Mike Deodato (born 23 May 1963 in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil), sometimes credited as Mike Deodato Jr., is the professional pseudonym of Brazilian comic book artist Deodato Taumaturgo Borges Filho.
One of Deodato's first works was a 1993 photo-realistic comic book adaptation of the television series Beauty and the Beast published by Innovation Publishing. Deodato became famous in the North American comic book industry for his work with writer William Messner-Loebs on Wonder Woman. After his Wonder Woman project he had a short stint as the penciller of The Mighty Thor, where he worked with writer Warren Ellis, and later drew Glory for Rob Liefeld's Extreme Studios at Image Comics and Maximum Press.
While his style in the mid-90s was highly reminiscent of Jim Lee, he has recently changed to a more simplified, photo-realistic and sometimes moody style. His first work with this new artistic identity was The Incredible Hulk, written by Bruce Jones. Since then, he has worked on the Doctor Strange spin-off Witches and became the regular penciller of The Amazing Spider-Man and The New Avengers. Deodato then took over as regular penciller for the Marvel title Thunderbolts with issue 110, once again collaborating with Warren Ellis. Deodato then became the regular artist for the Dark Avengers ongoing series which came out of the conclusion of Secret Invasion. With writer Ed Brubaker, he launched the ongoing series Secret Avengers in May 2010, before returning to New Avengers.
fucking assholes
do it every time man
every time man
every time they do it to me
yess
yess
yess
i gotta make it out, or move quickly
can't allow the past to restrict me
bet this time around they won't skip me
i am the last hope (the champ! )
won't hesitate not even for a second
the hustle has become an obsession
i'm on the frontlines with my weapon
i am the last hope
damn, i went through it again
after telling everybody i wouldn't do it again
i kinda feel like i let my people down (yup)
but to get them right, i got's to pick myself up (come on)
when i heard this beat and hook, it was so raw (uhh)
looked in the mirror, didn't like what i saw, (uhh)
all i could say was: ahh man shit gotta change (forreal! )
even get it right and take one to the brain (blam! )
but y'all knew the pain that i went through daily, (woooh)
tryna stay sane through the rain, y'all hear me
i'm slippin', fallin', i can't get up
but this time i'm outta control, i don't give a fuck!
but for the thugs!, i'm the last hope for the team (come on! )
i'm the reason why some niggas, gotta hole in a dream (come on! )
these cats know what's good, i am the hood (aii)
i ain't hoping that they don't, i wish a nigga would (come on! )
i gotta make it out, or move quickly
can't allow the past to restrict me
bet this time around they won't skip me
i am the last hope (the champ! )
won't hesitate not even for a second
the hustle has become an obsession
i'm on the frontlines with my weapon
i am the last hope
i gots to do it for me, do it for them, (yeah)
i ain't playing with this shit, i'ma do it to win
know i can do it again, (come on) cause i did it before
with little to no effort, and y'all niggas knew the score (for real)
first album dropped in may, the second in december
over platinum in one year like, y'all don't remember, (come on)
only nigga who's first 5 albums debut at number 1
and you wonder why i call you son (my son)
i just begun, to get started, but the hardest part of it all
is to climb a slippery wall and, still don't fall
break down and call up to god, when it get to hard
i know you ain't gonn' let me go now! (please) brought me too far
showed me i was as a star, all my life
i know it, all it right, before i, call it a night
i'mma thank you for it all, the blessings and the curses
and i hope you listening, there's a lesson in the verses
yeah
i gotta make it out, or move quickly
can't allow the past to restrict me
bet this time around they won't skip me
i am the last hope (the champ! )
won't hesitate not even for a second
the hustle has become an obsession
i'm on the frontlines with my weapon
i am the last hope
does it bother me?
yeah of course it bothers me
that's not who i am, i'm not you know, the person the media portrays me to