[Deacon The Villain - V1] 

I claim to be a man of faith, I told her from the start 
a shame to say she has my heart and still I won't depart 
my art, it got me 'tween a rock and a brick wall 
and my journey to her's feelin like a game of Pitfall 
and all she wanna do is study english, law and history 
and I'm a mystery, a life with me's like a gypsy 
but I ain't Nipsey, I can't Hussle in the West 
cause the South is in my chest, and I don't wanna fly it's nest 
Lord, I'm young, gifted and black 
thanks for that, but help me sift through the facts, please 
with her on my team I'm feelin like a King 
 [bad word] in her Heat and we just want a couple rings 
but the thing? the throne's in my old Kentucky home and 
it need me more than us, I can feel it in our tone 
we ain't ready for the leap, maybe one day we'll be grown 
and step outside [bad word] zone 

[Kno - V2] 

You the apple of my eye before the seed was planted 
Proceed to vanish before I could even see the damage 
Beneath a sea of Zanax 
She provide the X, I provide the Y 
But why did she concede to panic? 
The plea that she demanded 
To her it seemed so even-handed 
I seen no advantage and so I'm screamin damnit 
Wish you could see Atlanta 
Wish you could see your Nana 
Wish you could see that I believed that we should be together 
But I did not protect you 
Cus I did not correct her 
I learned a lesson that I guess I didn't earn your presence 
Concern was ever-present 
If I could turn back the hands of time I'd return to find her on the 11th 
The day she seen the premise 
That if she left the clinic premises without your essence 
She'd relieve her stresses 
See we agreed that it's a woman's preference 
But if she loved me she'd have second-guessed it 
And now I keep sayin
credits
from Death Is Silent, track released 12 October 2010 
Written by R. Wisler & W. Polk II - Produced by Kno for Knolan Ryan Productions (ASCAP) 
tags
tags: hip-hop rap soul Atlanta