LOTTO
mc Silk Lyrics

I feel it like a rhythm
I sense it like a beat

I feel it in my veins
I experience it in my blood

Always wanted more never had enough
I craved more, but never had sufficient

It just happens to be the pain
Pain is just a coincidence

So if there's no gain without it
If there's no reward without it

I should be the wealthiest man
I would be the richest man

Still it doesn't matter what you got
It doesn't matter what you have

It's just how you feel about it
It's only how you feel about it

So than again maybe just I am
Perhaps it's just me

You can have everything and feel nothing
You can possess all, yet feel empty

Have a million fans
Have a million admirers

And feel the emptiness
And still feel a void

Because you know you're just hustling
Because you know you're just scheming

When they are copying your simple ideas
When others copy your simple plans

Those whom you once looked down on like a politician
Those whom you once belittled like a politician

I prefer the chosen few, like a dog with a buried bone
I prefer the select few, like a dog with a buried catch

I like to feel unsatisfied, this wild nature shows in my rap
I like to feel dissatisfied, my wild nature reflects in my rap

I still seek, you know, even when I have what I need
I still search, you know, even when I have what I want

Maybe if we had what we wanted
Perhaps if we had what we desired

We wouldn't know what to want
We wouldn't know what we desired

So f*** Lotto, like a plane in flight
So forget Lotto, like a flying plane

Rather than a long journey, when you sense
Instead of a long voyage, when you feel

Every step, every line
Every stride, every verse

I have in mind when this came to be
I recall when this was created

Leaves a trace to grab the neck like a mother dog
Leaves a mark to seize the collar like a nurturing dog

Regardless of what you do, you still have a choice
No matter what you do, you still have an option

To remain yourself or be a hostage of expectations
To remain original or be a prisoner of expectations

Get applause or respect
Receive ovation or honour

Even when it's just self-respect
Even if it's merely self-esteem

Open card versus Carthage
A clear card versus betrayal

My shield
My shield

Bulletproof vest on current hits
Kevlar vest on contemporary tunes

Their eyebrows raised when I see their respect by force
Their eyebrows rise when I perceive their respect by force

When I close a deal, it's my own counter-attack
When I seal a deal, it's my own retaliation

I still have an aversion to the status quo
I still loathe the current state of things

Sometimes I fall, just to feel the flight
At times, I stumble, to sense the soar

F*** luck, fate claws the only sense
Forget luck, destiny tears the only purpose

Since the value of things is just pure context
Since the worth of things is merely the context

Today I open my beer with an old phone
Today I pop my beer with an obsolete phone

So if there's anything at all, it's the goosebumps
So if there's anything at all, it's the shivers

When I make a comeback
When I make a return

To be free, to be free
To be liberated, to be liberated