[Intro]

This can't be life

But if it is I'm grateful

Might take a little longer you know

The trill always prosper

When it's real its unconditional

[Verse 1]

Yeah, feel we embarking on defining moments

Meanwhile they chase trends tryna find their moment

New niggas treat advances like a signing bonus

It's cool 'til you can't recoup I mean you got to know this

Live and give without regrets and I bet God'll notice

Seem like the devil hard at work when niggas tryna focus

But that shit only work when niggas blind and hopeless

For the city I adore doors I'm tryna open

Humble soul but I'm the best ain't got no problem boasting

Ayy, that what my momma told me

My new shit is just a crew ship with precious cargo

In my mind, to me it's always a lot riding on it

Whole team scheming me and mine is zoning

Catch my attention talking Ms I swear my mind is on it

Still a class of my own and it get kind of lonely

They copying like it's Gucci boy niggas out here cloning

[Interlude]

But that what we were saying about the-the-the mass production

You know it don't have no substance

So you can produce a lot of them very quickly

But they just as quickly lose their flavor

Just as quickly as something is number one this week

You never heard of the people who did it next week

Because there was no substance there

It was disco duck it was one in a million

It was not to be heard from again

[Verse 2]

I ain't here to tell you what your worth is but mine is steep

If what a nigga add ain't accounted for minus me

Things can change in one year or at the slightest blink

I know the ones that wrote me off wish they ain't write in ink

It's no more games with these niggas

Like when Frank threw that fur in the furnace and fried the mink

To the point I keep it blunt, most times too fried to think

Of anything outside my dreams of something great he on the brink

Getting even with the haters and the odds as well

Used to be the underdogs but now the odds is well

Fuck what you thought it ain't no hate I wish we all prevail

Been through it all, calls were close, came far as hell

For rainy days we stacked paper like we hoarder mail

For those that hold the city down it ain't hard to tell

Fuck linking at the tops where you can meet a nigga

Hard headed repeat offenders but we them niggas

Haters tryna cut my story short so I keep extenders

You wanna let you life pass you or compete with winners?

Humble beginnings grew our hair out for them heatless winters

Fridge was empty as my stomach guess it's sleep for dinner

Tryna keep it real but y'all dont even hear him

Take it back

All the way back

[Interlude]

Damn glad to see you going

Wonder how you got here

It was all those things

[Verse 3]

Nothing was easy it was hard at each stage

Hate to see my momma work and mom's mom carry pain

Mark my words I ain't stopping 'til we all very paid

Splits cut down the middle like a Marbury fade

Uh, story unfold 'til you look at my whole body

Mom's had a key didn't open doors for nobody

Pops was doing time or playing with his nose prolly

I saw him get his whiff he thinking I don't know prolly

I'm thinking out aloud but if I'm not don't mind me

Alotta shit been on me got it off my soul finally

I been getting to get less talking more grinding

I ain't waiting on someone that's on to co-sign me

Could have had some things locked in but let 'em go by me

This industry have you drained I've been inside it's so grimy

That for the record had to set it straight

Who need a job when them corners don't want your resume

This what it is 'til those judging provide a better way

Barbecues with the fam gram collecting plates

Next Sunday you heard your pastor pass them collection plates

Guess that paper important that shit like section 8

Before I leave this earth I give 'em hell Lord for heavens sake

My decisions got nothing to do with Heaven's gate

Always speak my truth I don't ever hate