Parallels - Jesse Abraham, Emilio Rojas

When I picture gardens

All I see is squares

I ain’t the maddest son

Cuz tragedy impaired

My ability to hurt

And pain makes power

I grew up on a roof across the street from burnin towers

Now it’s flowers that I see

On the ground in devotion

Can’t stop to smell the roses

Not since my nose is broken

I ain’t close to jokin

This ain’t no bogus moment

I don’t need some hocus pocus

Give a fuck about opponents

On this road I am the quotient

The vision I got is potent

Good riddance to my atonement

Arrogance would write an opus

But I’m not I’m writin this

I am just a rodent deserting a sinking ship

The water is a bonus

Now the liquid is ubiquitous

I’m drowning as I’m floatin

So my mission is duplicitous

My instrument’s the ocean

My attitude is parallel to carousels

Reeling round, feelin grounded on a parasail

Find me gliding

On parallels

You can find me gliding

On parallels

I be, I be on some shit again

ABC, BBC, feel the blend

Improving the design like Nicki did with Lil Kim

And nowadays ain’t no one movin me a little bit

Their music got me stiller than Ritalin

I’m instilled with a little bit of Nasir and Jay and Em

I’m rappin the hottest and I can tackle the topic like Texas A&M

And I’m a lay to rest the rumors and the quiet talkin

Cause when they pass the batton it’s from the riot squadron

I be lying off in far away lands

On a beautiful beach front

This ain’t no Rockaway sand

Pay for everything in cash and dollars out of my hand

Now I only write for money like a government grant

Ain’t nothing but bad hoes, bad hoes and bad hoes

Bitch as flat as a flat toe

Ain’t that so

I can’t help but to act like an asshole

My attitude is parallel to my cashflow

Yeah

Find me gliding

On parallels

You can find me gliding

On parallels

Hey kid, you’re goin somewhere

Concrete and sunshine is out there

Hey kid, you’re goin somewhere

So bright, so far and so clear

It’s your life, it’s your life;

it’s not theirs

It’s your life, it’s your life;

it’s not theirs

I put thank you’s in a bank

You do what you can while I do what you can’t do

I pay dues when they ain’t due

So much cash under the mattress springs break like it’s Cancun

But I don’t measure money in dollars

Instead I barter with honor

It’s so much harder to launder actual bills

My thrills come to me in the form of blessings

Every day I’m feeling lucky

And the more that I am Jesse

Then the less that I am stressing

Confession

These recessions don’t cause me to feel depression

What’s essential is ascension

So what’s possessions?

I play positions

I write scripts like physicians

Listen

I’m overboard

Go to war

Shake a spear (William)

No overlords know the score’s four to four (million)

Goin door to door

There’s no remorse in my vocal chords

My attitude is parallel to gratitude more and more

Find me gliding

On parallels

You can find me gliding

On parallels