rising from the crawl space

Verse 1:

I'm falling through a void, an asteroid,
Evil spirits creeping near, the weevil in the air, a piece of cake.
Crawls in the ear when you sleep near the lake,
Whispering my darkest fear, it appears, it takes.
"Why you gripping me?" I shout, turning and flinting,
Flipping sparks like a flint, defying every grip, the mark of the wits.
While others drown in shadows, my mind's blasted to bits,
I refuse to let it slip, the further I dip.

I’m stuck in this season, fighting my existence reason,
Can’t breathe right, trying to stand tall, think it's causing a lesion.
But the world feels tight, every angle’s tilted,
Cramping my knees and fighting light that taunts my way,
But I push back, I’m not seizing today,
Breaking through, I’m here, but it’s freezing to stay.

Chorus:

Man, I remember everything he tried to shut away,
Taking steps to make a move, refusing to lose,
Embracing the shoe strings of memories that stay,
I’m here to find my groove, pausing to smell every day.
Aiming for the roses, can’t help thinking atrocious,
Striking poses in the light, with every hit I take,
Rack back, breaking at it just like Moses,
I’m rising up to fight, scrolling on my tablet, looking the closest.

Verse 2:

You think you own me? There's no owning Shady when you're in the rhyme zone, baby.
Nah, you can’t rock with Shady, I’m never lonely, an army of MCs, always keeping it crazy.
One step above ground, the calm's eventually, but haunted by the night,
Behind every corner, sauna is entropy, visuals that grip tight, fizzing fireworks in the night.

A nightmare’s essence, it's Shady, you can’t escape the sound,
Each distance you make, in an effort to try to escape, feels like you’re breaking ground.
Slam it down, drown in any desert or lake,
Demonstrate this inescapable place, like the orbit of the moon or stepping on a rake.
Falling into black holes, the stakes men gotta make, losing track of space, no second take!

Chorus:

Crawling with an axe swing through the void, practicing the war,
Finding strength within, Ouija board of Slim, always searching for more.
With every fist I break, I’m carving out my fate,
Data to store within, mister, in this endless battle.
Slim spins like a twister, I never hesitate in my wizard state.

Outro:

So here I stand, shady shadow rising from the crawl space,
Fighting space, trying to find a light for my tobacco and boil.
Screaming and scheming, fighting every demon, ready to embrace.
In this twisted world, I’ll find my way to soar,
No matter how dark it gets, I’ll always come back for more.