ARTMAN (riffin') (feat. Jordan Ali)

Even the blind can hear art that stimulates their mind
On this journey to find an oasis of inspiration in these troubling times
And you use this muse as a conceptual tool that takes a broad perspective and makes it narrow (Riffin')
You emphasize this and are told to keep your eye on the sparrow, but (Riffin')
Sometimes your peripheral vision captures an image that is personally more appealing (Fuck yo intentions I just be riffin')
The beauty of this art is, the artist makes it, creates it in a specific mind state
But, you can take it in and be in a whole different place, so friend
(Fuck yo intentions I just be riffin, fuck yo intentions I just be riffin')
Whether you're a man of art or king of pen, woman of style, don't sink again
Witness an artist at work and let your soul ascend (Fuck yo intentions I just be riffin')

Uh, okay I keep a tight circle like an asshole.
Get it? Got it? Good
Now let me mind my black-owned business
My recent tabs show 10 bed and bathroom flats off Flat Shoals for rent
And jobs on Indeed that pay 10,000 a second
I passed on the grad school credits for some rap song lyrics
Now my only focus, how I'm posing for this grad walk image
But I had a dream that I ain't last a whole minute
'Fore I got my capstone finished
That they tried to tell me the cap and gown won't see me
The cap on these niggas here, I know you fuckin' lyin'
"He can't walk!" Yeah, nigga, put me on to your suppliers
I know that you gettin' higher than the federal limit for expectin' me
To accept what you just said with the slimmest sense of sincerity
Quit playin', give me my shit, then I'm dippin'
Skate on some beats and make eight digits
Hey, you said to go figure
Cause I'm on thin ice, so I can't think twice
Or be too scared to pull triggers
That's word to grandma's superstition, felt my left hand get itchy
Now I'm just riffin'

Even the deaf can see art that dances on their eyes
On this journey to find continuous purpose in these somber times
As an artist, you can often be unaware of the minds you galvanize (Riffin')
The chords you riff, the spirits you uplift every time (Riffin')
Someone tells you you help because they see something you couldn't even see yourself (Riffin', riffin')
But now you realize, art is like air
So as long as we breathe creativity, your art could never die
It always lives on residually (Fuck yo intentions I just be riffin')

Yeah, uh, yeah, I'm makin' this makin' this shit look easy shit look easy
My bars on Weezy, my attitude on Yeezy
I'm bouncin' rocks off the heezys
Turn backs and necks with the hezzies
Turn back to backs into three-peats
I'm gettin' nicer with this microphone recording
Had a light rapport this mornin' with myself from my life and death and reported
The improvements that I made since I popped out momma's placenta
And the movements that I made that might knock me off my ofrenda
In the future (ayy) I'll begin to (ayy) be kinder to my kinder (okay)
Be quieter when that quite angelic choir sings a crescendo
And finally understand when to put the pen to the pad
And when to put some time in with my kids so I don't end up like them dads
Goku, Naruto, Aang, et cetera
No father to train them better for the one thing that mainly matters
No wonder it's generational trauma with they sons and daughters
Hope I ain't the same way caught up in infatuation
With out rappin' and embarrassin' all these embarrassin' so-called artists
Damn, see the way I just started shit talkin'
All of these niggas that wasn't even just talkin' no shit to me
Shit, I'm sorry

In conclusion, this music is only one form of art to be specific
For art is as deep as the Pacific
And highly subjective based on perspective
So don't you ever let anyone tell you that what you make isn't great
You are the master of your own artistic fate (Riffin')
So be proud of everything that takes place and that you are a part in (Riffin')
As I empower you to embody your work
Because you are the ARTMAN