Guidelines Elaquent (Ft. Oddisee)

[Verse 1]
To myself I keep, that's the recipe
Greediness is an ingredient to lesser sleep
Rest easy, get my blessings in the threaded sheets
Buy my book of life, the lessons deep
Accept defeat as a cost, and not a lost
A pause is nothing more than the play you're involved in
Days are short and when you're the sun, it's where it revolves in
Let it rise in another's eyes
The death of one thing is not the total sum demise
My daughter looking at me
She's the difference in me, being not just looking happy
Prioritize my mortality, nothing more than lies
The metaphor for my methods will be my daughters' eyes
My elder told me I'm the first man she will ever love
Good luck to the person that hopes to be above
I've seen enough to help me read a bluff
The beast slayer let me feast on it to eat it up
Now we suppin'

[Chorus]
I just mind mine, abide by
My own rules, guidelines
Blueprints, white lines
Drove through, drive-by
I just mind mine, abide by
My own rules, guidelines
Blueprints, white lines
Drove through, drive-by