"If Word Gets Around (About Fineprint)"

I've been warned that I need to be silent wit' e'ry move I make
But I can't wait, excited 'bout what I'm comin' wit'
E'ry time I pen somethin' new, feel like the fuckin' shit
People waitin' patiently for me to drop a fuckin' hit
I'm in grind mode, but ain't grindin' like I'm 'posed to
Should be out doin' shows, hit the stage postal
'Fore I make it worldwide, gotta make it local
But this doubt deep inside done kept me on the sofa
Writin' my life, recordin' a gist of it
Dealin' wit' stress, drownin' in the midst of it
Dropped a lot of work, fools love to discredit
'Cause I use instrumentals, that type of shit's pathetic
So what you heard that muthafuckin' beat before?
You never heard it wit' my muthafuckin' rhymes on it
So, when I come around to sprinkle out my lines on it
You'll be aghast that you bypassed my heat before
Or maybe you ignore me 'cause I'm nothin' new in this genre
But spend ya' time screamin' how you miss the Old School
That's hypocritic to me, I'm sick of critics, ya see
This shit is gettin' to me, you should've listened to me
But I can't force it if I'm not yo' type of emcee
You want somebody strictly Conscious, now I see
That just one of my modes, I'm known to be all-around
But that shit's good to know if word gets around
About that artist known as Fineprint
A higher pedigree wit' 95% of rhymes that I invent
Increasin' dopamine, soon as the bars
Hit ears an' make contact, peep the swoonin' broads
Straight from the launchpad, tracks boom in cars
Turn me up an' wake the neighbors, or make 'em run like White flight
One of y'all gotta see how Eddie White's tight
Confidence like Mayweather every fight night
See I got pride an' it's fragile
But I'm workin' on buildin' up resilience
Still, I never back away from any battle
No need to shy away from showin' lyrical brilliance
I've been knocked down so many pegs
That I started playin' muthafuckin' Mastermind
So far what I can say about this craft of mine
Is that I'm steadily improvin', time after time

Ha... yeah, I'm steadily improvin', time after time...