Royce da 5'9"

Released: May 21, 2014

Songwriter: Royce da 5'9"

Producer: AraabMUZIK

[Produced by AraabMUZIK]

[Hook]
What's in my mind
What's in my mind
What's in my mind
Riding on the wind
What's in my mind
Riding on the wind

[Verse 1: Royce da 5'9"]
I'm like royalty around y'all
Down to fall with niggas I feel are as loyal as me
Which is probably why loyalty is my downfall
Nobody's perfect, I'm first to admit
I know I'm flawed
Especially with the chicks I used to be with, that I don't call
I got an on-off switch that drives them up a wall
Wasn't my intention just my attention
Span for they kind, sometime it's high, sometime it's low
I switch into a magician when it's her time to go
Mekka-lekka-ha mekka-hani-ho, keep drama low
I ain't Clyde, she ain't Bonnie, no
She rode a rollercoaster ride with a junkie
Cheating on his wife
Stuck in the moment, now it his time to grow
I used to wear rhinestones, sometimes I vibe wrong
I'm just being honest
I'm the kind that can probably get addicted to anything
If I'm constantly around it
But I believe in Karma, so when bad things happen to me
In my career it was easy for me to stomach
Especially in a industry where they teach you to dumb it
Down for the public
I just keep it 100

[Hook]
What's in my mind
Riding on the wind
What's in my mind
Riding on the wind

[Verse 2: Royce da 5'9"]
Uh, which makes me royalty around gods
The more you grow into you, the more you mature
And you know your crew is gon' downsize
That's when it's beautiful
What I'm riding with 50 shooters for, I got to pray
Marshall made a nigga nigga-rich
That's rich enough to go muscle up and not rich enough to get out the way
Most dangerous position I could be in
Richer than niggas thinking, but not as rich as them niggas think
Shady got these industry niggas on some fiend shit
They use me to try to get to him, like a seamstress
I tell a nigga quick to e-mail Paul
And quit acting like a female dog
Other than that, shoutout my nigga Khaled
You the homie my nigga
If it was up to me, you know bro would be on it my nigga
You turned that Ross verse around for me in like a day
While I'm blowing Big Sean phone up for a verse
Feeling like, instead of this busy body shit with my family
I might as well try for Ye
Don't mind me, I'm just keeping it 100

[Outro]
What's in my mind
Riding on the wind and turning with the tide
What's in my mind
What's in my mind
What's in my mind
Riding on the wind

Royce da 5'9", real name Ryan Daniel Montgomery, is undoubtedly one of the underground rap kings of Detroit. The Michigan MC is a long-time collaborator of Eminem’s, meeting him in December 1997, and is noted as one of the greatest lyricists in hip-hop’s history (in 2012, The Source ranked him as the 48th greatest lyricist of all time in their top 50, this questionable ranking unsurprisingly being scrutinized by many as a gross misjudgment).

Although critics have previously cast shade on his ability to create a well-rounded body of work, many, critics included, considered his sophomore effort, Death is Certain (2004), to be a strong album. To learn more in-depth about his solo discography, read this page (the page listed is old, so it is not updated).

Royce is the Bad half of Bad Meets Evil (with Eminem), ¼ of Slaughterhouse (alongside Crooked I KXNG CROOKED, Joe Budden and Joell Ortiz), and ½ of PRhyme (with DJ Premier). Royce currently operates a independent record label, Bad Half Entertainment.

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