Caterpillar [Remix]
You will not be able to stay home brotha
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out
You will not be able to lose yourself on scag and skip out for beer during commercials
Because the revolution will not be televised
This right here for the number ones
Number ones here with your number one
You ain't number one, just another one
Now everybody sayin' that they number one
Ring the alarm, the caterpillar keeps firing
Oh, we in the war
Where butterflies keep dyin' (ah)
I'm a product of Parker, Lewis and Kubiak
If didn't do this, where in the fuck would you be at?
See there's a difference between us, what I spit hit arenas
You a drip from my penis, I eat lions and sip hyenas
You number one when it comes to slaughtered mics
I'm tryna be number one in my son and daughter life
Uh, all you niggas my lil' rapper babies
Y'all my children, y'all bit my shit and contracted rabies
Don't you grade me next to these rapper, baby, that's degrading
My style got so many different facets, I switch into so many different passions
I'm skippin' class to be fascinating
My pen is like Big Ben, this shit's just a classic waiting
Your favorite rapper come at me, I just decapitate him
Out here congratulating these has-beens who had their highs
These rappers only won their matches because they strategize
I'll bring adequate to these patterns and here's my battle cry
Ring the alarm, the caterpillar is firing
Oh, we in the war
Where butterflies keep dyin' (ah)
This right here for the number ones
Number ones here with your number one
You ain't number one, just another one
Now everybody sayin' that they number one
Kid think your number won't quit
Number one song, get your number one chick
Number one fly with your number one kick
When it's all done then your number gon' switch
Hold up, wait a minute
Guess what I'ma never do
Show so much respect to you
That I feel like we're friends, so now we no longer competitors
That could be the death of you
Never let someone who's not as smart as you gas you up
And tell you somethin' you never knew
Always stay professional
You always gon' make revenue
Don't let people next to you that don't want the best for you
It's completely normal to hold on to what we're retracting to
I do what I want to do, they do what I let them do
Everything niggas be sayin' is a fuckin' lie
There is nothing I can say to you that is good
Remember when you raisin' the butterfly
Don't you ever fucking disrespect the caterpillar
This right here for the number ones
Number ones here with your number one
You ain't number one, just another one
Now everybody sayin' that they number one
Kid think your number won't quit
Number one song, get your number one chick
Number one fly with your number one kick
When it's all done then your number gon' switch
Yeah
Sold a quarter million records in my first week
And BET still don't wanna let me perform
Maybe it's 'cause my pigment
Maybe I'm being ign'ant
Maybe it's all a figment of my imagination
And exaggeration exacerbation of the realest, yes
I'm ready and willin' to kill this, we the realest that's why they feel us the best
But I don't give a fuck about this rap shit, not really though
Shittin' on a brother I should love, man, that's silly yo
Fuck all this division and lyrical incision
It's time to unify 'cause hip-hop is beautiful, it's you and I
And it doesn't discriminate if you black or white or you christian or muslim
It just love 'em and put nothin' above 'em
I just want to be remembered as a good person
Dispersin' a message of hope while the world worsen
And the media will still try to find a way to turn us into clickbait and misquote
Wanna keep the peace, but if you do that, I'ma slit throats
Sike nah, "Logic's such a hypocite"
You can take a hike nah, right now
Are we here to talk about suicide, depression, anxiety, mental health
And all that shit you scared to mention
I could talk about the millions I've amassed
But it would just ain't the time or place
It's so crazy how everyone is so obsessed with my race
'Cause I'm proud to be black, but matter of fact
If it was flipped around and somebody asked me what it was like to be a white rapper
"What's it like to be a white rapper, Logic?"
Oh and I was just like, just never talked about it like
"Man, it's just so great being a white rapper
White white white white everything
White, man, being white's so great, wow it's so great"
And then some brother was like, "Ay, ain't yo daddy black?"
And I was like, "Oh shit"
And the whole world be like "What, are you scared to be black?
Are you ashamed to be black? Mother fucker, fuck you!
Fuck you, you piece of shit. Mixed, biracial, fucking cunt" (that's how they be)
Cole said fuck all this black and white, it's time to unite
Be who you are, identify as a star
Fuck all the jewelry and money inside of yo car
You still just a person and I'm still dispersin' these lyrics
Fuck the rap ego shit
Just be a good person, now that's the spirit
Shoutout to true emcees who love the culture
From Duckworth to Chano, Jermaine and Joey and Aubrey, and can't forget Bobby
To every emcee who knows that this is truly a way of life and not just a hobby (uh)
Not just a hobby (uh)
Not just a hobby, this is a way of life
Shout out to Bobby, the L-O-G-I-C, this shit a way of life
This shit a way of life
Yeah