Maximum
THE LOYALISTS Lyrics

I challenge where your sound system is from
I question the origin of your sound system

And how long it's gonna last to the max, the maximum
And how long it will sustain at its fullest capacity

On the drums my tactics become
My strategies come alive on the drums

In how fast a rap will snatch out your tongue ugh
In the pace at which my rap will leave you speechless

I'll keep a low profile I won't budge
I will stay unnoticed, and not be swayed

Or mold to a form which you can dispose of
And not conform to a shape that can be easily discarded

Cause with no love, it's like getting money for sex
Because without affection, it's like engaging in paid sexual activities

And I'd rather make a living off of coming correct
And I prefer to thrive by doing the right thing

Started the age of fifteen emceeing a pipsqueak
Begun rapping at age fifteen as a small, unimportant person

Kid's out to convince me of I'll never make history
People tried to persuade me that I would never make an impact in history

When all of this disapproval didn't settle me at ease
When all of the negative opinions didn't make me feel comfortable

This chemistry prevented any reason I would leave
This connection stopped me from considering leaving

Yet withdrawn and unavailable was from the harm
Yet my isolation was due to the damage caused by others

Of I'm always being told I don't belong in this I'm wrong
Of constantly being told I don't fit and being seen as incorrect

A mistake given the form of the human race
As if being born human was a wrong choice

To lay awake of having debate my inner strength
To stay awake and ponder on my inner power

I wanna kill the beat and leave it a crime scene
I want to destroy the beat and leave it in pieces

Even if he were to drop more needle than pine tree's
Even if he drops more needles than a pine tree

So the mic doesn't function after the punishment
So that the microphone can no longer operate after my performance

That I confront it with, it didn't know what it was up against
That I challenge it with, and it did not know what it was facing

I was brought up and raised with instructions of trumpets to play
I was raised with guidelines to play music like trumpets

On the day of my judgment until then my name is I'll end your whole label
Until the day I am evaluated, my name is 'I'll end your whole record label'

The scapegoat to blame when the change is ungrateful
The person who is blamed when the shift does not bring satisfaction

When it was concrete floor underneath the cardboard
When the floor was made of concrete, beneath the cardboard I stood on

Serving any person out to report it's not yours
Coming to those who want to claim what isn't theirs

I'm immature arguing for the sake of an argument
I am childish, engaging in pointless debates

With invisible artists as a way to be apart of this
Using unseen artists to be a part of this community

Erase a tape waste what I made in the basement
Deleting a tape, wasting what I had recorded in the basement

And had other tapes to exchange I was anxious
And I had more tapes to switch, which made me nervous

However what I'd offer was unique
But what I had to give was one-of-a-kind

Same that use to criticize me want a new album released
Those who used to critique me now want me to release a new album

And my incentive is and been to sit among the legends
My motivation has always been to be recognized as a legend

At a table filled with other visionary men and woman
At a table with other imaginative and innovative people

Ringing, out the car as you pass someone
Echoing from the car as you go by someone

Who's noticing the tracks up to the max, the maximum
Who is recognizing the tracks being played at their maximum volume

I'm authentic paid dues I'm cool headed
I'm genuine, paid my dues, and calm

To move this entire room with a new sentence
To sway the entire audience with a fresh sentence

They said I'd only be jaded and staying broke
They predicted I would only become disillusioned and remain impoverished

But it's the most anticipated album I ever wrote
But it is the album with the highest expectations that I have written

Over the years my inner demons consider me a genius
Throughout the years, my negative inner thoughts view me as a brilliant mind

And the evil in the world couldn't touch me at my weakest
And the wickedness in the world could not harm me when I was vulnerable

I feel the pressure of the city it's unsettling
I sense the force of the metropolis, and it's unnerving

With the level of intensity for us to benefit
With an extreme level of pressure, for us to gain benefits

And solve walls I bounced off to fall
And overcome barriers that I had previously failed to climb

The obstacles they've called impossible
The hindrances that they deemed too difficult to overcome

I've gone too far to quit drift apart from this
I have made so much progress that quitting would mean losing it all

Disregard my heart and switch who's in charge of it
Ignore my emotions and put someone else in control

I'll treat crowds of ten as crowds of ten thousand
I will perform for small groups with the same enthusiasm as for large ones

Outside of shows in ciphers freestylin'
Outside of gigs, in freestyle rap battles

Money for their wax is local cafe's
Earning money from selling their music in nearby cafes

To put them in the sun and make them the shape of an ash tray
To melt them under the sun and mold them into ashtray forms

Cause I'm gonna
Because I am determined to do so

We've only just begun to feel the fire grow. Our light of love will burn and let the people know
Our passion is only starting to ignite. Our unyielding glow of love will shine, revealing our message to the world.