Know The Game

Know the game, but don't let it know you.
Move with a purpose, not your gun and then the proof.
Know the game, keep your heart up to firm.
I learned the rules,
But I never became— I watched ambition turn brothers to strangers.
Watched small money create bigger dangers.
Watched empty men dress themselves like kings,
While quiet minds were building bigger things.
I don't confuse noise with authority.
Loyalty with temporary company.
Love taught me patience, pain taught me sight,