It starts with a rhyme, it starts in my mind I send it to the paper, then put it on the line The message is my pimp, the message is my life I'm hoping that the message in your heart realign And you realize that I'm just spitting, I ain't being wise I'm just being I, being free upon this beat And now you're seeing that I got a beat upon this beat for just some peace of mind Looking for a decent rhyme, really I just need some time But time waits for no man, I know that I know if I don't keep up with the program I'm old hat, and so I'm trying to speak up I'm trying to travel from my zone into your speaker On my own fam, alone man But still I'm managing, ain't standing still I ain't a mannequin Ain't standing still until I'm traveling So far that they won't see me again But for the moment, it's just me and my pimp It's me and my pimp, ayy It's me and my pimp I'm ranting what I see so I can see it again, okay, ayy And I don't even know where I'm at now, right now I'm just hoping it will take me away, ayy Take me away, ayy I'm hoping it will take me away, ayy Cause when I don't know what to say I find me a page and it's me and my pimp My pimp, my pimp, my pimp My pimp, my pimp, my pimp It's just me and my pimp My pimp, my pimp, my pimp My pimp, my pimp, my pimp You make me feel comfortable The only one that lets me talk for hours So with you I feel empowered I got a lot to say You know it's been a long week When don't nobody wanna hear it I come to you when I speak Let me just vent and get solution off my chest I f***ed up so many times I don't know what's really left I'm in a place where only me and my pimp will comprehend I trust in you like a friend I'm holding you to the end Look, you number two and number one in my life You give me hope when I'm depressed That it's gon' all be alright You let me create a image With flowers and red ribbons I pick you up every night Just to tell you about how I'm living You know just how it is When dealing with music bears I'm struggling on my own Just wanna be in my zone No flex, but I hate when we apart like an ex Cause don't nobody understand You write the pieces to my plan Let's go It's me and my pimp I'm writing what I see so I can see it again And I don't even know why I'm a rat now I'm just hoping it will take me away Take me away I'm hoping it will take me away Cause when I don't know what to say I find me a page and it's me and my pimp It's just me and my pimp It's just me and my pimp A skinny little nine year old Trying to find a role Letting my mind evolve Scribbling, writing rhymes when I got home Thought I wasn't alone Just me and my pen and a zone Friend not a foe What I was writing I was setting in stone Full of fear but I was letting it go And I'm telling you so you understand me Like you're part of the family Hand on my heart, heart on my sleeve You can't really brand me I write and remember the nights In the 90s, Decembers A quiet pretender Just lighting a fire Giving no sign of dying Like Amber with some trying events But we got through them My pen influenced by everything I was doing And so you see Nothing that you don't believe You just know it's me I'm writing it all The highs and the times That I fool writing like I'm at school I'm finally finding I'm cool With the person the pen paints a picture of The pen paved the way Put me in a place that I wasn't thinking of Cause when it's in the pen It's independent of my preconceived perceptions I just put it in a sentence and forget it Then remember when I read it that I meant it I give my pen all of the credit My pen, my pen, my pen My pen, my pen, my pen My pen, my pen, my pen My pen, my pen, my pen My pen, my pen, my pen