The Great Illusion - Smuff Tha Quiz, K.A.A.N.

To excel in the highs, I survive the lows

I adjust to the pain and remain of course

Never lost in the sauce when you stay the course

I plant seeds to my growth through my thoughts and words

Emerge, I rise from the rubble and the dust beneath me

Feeling like I’m on the right path 'cause the journey ain’t easy

I can’t leave rap alone, the game needs me

But that’s a lie, I been self-centered and selfish

Reliving traumas, dealing with karma, I can’t help it

Headed in the wrong direction, these lessons I ain’t learned

Burning bridges due to pride, broken on the inside

Still unsure of who I am, I don’t know if there is a god

Superstitious my religion, I follow internal laws

Saw the signs and went the other way, a rebel with a cause

Losing friends, the game foes, my insecurities exposed

Internally it’s like a fight, feel like they turning off the lights but

It could be my imagination

Maybe it’s the side effects of procrastination

Like I died a million times, no exaggeration

I need peace and abundance, please Lord give me something

It could be my imagination

Maybe it’s the side effects of procrastination

Like I died a million times, no exaggeration

I need peace and abundance, please Lord give me something

Throw some insight and perspective to live life with acceptance

My younger years I admit I was overlooking blessings

I was stressing, my tunnel vision blocked the bigger picture

The older that I’ve gotten I’ve started to reconsider

Reconfigure priorities, what’s important and more to me

The decisions that I’m making nowadays I base 'em morally

Tried to learn from the past and not repeat it all historically

Not the same story that I’ve been telling rhetorically

I feel the pressure just like everybody else

Sometimes to elevate we feel the need to lie to ourself

No it doesn’t help, it’s just a side effect of what we felt

An alternate reality that we have built for ourselves

Walking through the fire hot enough to make your feet melt

It’s gon' be a bumpy ride so buckle up your seatbelt

Relax, enjoy the journey, it could all end quick

And that’s it, no guarantee the next is better than this, god

It could be my imagination

Maybe it’s the side effects of procrastination

Like I died a million times, no exaggeration

I need peace and abundance, please Lord give me something

It could be my imagination

Maybe it’s the side effects of procrastination

Like I died a million times, no exaggeration

I need peace and abundance, please Lord give me something