Complacent (feat. Blueprint)

The irony of this is COVID boosted my creative juice Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide man what I say is truth Can't make excuses put myself into a box I'm otherwise trying to climb out of on my quest for the top Yo, been on a role, got this pen feeling warm Got a few projects on the go to release to the swarm Stepping out the realm of complacency so easy to stall High off your own supply for too long you start feeling the fall Man I'm guilty to a fault Easy to make excuses under the guise of downtime to bring things to a halt Creative writing abort, mental block on my thoughts Mental picket line strike, writing rhymes feeling forced Confidence lacking the sauce to get me back on course No one else blame but myself like that's my fault The ball is back in my court, I've got to figure it out Stuck on this blank page for too long and I'm sick of it now Too complacent off my last release, it was a masterpiece Feeling myself, I felt my pen and pad had to breathe During that time off I lost a bit of drive Now I stare in the mirror of a man that I no longer recognize Too complacent off my last release, it was a masterpiece Feeling myself, I felt my pen and pad had to breathe During that time off I lost a bit of drive Now I stare in the mirror of a man that I no longer recognize Put the pedal to the metal was my M.O Now I deal with the repercussions of when you try to settle And coast, cruise control while you're resting on your laurels Complacency will have you bed ridden like some florals The 1st hurdle is rising to reach that plateau The 2nd hurdle's maintaining that level's flat slope And if you're that dope, the slope stays on an incline Upwards, never heading on the decline Yo, it's human nature to bask in ones achievements The key is understanding what happens after that event The yearning and the honing of one's craft is everlasting And I realize it now I took this here passion for granted Uphill climb off hiatus getting back to game form Bench pressing in the lab getting my pen game strong Reinvigorating this hunger for music that had me high Keep creating regardless of who, the what, where's and whys Too complacent off my last release, it was a masterpiece Feeling myself, I felt my pen and pad had to breathe During that time off I lost a bit of drive Now I stare in the mirror of a man that I no longer recognize Too complacent off my last release, it was a masterpiece Feeling myself, I felt my pen and pad had to breathe During that time off I lost a bit of drive Now I stare in the mirror of a man that I no longer recognize They say you learn more from failure than you do success Only adversity can really put you to the test How to move through the stress, how to do more with less They were sleeping on you but you wouldn't rest Every time you want to race you would lose step Trying to push the pace but all you want to do is rest While they expect you to continue to impress, to continue to invest Never coasting do your best, yes A foolish man gets drunken from his victories A wise man gets sobered by his losses The side effect of being trapped in complacency And never understanding what the true cause is You've got to win enough to maintain your hunger But not lose so much that you start to get discouraged After the victory comes the real danger 'Cause fighting a complacency, that takes courage like that