Artist: Royce Da 5'9" f/ King Green, Logic Album: Book of Ryan Song: Caterpillar (Remix) Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro: sample of Gil Scott-Heron] You will not be able to stay home, brotha You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip out for beer during commercials Because the revolution will not be televised [King Green] This right here for the number one Number one shit with your number one You ain't number one, just another one Now e'rybody sayin that they number one [Interlude: Royce singing] Ring the alarm The caterpillar keeps firing, ohhh We in the war Where butterflies keep dyin, ahhh [Royce Da 5'9"] I'm a product of Parker Lewis and Kubiak If I didn't do this, where in the fuck would you be at? See there's a difference between us, what I spit hit arenas You a drip from my penis, I eat lions and sip hyenas You number one when it come to slaughtered mics I'm tryna be number one in my son and daughter life Uhh, all you niggaz my little rapper babies Y'all my children, y'all bit my shit and contracted rabies Don't you grade me next to these rappers baby, that's degrading My style got so many different facets I switch into so many different passions, I'm skippin class to be fascinating My pen is like Big Ben, this shit just a classic waiting Your favorite rapper come at me, I'll just decapitate him Out here congratulatin these has-beens who had they highs These rappers only won they matches because they strategize I'll bring Attica to these patterns and here's my battle cry [Interlude: Royce singing] Ring the alarm The caterpillar is firing, ohhh We in a war Where butterflies keep dying, ahhh (hey) [Chorus: King Green] This right here for the number one Number one shit with your number one You ain't number one, just another one Now e'rybody sayin that they number one Kid think your number won't quit Number one song, get your number one chick Number one fly with your number one kick When it's all done then your number gon' switch [Royce Da 5'9"] Hold up, wait a minute Guess what I'ma never do? Show so much respect to you That I feel like we're friends so now we no longer competitors That could be the death of you Never let someone who's not as smart as you, gas you up and tell you somethin you never knew Always stay professional, you always gon' make revenue Don't let people next to you, that don't want the best for you It's completely normal to hold onto a regret or two I do what I wanna do, they do what I let them do Everything these niggaz be sayin is a fuckin lie It's nothin I can say to you that is realer Remember when you praisin the butterfly Don't you ever disrespect the fuckin caterpillar [Chorus] [Logic] Yeah, sold a quarter million records in my first week And BET still don't wanna let me perform Maybe it's cause my pigment, maybe I'm bein ig'nant Maybe it's all a figment of my imagination And exaggeration exacerbates that I'm the illest, yes How many are willin to kill us? We the realest, that's why they feel us the best But I don't give a fuck about this rap shit, not really though Shittin on a brother I should love, man that's silly yo Fuck all this division and lyrical incision, it's time to unify Cause hip-hop is beautiful, it's you and I And it doesn't discriminate if you black or white and you Christian or Muslim It just love 'em and put nothin above 'em I just wanna be remembered as a good person dispersin a message of hope while the world worsen And the media will still try to find a way to turn us into clickbait and misquote, wanna keep the peace But if you do that I'ma slit throats - sike, nah "Logic's such a hypocrite," you can take a hike now Right now, I'm here to talk about suicide and depression Anxiety, mental health and all that other shit you scared to mention Yeah, I could talk about the millions I've amassed But now it just ain't the time or place It's crazy how everybody's so obsessed with my race Cause I'm proud to be black, but matter fact If it was flipped around And every time somebody asked me what it was like to be a white rapper [Interlude: Logic] "What's it like to be a white rapper, Logic?" Oh and I was just like never talked about it And I was like "Man, it's just so great being a white rapper White, white, white, white everything White, man being white's so great, wow it's so great" And then some brother was like, "Ayy, ain't yo' daddy black?!" And I was like "Oh shit!" And then the whole world be like "What, are you scared to be black? Are you ashamed to be BLACK? Motherfucker, fuck you! Fuck you, you piece of shit, mixed, biracial, fuckin cunt!" That's how they be [Logic] Cole said fuck all this black and white, it's time to unite Be who you are - identify as a star Fuck all the jewelry and money inside of yo' car You still just a person and I'm still dispersin these lyrics Fuck the rap ego shit, just be a good person now that's the spirit Shoutout to true MC's that love the culture From Duckworth to Chano, Jermaine and Joey and Aubrey and can't forget Bobby To every MC who knows that this is truly a way of life and not just a hobby Uhh, not just a hobby, uh Not just a hobby, this a way of life Shout out to Bobby, the L-O-G-I-C, this shit a way of life This shit a way of life, yeah