[Intro]

U-U-U-U-Uptown

Ayy, it's, it's all for the kids man

This-this shit for the kids, hahahah

For the little children, uh, um

[Verse 1]

I can be, whatever I want to be

Bet not a bitch or a nigga stand in front of me

I got the devil in the pockets of my dungarees

Taking a dump on anything that standing under me

I can be your dream guy or I can be your nightmare

Born on Halloween night, it seems like a light year

Double my Sprite, hey my guy, do you got a light? Yeah

Squash stampede, plenty lion and many bison, huh

Seen some, seen one, but it's not many like 'em

When I fry or when I die, bury me with many mics, yeah

I can be, whatever I want to be

Bet not a pussy ass nigga stand in front of me

Took a stop at the light, made a right on humble street

Guess I been buzzin' like a motherfucking bumblebee

Tryna turn this honey tree into a money tree

But it's only one of me, and y'all niggas the son of me

God

[Interlude]

Wait, wait if I win this, like

It's gonna be something, but I don't know what it's gon' be

[Verse 2]

Uh, okay I'm gonna be, whatever I want to be

Bet not a bitch or a nigga stand in front of me

They tryna snatch this motherfucking rug from under me

But never stumble, young man rumble, the sensei

The J.I.D babe, Mutombo, the brass ensemble

Cop an eighth and spend the last on paper and fronto

So at Thanksgiving, I'm your drunk ass uncle

On the corner, that junky that mumble

The little nigga that climbed the hair of Rapunzel

I'm the shrimp beside your gumbo, I make myself sick, damn

Dick down doctor, that's the JID, give a health check

I'm the wrong letter that made it up out your spell check

Fucking up your texts, uh, I'm electric, I'm a Lexus

I'm the evidence, like the shell case when the shell hit

But I never tell shit

I'm cold with the flow and come from the bottom like whale shit

I know what I know, and I know that you prolly fail shit

'Cause y'all niggas selfish, and my niggas desperate, damn

[Interlude]

Damn, fuck

I wish I knew, Black Panther, but he's not real

Fuck man, homie, I don't know

Not real

What you trying?

[Verse 3]

Um, look

They saying, "What you wanna be JID? What you wanna be, kid?

A doctor, a lawyer, exploring the coral reef shit?

A football player, a track sprinter, I know you run fast

Oh you gon' be a rapper with your dumb ass

Just because you used to bump 'Kast, talk fast, and can tap a drum pad

You thinkin' that the world's going mad? Bighead, short ass

Big eye, bug-eye, drug head, shoo fly, don't bother me"

I'ma be better than y'all will be, tryna be, y'all see

All for one, all for me, shit, you niggas ain't all for me

Motherfucker with your offering, talk-a-talk-a

Talk is cheap but so am I, I keep receipts

I beat the beat and eat the beat

So I could be the beat if I want to be

React how you want to, the son do what the son do

Rise when the gun drew

Would meet the devil in hell, but niggas'll hunt you

When it's dark all around and you lookin' for some

But in the heart of the jungle, my nigga, you run

You could be whatever you want, but better get you a gun

Better do what you want, whatever you feel in your stomach

Whatever you gotta do at the moment, only the strong survive

Only the strong in mind and soul and spirit and spine

You stand firm, you rise, it's go time

He looks determined without being ruthless

[Outro]

I wish I knew, Black Panther, but he's not real

Yeah

Not real