Artist: Imran Mandani
Mix tape: Rhyme Dilation
Track: Benefit of the Doubt
Instrumental: Fugees - Ready of Not
Copyright: 2012 - 2013
(Intro)
Sometimes, you wish people could just understand you
The way you understand yourself
To have faith you, the way you have faith in yourself
When you have that insight, something revolutionary
You want people to feel your vibe
Get in the element, go against all odds
Rise above all expectations
(Hook)
Do you ever feel like nobody believes in you?
That they can’t see what it is you see in you?
I wish the whole world sees what you all about
And you succeed when given the benefit of the doubt
(Verse 1)
Well, isn’t life one big contradiction?
I’m told to be content and still have ambition
I’d rather give up everything than to settle for less
When you trying to live your dreams you don’t have a second to rest
A million thoughts, don’t even have a second to think
I got my eyes on the prize; I don’t have a second to blink
I’m trying to focus on my problems, don’t have time for meditation
Have to take a course of action, but college taught me hesitation
And I think back to those days when we used to get wasted
Well I hope the Lord is my DD, cause life is my waitress
My folks wonder if I’ll ever make it
If I don’t make it as a star, well then the constellations
But rap isn’t part of the family tradition
If I dig myself a big hole, that means I’m that in it
If I never bless the mic, that would be sacrilegious
I don’t wanna work at 7-11 selling bags of skittles
I'm looking for the rainbow, after it drizzles
To spend your whole life feeling like, Malcolm in the middle
They can never understand, my mind is a bag of riddles
Either play it safe or risk everything I have
Cause in the end it’s only you that can give yourself a chance
(Verse 2)
Never judge a book by it's cover, come and hear these cliff notes
My music's on the edge but I'm hanging on to this rope
My altered state of mind what in life am I fit for?
Just trying to find my purpose in life is all that I wish for
And I wish the whole world could feel my vibe
Cause the last thing I want is to have regrets in my life
In Hip Hop I could have a lot to lose
But I got nothing what I got to lose?
I’m trying to do it all while I got my youth
An Indian that can rap so you want a lot of proof
And my folks don’t understand what I got into
They point to every kid with a stethoscope
But I’m going to be star, so grab the telescope
I’m trying to set my own stepping stones
I’m lost in my headphones and these 26 letters
Flipping the bird with plenty of feathers
At anybody whose looks at me and underestimates
Bend every single rule but set the record straight
A lot of people hate and tell you that you can’t
But once you make it, they’ll wish they never had
And rappers like me might be a dime a dozen
But I’m a diamond in the rough cousin
You know what time it is
(Verse 3)
I’m down to earth, but I got my head in the clouds
I only get louder if they say I’m not allowed
To say what I want, till everyone around me is speechless
And since I’m brown you wonder about my street cred
Well put me on the beat then
And hear about my life as a slum dog, but life ain't a game show
Pouring out my heart, so grab a rain coat
Every cloud has a silver lining, I'm looking for a ray of hope
There's a lot of stereotypes but I'm the type for the radio
Y’all can’t see me, but what you can’t see gets accounted for nothing
My folks wonder if I’ll ever amount to something
And I can settle down, but I follow my passion
I don’t wanna look back, and wonder what would have happened
So I’m on track, but it’s clear I took the scenic route
Wasn’t holding my breath, but now I’m breathing out
Some shit that makes you wanna put your speakers loud
Fuck the comedians now, cause a lot of people flake
When you’re in a fix but change when you get your big break
All I got in this world are my words on this mix tape
I made a lot of mistakes
But I’ll do whatever this takes, whatever this takes
Mix tape: Rhyme Dilation
Track: Benefit of the Doubt
Instrumental: Fugees - Ready of Not
Copyright: 2012 - 2013
(Intro)
Sometimes, you wish people could just understand you
The way you understand yourself
To have faith you, the way you have faith in yourself
When you have that insight, something revolutionary
You want people to feel your vibe
Get in the element, go against all odds
Rise above all expectations
(Hook)
Do you ever feel like nobody believes in you?
That they can’t see what it is you see in you?
I wish the whole world sees what you all about
And you succeed when given the benefit of the doubt
(Verse 1)
Well, isn’t life one big contradiction?
I’m told to be content and still have ambition
I’d rather give up everything than to settle for less
When you trying to live your dreams you don’t have a second to rest
A million thoughts, don’t even have a second to think
I got my eyes on the prize; I don’t have a second to blink
I’m trying to focus on my problems, don’t have time for meditation
Have to take a course of action, but college taught me hesitation
And I think back to those days when we used to get wasted
Well I hope the Lord is my DD, cause life is my waitress
My folks wonder if I’ll ever make it
If I don’t make it as a star, well then the constellations
But rap isn’t part of the family tradition
If I dig myself a big hole, that means I’m that in it
If I never bless the mic, that would be sacrilegious
I don’t wanna work at 7-11 selling bags of skittles
I'm looking for the rainbow, after it drizzles
To spend your whole life feeling like, Malcolm in the middle
They can never understand, my mind is a bag of riddles
Either play it safe or risk everything I have
Cause in the end it’s only you that can give yourself a chance
(Verse 2)
Never judge a book by it's cover, come and hear these cliff notes
My music's on the edge but I'm hanging on to this rope
My altered state of mind what in life am I fit for?
Just trying to find my purpose in life is all that I wish for
And I wish the whole world could feel my vibe
Cause the last thing I want is to have regrets in my life
In Hip Hop I could have a lot to lose
But I got nothing what I got to lose?
I’m trying to do it all while I got my youth
An Indian that can rap so you want a lot of proof
And my folks don’t understand what I got into
They point to every kid with a stethoscope
But I’m going to be star, so grab the telescope
I’m trying to set my own stepping stones
I’m lost in my headphones and these 26 letters
Flipping the bird with plenty of feathers
At anybody whose looks at me and underestimates
Bend every single rule but set the record straight
A lot of people hate and tell you that you can’t
But once you make it, they’ll wish they never had
And rappers like me might be a dime a dozen
But I’m a diamond in the rough cousin
You know what time it is
(Verse 3)
I’m down to earth, but I got my head in the clouds
I only get louder if they say I’m not allowed
To say what I want, till everyone around me is speechless
And since I’m brown you wonder about my street cred
Well put me on the beat then
And hear about my life as a slum dog, but life ain't a game show
Pouring out my heart, so grab a rain coat
Every cloud has a silver lining, I'm looking for a ray of hope
There's a lot of stereotypes but I'm the type for the radio
Y’all can’t see me, but what you can’t see gets accounted for nothing
My folks wonder if I’ll ever amount to something
And I can settle down, but I follow my passion
I don’t wanna look back, and wonder what would have happened
So I’m on track, but it’s clear I took the scenic route
Wasn’t holding my breath, but now I’m breathing out
Some shit that makes you wanna put your speakers loud
Fuck the comedians now, cause a lot of people flake
When you’re in a fix but change when you get your big break
All I got in this world are my words on this mix tape
I made a lot of mistakes
But I’ll do whatever this takes, whatever this takes
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