[Verse 1: Pusha T]

Follow the leader, exhaust pipes and breathers

The flash from the barrel turns bullies to believers

The time of a life make the bitches wanna keep ya

This is my reality, want it? Well let me teach ya

Follow my footsteps through tragedy and triumph

Through flows I give you Mein Kämpf

Kilos consigned 'em, do as I say like Simon

And you too will diamond blind hun

I'm on my Dylan, Dillinger flow just killing ya

You wonder why the real ain't feeling ya, you're frauding

I Mason jar Martin Margiela them O's together

Since Hov was name dropping Charles Jourdan

I kept them nodding, snorting

Slobbing, barfing, and bought cars off them

The realest rapper that's unwrapping got them

If you can fit these shoes then walk them

I parked them

[Chorus: Kobe]

I could have been a goner but I had to save my soul

I'm out here chasing my dreams, looking for a place to go

Trying to get up out the ghetto, come follow with my footsteps

Put down the heavy metal and follow in my footsteps

Cause if you don't, it might be danger

[Verse 2: No Malice]

It's not for you to do as I do, rather do as I say

These footsteps could lead you astray

Lead you to the cell or lead you to a grave

Either way, you may never see the light of day

Don't let my wrongs give you the right of way

To emulate my past escaping the law's grasp

Told you the truth, yet who was I to brag?

Especially seeing how Kimani finds it hard to laugh

I miss my homie but she's missing her dad

It weighs on my conscience and I hate conscious rap

Apart from that, I wish to see you succeed

So I speak to my people in spirit of Chuck D

You behind the glass, trust me, it cut deep

And the words to every verse haunted me in my sleep

So now what you see is Malice's contradiction

He who has ears, I hope you're listening, come on

[Chorus: Kobe]

I could have been a goner but I had to save my soul

I'm out here chasing my dreams, looking for a place to go

Trying to get up out the ghetto, come follow with my footsteps

Put down the heavy metal and follow in my footsteps

Cause if you don't, it might be danger

[Verse 3: No Malice]

Follow me like Twitter nigga, you can check my timeline

I'm the quiet one but my intellect is Einstein

I'm so unnerved by the shit that I've observed

Just looking at you coons got a nigga lost for words

Verge of insanity, I'm at my crossroads

Shame on the birds that led 'em like lost souls

We got it wholesale, we move it like Costco's

Mercy on the court left us standing here, heart broke

[Verse 4: Pusha T]

I taught you how to cut it, cook it on hot stove

I taught you how to share them when fucking with hot hoes

I taught you how to rock right shit up on your toes

I taught you how to smile for the camera when heart broke

I've been the inspiration for all you industry dick tasters

To your local dream chasers I am King Push

I set the stage for all these triple beam hooks

I weighed mountains while them niggas just sang hooks (yuugh)

[Bridge: Kobe]

Oh, oh, oh, your mama said

Oh, oh, oh, oh, your grandmama said

Oh, oh, oh, oh, your baby sister said

Oh, oh, oh, your nigga said

Oh, oh, oh, now your whole block said

Oh, oh, oh, oh, your old teacher said

Oh, oh, oh, your misses said

Oh, oh, oh, your preacher said, yeah

[Chorus: Kobe]

I could have been a goner but I had to save my soul

I'm out here chasing my dreams, looking for a place to go

Trying to get up out the ghetto, come follow with my footsteps

Put down the heavy metal and follow in my footsteps

Cause if you don't, it might be danger