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young vell - the first mic lyrics

[intro]
uh…
yeah…
this that first mic feelin’, man…
no pen, no pad — just me, my story, and this broken mic

[verse]
look
nineteen with a pocket full of nothin’ but a dream
mama workin’ doubles, i was plotttin’ on a scheme
posters on the wall, pac starin’ right at me
said, “son, the world cold — better rap it how it be.”
i took that, ran with it, pain in my hand with it
notebook full of truth, every line got sand in it
raised where the sirens never took a night off
where your homie might cross just to take your life off
i been broke, i been lost, slept on floors with the rats
but this mic like a weapon, i’m swingin’ facts
dreams cost time, and i’m payin’ in advance
they laughed at the kid, now they tryna shake my hand
i ain’t friendly, nah — i remember who doubted
every verse i spit sound like hunger shouted
my cousin caught ten, my brother caught two
i’m the one they said “gon’ do somethin’ true.”
and i did — wrote raps on the back of them bills
every bar got blood that the notebook spills
i’m from compton, where the sky stay gray
but i paint with words, turn that storm to day
i’m talkin’ pain in the booth, no chain, no fame
just me and tone c tryin’ to spark our names
we pressed up cds, fifty copies for the block
every sale felt like a diamond out the rock
i’m speakin’ now for the youngins with a dollar and a pen
who been told they can’t win — but they write it again
i remember that garage, microphone hangin’ crooked
sound distorted, but the passion — they took it
i ain’t need no deal, i ain’t need no cosign
just a pad, a prayer, and a lil’ more time
if they ever ask why i started this grind
tell ‘em vell found truth in a rhyme
look —
every scar, every tear, it was meant to align
turned my pain to poetry, that’s divine design
this the first mic — yeah, the start of the climb
a young soul tryna freeze time, bar for bar, line for line
[outro]
“don’t forget — everything start with a first mic.”

- young vell lyrics

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