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The Protagonist Lyrics by MILE

Trading Hours

2017

[Verse 1: MILE]
Really just tryna, just tryna find the sequence and everything…
Yeah, backpack rappers back track on these tattoos and them snapbacks
Y’all ain’t bringing nothing new like a flashback
These flash in the pan, fashion-obsessed farces
That only move with a flame but never knew where the spark is
Who my city burns - one of y’all must have dropped a torch
On a trail of gasoline that would let it all scorch
And straight from the ashes we brought the phoenix out
To send them all to hell, the least we could give was a scenic route
I finally feel like I’m a part of it
All these bodies are worth it so you see me put my heart in it
Leave my soul in the booth, leave my mind on this pad
Use my blood as the ink for all the nerves that I had
Skeletons in my thoughts that is finally out in the open
It’s tooth and nail for the scrimmage it’s the hustle for my own skin
And people around me know I'd give a limb for this
Every breath in my lungs to say my piece when I sing for this

[Hook: MILE]
Truth, spirit, powers, forces
Truth, spirit, powers, forces (don’t mind me)
Truth, spirit, powers, forces
Truth, spirit, powers, forces (don’t mind me)
Truth, spirit, powers, forces (legends working on their own time)
Truth, spirit, powers, forces (don’t mind me)
Truth, spirit, powers, forces (legends working on their own time)
Truth, spirit, powers, forces (so don’t mind me)

[Verse 2: MILE]
These days I’m showing love like my niggas show money
Proving that it exists but not always getting it from me
You leeching off of the goat like a cucaracha, don’t work for me
Unless you really work for me, and trust me dawg it hurts for me
To hear you want my fall as much as you want a verse from me
Double standard shit, acting like we get handed shit
Rather you take my life than take the shit I do for granted
Skati Sami I’m repping a brand like niggas is branded
It’s, to keep it candid nigga
And I could give a fuck about the fan shit nigga
I’m an artist that comes with a message with limited characters
So rich soil is where my seeds are planted nigga
A couple rappers gon’ hear this and start reaching
Philosopher: I went from niche markets to Fredrich Nietzsche
Beseech me, might come with a bang just to disappear again
Ask my old girls, I put the ‘ex’ in experience

[Hook]

[Bridge: Verseless & MILE]
Don’t mind me…
Don’t mind me…
Legends working on their own time
V-sign, cosign
Ratio golden: we on that phi
Low key the solution, by design
Legends working on their own time
3.14, yeah the whole pi
Odds get even doing numbers like it’s crunch time
Never get divided, yes sir, we the prime
Legends working on their own time
V-sign, cosign
Ratio golden: we on that phi
Low key the solution, by design
Legends working on their own time
3.14, yeah the whole pi
Odds get even doing numbers like it’s crunch time
Never get divided, yes sir, we the prime

[Scat Outro: Verseless]
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"The Protagonist" appears on "Trading Hours" in 2017.

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