The Forgotten - Zack Hemsey

Whatever takes to lay

To rest all competition I do

So pray to repent that

Those devout forgotten

Will not find you

Don't make an attempt to follow

Wallow in your own discomfort

Discover how to pay your respects

Accept them as your brother

I'm leaving a path

Through trails of mud

Anointing all those in pales of blood

Then focus their lives on lies

And find they're hopeless

In eyes of mind and why

We not designed we right on time

And when we arrive we get it live

Just acknowledge we on fire

Nine Leaves are the set design

Record time remaining nameless

Formless cuz your forms are shameless

You've forgotten where you're from

And all your flaws that made you famous

Threats are painless

Aim this at your heart

To make the pain lift

Shape-shift on this track

To scratch your name

Right off the game's list

Plain sh*t I am sick of rappers

Pissed cuz I'm a sicker cracker

Fire blacking out the room of places

That you stage your acting

You've forgotten where's your passion

Need to ask that's my infraction

Show me where your skills at

And I'll show you

How to hack and slash 'em

Some are being pushed through the machine

And being told what to do

They're not challenging themselves anymore

They forget about themselves as an artist

That may be how it evolved

But that's not necessarily

How it has to be though

Some do what they want to

I'm backhanding the game

She aint treating us right

I aint really the one

But I cherish her life

I blame the change on us

The same must go for me

Our love is deep

But I only write once a week

Listen I never held a nine

Besides my 9 to 9

No jail time trust me

My life is fine

I even rhyme in a suit

Cuz my pursuit of happiness

Is to spit the truth

You lose

And I don't gotta change up my flow

It is what it is

You can ride or you don't

You'll decide as I go

Every line you can scope

I aint losing sleep

You could live a lie

But I won't

I aint beat money

You could talk about all your doe

Man life is sweet

You could peep my gut as it grows

Hold the cheddar for the cheese

And your beef for the streets

Two sides of a coin my point

We both eat

So yes I really gotta say this is great

You can hate on my hate

So your hate's just the same

Don't be mad at me homie

I paved my own lane

Speaking honestly

Homie you're a waste of a name

A waste of my space man

Check out my frame

I'm drained

But I still speak my piece

This last piece of hate

For these you'll take heat

Y'all wear shades in the club

I'll rock mine on the beach

Please

It's a competitive sport Hip Hop

Everything is “I I I”

Because you have to prove

That you're the better emcee

And of course it's a business

Hip Hop wasn't derived from that

There is this other dimension of Hip Hop

There are these songs all over the world

They've already forgotten

How it sounds felt the taste it

Before the industry reshaped it

And raped it

Landscaped your face

Now you're the Mona Lisa

You gotta do what they do

Or they won't release ya

The fans may greet ya

But you can't look them in the eyes

I guess your hustlin'

Features was just a disguise

Make us believe ya

At least you could try

You wanna get rich lying

Relying on false pride

Sold your soul for the price

Of the gold and the ice

Now you're a hoe with no hold

And they're controlling your life

You were exposed to the light

But prefer being dumb

The who what where

When will you remember one

The place you've begun

Look what you've become

Succumb to what sucks

For a successful some

Regrets you'll have some

Respect you'll have none

Cuz when it's all said and done

You're one loss was the love

People are forgetting who they are

What Hip Hop culture is

And why they're doing it

That's the forgotten

Everybody in Hip Hop is not an artist

You're doing

What you think people want you to do

Rather than who you are

There's no innovation

Have you ever had the feeling

Of being in slow-mo

The type of case that comes

With a thinking of “oh no”

Or had a vision showing

Your future as so low

But without a way

In which you could alter or re-sow

Well I'm a bring it through

Like a leader that bestows

A speech upon his men

That'll heed 'em to let go

Of the artificial skin

That just keeps 'em in limbo

These seeds will bring the being

Intended to first grow

You're heading to and fro

On a path that is void of pride

Happy to put aside

Who you are on the inside

In truth I can't surmise

If this turned out all by design

Did you intend to play the fool

Or did other people decide

Did managers advise

You sever ties for prize

Well now your dragon slumbers

While goblins are on the rise

I'm trudging through the snow

While you building a man of lies

I'm speaking to your soul

But it's greeting me with goodbyes

And now it's time to hide

Cuz I'm wrecking your false disguise

I'm stepping through the haze

With intention to bring demise

And when the rug gets pulled

And the mirror brings its surprise

Look into your eyes

With the question of “who am I”