You Ain't Seen My Final Form Yet, by Ill-Vain, Cory Johnson (2024)

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Born to fight, piloting a mech like Evagelion/Woke up in the body of a young black American/Dissonance Between the World and Me like Ta-Nehisi/Innocence ain't my priority so yall can eat me/Arrogance is what they call me when my head ain't low enough/Humble's what they call me when I tell the world I 've given up/I'm hearing whispers that this life is cruel and evanescent/ But the oppression be the fuel to my incandescence/Call it paranoia but I think its Kafka-esque/how the worst fate targets who we call the best/The Universe is biased and it tortures who I deem a threat/When it comes to me, I ain't whimpering--I BEAT MY CHEST!/...ILL-Vain kill 'em with the common sense/Still can't penetrate my obstinance/ Broke, deliverying opulence/ Stoked they still ain't boxed me in/Ya'll know I go straight savage/Algernon my way through the labyrinth/Although we already know that there ain't no goal--we just live for the action/No sweat/ just a whole lotta laughin'/Some stress but a whole lot passion/Don't fret about the views of the factions/Just worry bout you and ya path son/Mada fact I dribble off track some/Dabble in a little this and that some/Cause we swimmin' in an endless vacuum/And I know they'll call me back soon/So I ain't lookin for absolute truth/a ghost in the sky or a mountain of loot/a place to call home or a fountain of youth/I look in the mirror--I'm waitin' on YOU/Before they prey on you...I pray to you/What they gon' do...when WE come through?/I be on my own plane/ deep within my own brain/In here there is no shame/ enter and you'll learn pain/UGH! And don't you ever forget! ......YOU AINT SEEN MY FINAL FORM YET!I said...YOU AINT SEEN MY FINAL FORM YET!

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(ILL-Vain)From now on I'm rejectin all of your sh*t/Long overdue--never once adored it/Yeah I'm bout to focus on my own/If it ain't about US imma leave that sh*t alone/f*ck yo films and f*ck yo songs/Petty ass me like ALL YEAR LONG/I'm just tryna be free like Andy Dufrense/ But when I get out, Imma be so clean/Be so wise. That kid's so mean/But when its all done imma be yo king/Man f*ck yo king--imma be yo god/and swear to myself imma beat all odds/Break these bars up in my dome/Crush this world and build my own/Beat your best then beat the rest/...I'm just tryna be me af/I'm just tryna be myself/Ripped yo script and built my dream/f*ck yo football/basketball team/bible thumpin' nothin not sh*t 'round me/Coconut Oil Scented pick 'round me/Imma tell you what NOBODY told me/I rule everything that I see/I rule everything that I see/I rule everything that I see/I rule everything that I see/I rule everything that I see/Pretty chill dude/ Cynical world view/And the world gon' rue/the sh*t that they did to me/I be the antithesis of all entities/ tryna shame me for the power I bring with me/villainy/(J-Bush)From now on I believe in all the fake sh*t/gained sight to the code in the matrix/Yeah--I got new world view/and the mirror seein' more than the victim of a slave ship/I see beyond a face of a man/I'm amazed cause I'm lookin at the god within/I arrived at the point where my hips not joint/to the world so I don't identify with being atheist/Yeah--and that's settin' me free/cause not believing in god's/Not believing in me/I gotta...new grind/Lettin' light shine/ from the heart/so I never take the mark of the beast/And I'll...Never take another L/Even though the world tellin' me I'm gonna fail/Well, its all good cause I love self/And to be honest with ya/There ain't really nothin' else/I guess I'm feelin the vibe feelin the vibe/vibratin' high as f*ck/ cause I follow up/with each rhyme/ these are the times/look at the Signs/No M. Night Shymalan/Cause this plot goin' down light a cannon ball/And each line got the whole world fannin' off/Cause it's hot like sand on Panama/Beach/, cause I just reach/Through every obstacle--searchin' for peace/Follow my lead/ by being yourself/cause I couldn't be them/I could only be me/ (yeah, yeah)/AF/ Way left/Like the hand on my heart in my chest/I take this vow to renew this pledge/and submit to become/ God in the flesh/ Oh yes, yes/ME AFTea tree in my afro/Green tea in my glass tho/月にかわっておしおきよThat's Japanese in my raps, yo/Gundam Seed on my hard drive/Marvin Gaye when I part thighs/So that's freakmode at midnight/and anime by "Sunrise"/I used to be a self-hatin' negro/hyper criticism of my people/but I left the old me in a deep Hole/and the new me is piloting the Big O/And I'm stepping on my captors/castin' black magic/Save spot, slay boss--back to problack sh*t/SS Melanin quick, No practice/Me AF get ki blasted/(J-Bush)Wow/ oh sh*t oh man/Young black boy got a grip. God damn!/Wasn't 'posed to take sh*t but commands/And they 'bout to take it all. Take that. No hands/Take that take that/ P.Diddy wit it/green herb in the back/Feel a philly with it/Blow it out too loud so the city feel it/Now I'm floatin' in the clouds--won't land/Gave up on the life of the havenots/But ain't gotta sell dope by the crack spot/Yeah, I found the key to the padlock/and gained self worth without actin' like a mascot/Black God that's me. Dread loc hat free/Flyin' through the city like a ghost/headed to the top/ from the bottom/and I'd never thought I'd find em/So gon' give that young man a toast/ Go.

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It all started with my first dose of pain/Fell off my bike, filled my shirt up with stains/Mouth full of blood, parents showed me love/Told me I was strong for the way I maintained/Told me life gets worse its a very grave game/But what don't kill you makes great change/A decade and a half came and it passed/Now I'm standin' in the grass at my father's grave like/"Damn this is only the beginnin?/I'd rather end it now instead of copin with these feelins/Get attached; tell everybody bye/If you make it even longer you watch everybody die."/Can I do it? I think I can! Full throttle! Super Saiyan/So when I'm near death but don't die, I come back stronger than ever--that's Zenkai!"(Chorus)でてこいとびきり　ZENKA　POWER!When they all die, when the money goneWhen I fail it all/ When I stand alone/I come back from dark places with the most light when I shine I turn faces/During plight still fight power level raises/ Zenkai! We survive through the worst cases/So when an MC rips off my sickest flow/ I regenerate like the arm of piccolo/ Zenkai, if you don't know what it is/ it's what kept me on the edge without jumpin' off the bridge/ Think of what it'd do for your kids!/A little optimism could increase a will to live/I spit that Gohan-pops-died-and-so-on-birds-in-his-eye-and-then-he-cries-and-goes-blonde/So mad cause I'm rare and they can't be me/Solar Flare to the haters cause they can't see me/Confidence is my ultimate attack/Not even king kai can prepare you for that!/ChorusWhen a Saiyan is half dead/And ain't got enough to live/Zenkai Power's the process/That makes him get up again/In the real world we ain't got that/That's why I picked up the pen/Cause happiness is the object/So get the f*ck up and live!/If suicide's at an all time high...then I gotta raise my power level higher/We all know its a cold world!...that's why I gotta spit that fire/So when you're knocked out the sky...tell em that you're flying down!/And don't you ever forget!...to leave a crater when you hit the ground!/

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it started off a whisper, turned into a hollerI held it in at ease but my grip began to falter/Gnawing on the innards of my center unbothered/I tried to pray to god but it led me from the alter/I cried about the fury and the strife/But the world brushed it off as another part of life/The demon inside was with me through the plight/I trust it/ I relaxed and let em have another bite/ f*ck it/Plus it/ promised me incredible strength/ motivated me to basically stay on the defense/All approaching objects/ be targets/Claiming friendship will leave you dead and discarded/And I don`t give a f*ck about a brother or an ally/All of yall the same if you ain`t cutting through this barbwire/Keepin me contained/ trapped to this behemoth/Whose misanthropic views I am starting to agree with/It’s a mother f*ckin wonder why I never thought to plunder back/Monster in me bigger now plottin on our next attack/I don`t give a f*ck what you label me or see me as/All of ya hatred's become an aphrodisiac/Deem me as "defiant"/ a "demon on a ragin` path"/We all know you`ve always had an ache to blast/Free at last aint a phrase that i stated/After being weak, docile and sedated/Played with fire /Made ya bedYou still don`t get where the chaos bred from/Bread crumbs… leading right back to yall/The sole reason ya empire`s bout to fallCause the back that you built it all on/ bout to stand the f*ck up with its sword all drawn/No yawn cause the monster don`t sleep/The power`s gohan but the mind Johan/

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Sunlight side swipes my sleepin'/"God damn it imma love this weekend!"/Tea tree coconut just seep in/High off self-love--I breathe in/No foes/ just pros I'm con-less/Dispel my woes when prompted/Adjust my volume promptly/No thoughts--just shakin' and vibin/How often do you think about the warmth of a coffin/Stray bullets from a war uninvolved in?/What caused them?/I'm coughin/All I see is my mama's missed calls/Rear view shows the past few broads/lovin' me while I just looked on/Wonder how this life moves on/My voice echoes to nowhere/My dreams disperse to thin air/All laughs I caused will bring tears/My name alone will be spared/All time spent on me vanquished/Every birthday, Christmas, banquet/Every lesson I learned proved worthless/Cause my body goin' in to earth quick/This biochemical mail, made of infinitesimal cells/DNA strands, every word that I said/All wiped away by a tiny piece of lead/NAH--ain't a heaven for a G/An A or a B/ Or a C for that matter/And if there's a "plan" for my brains to get splattered/I curse all creators till I am but matter--I'm GONE!/This body is not a shell...

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(ILL-Vain)Damn shame you could never witness/Ya boy's plight turned flight/ off to new beginnings/I had my head down often back when you were living/Bc that chemical imbalance gave me skewered visions/Now i see the power in me you mythologized/I wrote you off cause i was lost and I apologize/I got crew world wide/ lady by my side/And the place I reside/ land of Sun Rise/I know it sounds odd but i waved them waves bye/Along with the faith/ replaced with good vibes/But i still listen to my inner intuitions/Invokin you when im facing tough decisions/I channel you when right and wrong identical/Storm clouds pour moonlight or when I need a mircale/I just keep mind who i look like in mirror/you/Damn shame youll never see what I was geared to do/Got a lady with ethereal smiles… damn shame you won't be around/Every demon from the past be inferior now/ damn shame you won't be around/my clinical depression far behind by miles/Living in japan aint so mystical now/Still cynical as f*ck but the usual clown/HA/I feel like I'm stubborn as ever/And Imma be that way if its for worst or for better/For years I kept a smile hopin to keep it together/But all that fake emotion did was keep me tethered/To the ground and on a chain ain't no way that a bird should live/So imma spread my wings feel like I'm leaving the earth again/And I don't mean it like how I used to get high/More like how you would throw me up and tell me reach for the sky/Mama told you not to drop me you ain't do that sh*t once/All your consistence i was given, now im livin it up/Remember in the hospital when you didnt get up/The time you found me in my dreams and told me never give up/so I didn't and now I'm feelin' like nothin can sweat me/And if I doubt it I remember the words that you left me/So in truth I keep it poppin' confessions confetti/And even though you went to heaven you'll never forget me/I'm still kneeling at the thrown when I'm back in town/(damn shame you ain't been around)Ya grandson becomin' a genius you can see that now/(damn shame you ain't been around)They tell me I'm like you every day and I don't believe it/but when them emotions is steamin' yo I swear I can see it/So when they ask you who the king is I'm gon show 'em the crown/(Damn Shame you ain't been around)

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From the moment i seen't itI knew that i could achieve itI closed my eyes and stopped breathinOpened my mouth, started screamin/Soon enough i got bored of it/No sign of metamorphosis,/vapor leaks from my pores n sh*t,/Or that aura sh*t/Course I did/ i bet/ you prolly did too/Super Saiyan 1 or was it double S 2?/The imagery still sticks to me/ but really what does it mean/What's this yearning/ for transforming into something pristine/Somethin greater than I/Yet something buried inside/Somethin callin for me/ to just ascend to the sky/But the voice is but an echo from the back of cave/ Barricaded by my worries, faults, fears and self hate/My real state which I crave is prolly fadin away/In my effort to appease all the peers in my day/Maybe the path to goin TRILL aint a journey afar/Its a journey of discoverin the trill that you are/(Hook)Let me tell you bout a secret technique/A training process that is trully unique/Channel all energy to the person you be/Self-Love is the key pushin' you to your peak/Transform----go SST!Transform---GO SST! I shouldve known they weren't friends of mine/I let em chain me down and keep ya man confined/I let the words of another change ya mans design/As if ya man should be ashamed of being damn divine/So that demon fox seal is off/I wont yield or halt/ Til the deity in me has wrought/ But honestly I could only hold me at fault/I had the key, gave it up and let em lock the vault/So I unlearned the lessons and the reason, selfdetestin', the deceiving and aggression that them demons taught/ And I retrieved the blessings and lessons of my brethren all components of my essence i believed were lost/My iller state is there/ in my ego like a lair/i could reach it if I dare/penetrate these walls/And shed layer after layer after layer after layer after layer after layer like matroshyka dolls/ and transform/ (hook)Beast mode and now i flow like Leviathan You in deep sh*t if its you a I feast my eyes uponOff sight alone, foes babble on--quick, fold, fall, Babylon/I'm not the one to tattle on/Gon' leave them words alone/Quit it...stop it/I see what's in ya pocket/Gon' head...Pop it/But bullets can't tarnish the embodiment of knowledge/I come back resurrected--7Dragonballs provided/I don't let the universe limit my options to Red or Blue Pillin the hands of Bill Cosby/I'm alright with the hard life--why bother?/Ya'll can take a long hike in all whites like Oscars/Students never seen a teacher like me come through/lining up to see that line up like Bonnaroo/ My class has mo' laughs than black BBQs/That's education with ILL's sick point of view/(Hook)