How I Live - Intellectual

[Intro]

Yeah, B-Light

Shout-outs to Killah (Killah)

Yeah

Peep

[Verse 1]

See, I'm heading for the top and I can't look back

Came for the check, got the whip in the back

Came with the watch and it came all black

Keenan, Kell?

Yeah, It's all that

All black like Django

Whips and chains kept us enslaved

But I work hard all day

Now I got a different whip in a different age

[Verse 2]

Got here and I can't go back

For the window, so I can't go Mac

I need a dollar like Aloe Blacc

I need a dollar, no need for impalas

I ain't have a father but made it through college

My momma -a goddess- and ain't have the knowledge

But we had to hustle with blessings allotted

[Verse 3]

I could kill 'em with the rhythm but they don't really know

'Cuz they never see me hit 'em like this before

And I doubt even your miss will miss this flow

Miss this flow? Listen bro

Do to the tea like Lipton, yo

You could never see what I see or believe who I be

Blood, sweat and tears like eager to bleed

I can never fall like the leaves on a tree

Or the reason, at least

That's demeaning to me

If you wanna talk keys, you can C I'm a G

That's 1K, that's a check that I see

[Verse 4]

I don't wine

But they know I'm fine

Got no retainer, I'm on my grind

I'm giving bars but I don't fight crime

And if money calls, they'll blow my line

Damn!

They don't understand

See, it's just part of the plan

Keeping the beat and ain't even come with a band

Band, band

See, I'm coming for bands

They wanna be part of the brand

'Cuz I'm the man

Put on for my hood, what's good?

Ain't even part of the KKKlan

[Chorus]

Light, yuh

Huh, they don't really noticed what I did

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I just gotta do this for the kids

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I just gotta show 'em how I live

Huh, I just put my momma in a crib

They don't really noticed what I did

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, I just gotta do this for the kids

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I just gotta show 'em how I live (Why?)

Huh, I just put my momma

[Verse 5]

Look, check

Cause and effect, I caused the effect

Watchu expect?

All of this pain that I keep on my chest like a necklace

Expensive, I'm going in debt

If you callin' my bluff

What I call disrespect

While they callin' collect

I call and collect

I'm at desk while they trying to flex

They callin' you dope, but they call me best

[Verse 6]

They cannot get I've been pushing these meds, these just to get to the bread

I just did what it do

Then I get home and

I don't see my bed if you sleeping on me, you can sleep in my room

See what I said, see

Yes, their vision is dead

They've been mislead and they can't see their doom

I got it on lock and I'm givin' them dread like a hair dresser giving Jamaicans the doo

[Verse 7]

They can defend but I kill with the minimum

Lyricism, I just kill 'em with synonyms

Laced with adrenalin coupled with Ritalin

Injected to cerebellums of many men

Mercenary bars (Yeah, yeah)

Imma take the charge (Yeah, yeah)

They can just get clapped

Round of the applaud

[Chorus]

Light, Yuh

Huh, they don't really noticed what I did

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I just gotta do this for the kids

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I just gotta show 'em how I live

Huh, I just put my momma in a crib!

They don't really noticed what I did

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, I just gotta do this for the kids

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I just gotta show 'em how I live (Why?)

Huh, I just put my momma in a crib!