[Intro]

It's a long road to glory

But it's a short road to shame, you know?

What path you wanna take?

Check it, yo

[Verse 1]

As a youth I wanted mad shit, but couldn't have it

Not a lot of cash kid, parents couldn't grasp it

And people wanna know why I took that shit

Kick your door down, snatch your Q pound out your crib

Sixteen, smoked weed, popped pills and PCP

Fucked with LSD, didn't like it, took E

It took me to a place I didn't know existed

Twisted, unrealistic, realistic

Stop that, came a long way since back in the day

I have to get paid any way that is possible

Stand tall and honorable, I can't fall down

Y'all cats is comical, still do the same shit

I can't follow you, fuck your footsteps

I'ma do me, you do you, when I see you I'ma look left

I get money now, pussy, nothing's funny now

Pussy, snap if I have to, look, push me

Been getting pussy steady, kept me empty the semi

I'm ready to empty on any cat who envies

Soft as I leave you on pavement

Gaze in amazement, it's fucking Foundation, who's gonna say shit?

And don't think you know me from this verse that I spit

You think that's all that I've been through? Reverse that, kid

I had stress on my shoulders, weighed me down 'til I was older

Thought about it more in death, now it's over

You can't sit back and expect shit to fall in your lap

You gotta do it yourself and make it happen

[Hook]

It's a long road to glory, it's a short road to shame

Saw people fall and I saw people gain

Analyze this shit and know the rules to the game

Learn from everybody's mistakes, am I the same?

It's a long road to glory, it's a short road to shame

Saw people fall and I saw people gain

Analyze this shit and know the rules to the game

Learn from everybody's mistakes, am I the same?

[Verse 2]

And it's hard to maintain when your life, it ain't the same

As it was when you were up, now you're down, it ain't sane

It's like "what happened, man?" It's like what's happenin'

Shit was all good just a week ago, I'm graspin' it

Tight in my grip, I stay tight with my flip

That's the life that I live, I'm alright with my shit

People that I know don't know me now

I walk this Earth by myself, I'ma hold me down

Everything that you want, you gotta get it yourself

It's a long road to glory, I'ma get it myself

And I don't keep trust too close to my circle

People that you think you can trust is the first to burn you

Hurt you, manipulate for all that it's worth

Snake you, eliminate, all sprawled in a hearse

I know a lot of shit, I got a lot to learn

I soaked up everything that I see, I'm not concerned

[Hook]

It's a long road to glory, it's a short road to shame

Saw people fall and I saw people gain

Analyze this shit and know the rules to the game

Learn from everybody's mistakes, am I the same?

It's a long road to glory, it's a short road to shame

Saw people fall and I saw people gain

Analyze this shit and know the rules to the game

Learn from everybody's mistakes, am I the same?