I think you already answered your question....text is pretty lame,if you can afford the net,then you can at least afford to get a $15-20 mic to start with.Text doesn't do too much considering flowing in text is different then flowing to a beat,plus a lot of punches in text would sound gay in audio.You don't have a beat to take advantage of....it isn't as moving,plus nobody sells text albums....the only place a text album/track will get rotation is in a paper shredder.It is better to go straight to audio and write songs to beats.Even if you don't have a mic, you could at least cypher in the streets or something until you can get one to get you started....their is no excuse for someone to say they can't get their hands on a mic...go to a friends and use theirs,save your pennys or something,you could benefit a lot better from it.You don't get signed to a label for text,you don't buy text tracks,text is only half of it.So yes text is pretty pointless,eventually you textcees will wake up and realize this and eitheir make the transition to audio like most,or part way from rap.