RyE On Ego Trippin...Back for the First Time

Just freestylin my thoughts on what tomorrow brings...

Yo boy Pes' is fly like spaceships
haters like food I feast after graces
Only rock basics, Reebok Classics
Graduated from "fucked up" no longer getting wasted
Real life placement, moved from the basement, placed on a matrix based on a day in the life spent..
Acapella Freestyle all harder than your song said
My life span designed to be thicker than a red bone
I'm a problem when I'm in the zone
So pardon me for being blunt I'm just being direct
I don't really deal with beef cuz I digest
But if you haters feeling froggy get disect
I show these niggas how to stroke with my bicep
Cuz the Queens kid clocked in like a giant Gob-a-lin
Stack cash never spend like kids in recess I bully lunch money
Been selling Kool Aid since I was young honey
Never stop earnin I'm still learnin
I'm way past hot and homey I'm still burning

Rumors of the Demise of Rye is dead
Change gon come that's what Barack said
I prefer Money Power and Respect like the Lox said
Leader of the New School that's what Jess said
Don't need Fendi this or Gucci that, maybe a little Sierra Leon Diamond enough said
You can know so much yet but know nothing, if I know nothing else bet I know hustlin
This ain't even supposed to rhyme its a controlled substance
No iron pumping just kettle bell swinging
I just do business I don't do friends long as the money right I'm in
Don't need to second guess the best I'm him
Still wrap circles round these new Urkels cuz I stay in my lane till it open up
Like a sponge to the game I just soak it up
5 years in I deserve it
Cypher so hard I just murdered it

So God bless my "Soul" I just found religion
And with help from a "Birdseye" view she help channel my vision
Uncaged uplift me out of my prison
Everything I say imitate my life
My words be inspiration to your life
That's why I let you into my diary to admire me
The makings of this man see my private dichotomy
So if you hear me God open up the pearly gates, let me entrada
Rip open my body, fuck me up like a pinata
Just know those that come after me, all basura
I might have slipped for a minute that was not by design
Gotta remember God has plans for mine
Slight different approach I thought He wanted me out through my ass hole
But worry not case you forgot he let it be and left me, The Asshole
So all you doubters can hug and kiss my ass x and o
The fact that I'm free let me know God is great
To spread my kool aid no concentrate
So never fear Superman is here
Clark Kent by the desk I shall appear
Hakuna mata, feet up sippin java...

Guess who's back?

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RyE On Ego Trippin Part 4 + Two Years Gone Continued

And might I add this to my previous blog..

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RyE On Ego Trippin Part 4 + Two Years Gone

"The motivation for me... was them telling me what I could not be. Fuck Ya'll"

 

Let's be honest. I haven't exactly been the most straight forward individual when it comes to my life.
At times I can be a pretty big asshole when I feel like you come close to anything I consider personal or private. Shady kinda comes to mind to describe me. I'm working on it. Trust me.

I think I've said this a million times. I hate talking. I just like to do. Action speaks louder than words for me. But every so often I like to boast. I like to release some aggression.And right now I got a lot of pent up aggression. I want to turn the page on this chapter in my life. So I hope to get this all off my chest now.

Fuck You. Fuck all of you. To everyone who ever doubted me. To everyone who ever thought I wasn't good enough. To everyone who tried to hold me back. To everyone who expected me to be anything less than I can be. To everyone who can't see me for me. Fuck you all.

I have a hard time accepting rejection. I don't like losing. I'm a Type A always Number 1 personality. And if I ain't then I fight very hard to make you see you were wrong in looking past me. So when I feel like I'm not #1 or that I am not getting what I deserve it eats at me. Burns a hole right through me. I can respect defeat but not when I know I'm the better man.

You're a selfish bitch. I see it now. You always wanted it your way. Even now you can't seem to look at me and see what I'm worth. You never put me first and yet I always did. You claim to know me but I'm beginning to think you never did. Because all the shit you hated about me and wanted to change is everything I am. You made me feel less of a man and for what? Because I couldn't give you the life that you wanted? What happened to my goals and dreams? I'm just supposed to give you the world and forget mine?

The sad truth is I was willing to do that. I was willing to give you the world and everything you ever wanted in life. But not at the expense of my dreams.

You're my Past. When you decided to make your decision on how you wanted to move forward with your life I know that you would remain in my past and not part of my future. And I accepted that. But to come back to me and make me a ghost because when your situation is fucked up I'm the only one you got. I got news for you. This ghost is very much alive. Just remember there was a ring on your finger....and I'm not talking about the one your sporting now. But hey...that's just the past.

You're my biggest fake cheerleader. When I was going through my ups and downs you were there for me. I won't forget that. We had our moment in the sun and it was unexpected but I guess how it all came to an end didn't exactly sit well with me. You got your single life jollies off of me and then went running back to the one you left. That's fine. Homeboy is actually really cool. But I'm a pretty big secret that he will never know will he?   And you did him wrong because you know that if you told him you guys probably won't be together right now. But you won't ruin that with a fling right? Not that I had any issues with being a "fling." Hell I got out of a relationship shortly after so I was just trying to figure things all out. But all the things you told me...and all the things you said doesn't add up to how things unfolded. But I guess that's just blond ambition ain't it? It's OK I'll take this secret to the grave. ;)


Fuck You. Fuck You All.....

.....but thanks for the motivation :) 

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RyE On Ego Trippin Part 3 (Knowing His Role)

The Best

I never asked to be on top.

But I always strive to be there.

Being on top of my game.

The top is all relevant to you.

The Top of your business. The Top of your peers. The Top of your surroundings.

It's funny when you start hearing enough people say things about you that you start to take notice of what they say.

Never been the one to really take myself so serious about what others think or perceive of me.

I know who I am and what I've contributed to the game. The game I call life I ain't never been fucked you can call me celibate.

I'm rarely out of my element cause I always keep one foot in and one foot out with a firm grip on reality.

I bring to the table what I know best from the ghetto to the Corp. I'm as intelligent as the next but I just utilize it better than most.

Don't like to label myself as anything other than the best. Not to jack Jay's swag but I ain't a business man I'm just a smart man handling his business.

My learning curve is ridiculous. There is no limit to my knowledge and no self righteous barriers to prevent me from being the student.

But don't think the student can't teach. ;)

Hell I'm a preacher with a sermon to preach.

And I got a following I never intended to reach.

Though my head is in the clouds my feet are firmly on the pavement. ALL my moves are calculated from a simple head nod to signing off on multi million negotiations. (What you think that just because I know of who you are I'm going to acknowledge you? Nah homie, consider it a blessing when I show interest)

That statement above is what my "business folks" don't like about me. The industry ain't make me. I'm only in it for a minute so cherish every second you get.

I am a game changer and people take notice.

Me playing small doesn't help this me or those around me.

If I am to lead I want to lead bright and push those around me to be better than me.

I've done the block and it's time to make my international rounds.

So check the stats one more time:

• Been hustlin since the age of 13.
• Paid taxes at the age of 15.
• Had a 401K with health benefits at 19.
• Been a President twice before 21.
• High demand at 23
• Home Owner when the market bottomed out
• Reached my Quarter Century and nigga I'm about my BUSINESS!

So when I say I'm the best bitch I got my reasons.

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RyE on Ego Trippin Part Two (Self Reflection)

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine,. we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are ;liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others"

- Marianne Williamson (Nelson Mandela 1994 inauguration speech)

I haven't done this in a minute so excuse me as I explore my mind

I'm something like a showboat...better yet a yacht

My light shine so bright...cause I'm so motherfuckin hot

Damn

I try to catch myself but I would never fall... far,

From the many I'm Petty, freefallin past all of ya'll

Even those ahead of me I'm comin from behind -

Pause

This my graduation year you won't see me in the fall

And though I'm so senior I'm still so fresh maaaan

Pardon my swag but I boast simply because I caaaaan maan

Call me cocky, Call me Kanye, call me Mr. arrogaaaant

Call me Mr. Everything and More

Cause I'm better than all these other bitches ever seen before

Damn

There I go again spittin, poppin off

And I'm so far from a Jew but when I recite a bar or two I deserve a Mazel tov

Fuck no 9-5's I ain't quittin I'm just movin on

Cause I'm finnin to blow-

PAUSE

I hear the haters over the applause

But I tell em I ain't mad at chew/you

Cuz my fanbase is more obsessed than white folks over Dave Matthews

DAMN

I was born to win no matter if I sin I will get my feathered wings

I will die before I lose cause losings not an option/op-shiiin

So before I go let me get this off my chest maan

Consider me the reason hating became such a fashion

I'm out

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RyE on Ego Trippin Part 1

"Follow my steps is the road to success"

*Where the niggaz know you're thorough when the girls say yes (yes!)
But I can't teach you my swag...
You can pay for school but you can't buy class*

*Jay-Z

This goes out to A Beautiful Mind....

I'm stepping out of my comfort zone right now to just freestyle my thoughts as I begin to wonder if people understand the value of the word respect.

I've been in this industry only what...4 years? Already I feel like an O.G, a Vet, a Senior Varsity, a Kobe going for his fourth ring. I worked HARD everyday to get where I am. My path was not conventional. Did I want success? Did I want the accolades? Did I want the recognition? Did I want it more than the other person? You damn right I did.

Did I think it was going to be easy? Did I think that if I worked the hardest I could at the minimum hours that I would coast? Did I think that I was better than everyone? Did I think I was too good for what I was doing? Did I think talking back would somehow prove how much of a man I am? Fuck no.

Let me tell you the difference between you and me. And by you I mean all those who came after me.

The difference is.... I put in work day in and night out. I kept my eyes open and listened to everything. I LEARNED the BUSINESS, and RESPECTED everyone who came my way. I didn't run my mouth just to make my voice heard. Every move was calculated, every action was thought out 5 steps ahead. Use your head before flapping your gums with that "I'm better than this" nonsense.

The reality check is.... you're not. In fact you are more than replaceable. You are insignificant. You didn't even get the job the first time around. You were sloppy seconds. An afterthought. A last resort in an ever revolving door that many before you in your position have come and gone, only to amount to a 1/3 of what I have accomplished.

The difference is.....I am LEGIT. First day I was welcomed.. with a smile on her face followed by a dead serious face...to hell. Two months later I was forced to pick up her accounts and do a job with no preparation. Six months in and I'm forced back to a role that you think you are above. Six months after that (That's 1 yr later for you keeping score) a CEO of a worldwide industry leading company calls me to offer me a position on their #1 account.

The reality check is...I don't even know your number. I don't know your email address. I don't know your fax number. You say you are better than what you do well tell me what you have done. I can count how many times you came through when she was gone. ZERO. You are such a joke its pathetic. I don't even bother trying to look for answers when shes gone because in all honesty I don't see any credibility in you.

The difference is....I am credible and I have stats to back it up. Ask your boy who co-signed for you. Where would his career be without me? Folding jeans in the stock room and working the late shift. Another hot shot too big for his own ego who even retracted his co-sign of you the second time around. Put the pieces of the puzzle together and I guess you realize that if it wasn't for me you both would be right back to being Gay And Proud. Ask your boss who set the waves in motion for the woman you work under back with that company. Then ask her how I increased your company's sales by 200% so you can enjoy your summer Fridays you lazy fuck. Ask anyone in this industry who I am and they'll tell you I am the real deal...but then again,

The reality check is... you don't even know who would listen to you besides your sad excuse of a boss. What's your track record? How much did you sell? How much weight do you hold? Nothing but dead weight and thats a problem.

The difference is... I'm a problem solver. NO task is insurmountable. No issue that can't be resolved. I FIX million dollar problems. I RESTORED the Mid/West region and put that on the map. When my director couldn't cut it anymore I inherited a 5 year problem and turned it around in less than a year.

The reality check is... I can go on for days with this so let me stop here.

See you and everyone on the come up all want everything handed to you all giftwrapped. You think that your better than what is in front of you. What you need to learn is how to be humble and respect those above you and who came before you. Even my own successor was plagued by that ego. After putting a mere 6 months into the job he felt he learned everything he needed to know. 2 and a half years later and he JUST made it to the other side. And 9 months after he succeeded me he birthed your ass and where have you been? Right where I was 4 years ago.

Does that upset you? Lets look at the bright side; Unlike your boy, at least you don't always have to hear comparisons about yourself to me. The ironic thing about ALL this is that what you both failed to seem to embrace is the one single common denominator in my success...her beautiful mind.

Instead of thinking your better than her maybe you should pick that brain of hers and learn something. To this DAY I haven't stopped asking her questions. No matter where I am or what position I may be in I will forever be her protege and she will be my mentor. I don't bite the hand that feeds me. I was man enough to own up to my mistakes. I was big enough to swallow my pride and listen to how to do things in a different way. I played my role. And in return I EARNED respect. I earned their trust. I earned their credibility.

Patience is a wonderful virtue. And you may say that I rose quickly through the ranks so I didn't need to be patient. Well maybe if you just put your ego to the side and stopped demanding things...they will just come to you. Ever think of that?

*All these niggaz taking credit for the work that I put in
If you really put me on put yourself on then*

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