02:23.25]You know his protege or whatever they wanna call me
[02:25.79]I started getting angry, like damn don't want no more help
[02:28.88]My foolish pride, suicide, I put that gun on myself
[02:32.03]Metaphorically
[02:33.19]Cause the majority saw me as something
[02:34.96]That historically is not where I want to be when my story peaks
[02:38.25]They call me AZ, I think I'm more like Nas
[02:41.33]Lauryn hill but they often treat me like I'm Pras
[02:43.89]I think I'm top 5 talent wise
[02:46.17]I may not be on TV screens but the camera lies
[02:49.51]Remember Spliff Star?
[02:50.94]Remember Memphis Bleek?
[02:52.43]Remember all them side kicks that ain't what's meant for me
[02:55.35]Big shadows, I think I need more sun, big shadows, big shadows
[03:00.82]Remember Lil Cease?
[03:02.21]Remember Murphy lee?
[03:03.59]No disrespect is meant but dawg that ain't what's meant for me
[03:06.43]Big shadows, I think I need more sun, big shadows, big shadows
[03:12.10]Poor me, poor me, woe is me poetry
[03:14.32]Damn I'm drowning in my pity, think I need some chlorine, wake up!
[03:17.84]Boy stop acting like a hoe, there ain't no captain save em'
[03:20.72]Make it happen by any and all means
[03:22.88]It's a million that would love to be in my position
[03:26.30]Had to stop my bullshit that's when I unlocked my vision
[03:29.07]Elephant eyes adjusting my skies
[03:31.34]Past wasn't heaven but I had one hell of a time
[03:34.17]I been blessed, I had fans scream my name in a crowd
[03:36.95]All around the world so I had to change up my style
[03:39.78]This is just a platform, up to me to transform
[03:42.60]Do I focus on the rose or just on the black thorns?
[03:45.82]Remember Spliff Star?
[03:47.15]Remember Memphis Bleek?
[03:48.58]Remember all them side kicks that ain't what's meant for me
[03:51.41]Big shadows, I think I need more sun, big shadows, big shadows
[03:57.11]Remember Lil Cease?
[03:58.48]Remember Murphy lee?
[03:59.80]No disrespect is meant but dawg that ain't what's meant for me
[04:02.70]Big shadows, I think I need more sun, big shadows, big shadows