[HOOK]

I remember you denied I would win

Now you out there on the outside looking in

Tried to do me foul and I took it on the chin

You thought I was down, look again

What you see?

What you see?

Homie tell me what you see

Ain't nobody else but me

Same youngin from the V

Is it weird energy?

Is it friend or enemy?

When we started I was twin, look again

Now and tell me what you see

Homie tell me what you see

How they got you showing loyalty

To everyone but me

Got you seeing me as someone

You know I could never be

How it's looking from your side

Clear your eyes, homie

Tell me what you see

[VERSE]

I know you hoped to see me giving up

We used to talk about making it out to live it up

We found solace in the chase, you used to big it up

Said them evils wouldn't get to us, why you switch it up?

Knowing where we come from

Clowning on my name and having dumb fun

Sad because that damage can't be undone

I ain't the one to run from

Problems with family down to talk it out

But ghosting on your closest dog

There ain't nothing to talk about, so

[BRIDGE]

I would sit wondering why

As the days go by

I, I

I would dry

These tears from my eyes

As the days go by

I, I

[HOOK]

I remember you denied I would win

Now you out there on the outside looking in

Tried to do me foul and I took it on the chin

You thought I was down, look again

What you see?

What you see?

Homie tell me what you see

Ain't nobody else but me

Same youngin from the V

Is it weird energy?

Is it friend or enemy?

When we started I was twin, look again

Now and tell me what you see

Homie tell me what you see

How they got you showing loyalty

To everyone but me

Got you seeing me as someone

You know I could never be

How it's looking from your side

Clear your eyes, homie

Tell me what you see

[VERSE]

I swore I would hold you

Down pops promised my moms

War for my soldiers

Trying to be a sergeant at arms

My pad was a farm

Cattled thoughts harvested lines

Battled at novice

Used to cause carnage with rhymes

Matured to an artist

Found how to blend in my living

With rhythm and logic

Felt like all my bonds was a given

But I was unprepared mentally

To grow and have a friend of me

Treating me like an enemy

And wanna see the end of me, so

[BRIDGE]

I, would sit wondering why

The Art of Perseverance

As the days go by

I, I

I would dry

These tears from my eyes

As the days go by

I, I, uh

[VERSE]

It all started in the seven cities

That gave you Pharrell Williams, Teddy Riley, and Missy

I used to pray to God that he would make the world dig me

I felt like he used to diss me

But he showed he ain't forget me, nah

We used to hit Manila's, get litty

Half a tank, full potential

But our pockets on empty

Had to get on the grizzy, I'm still out here gettin' busy

The only difference really, some people no longer with me

Nah, we took it from Virginia all the way to Hollywood

Remember we would throw the parties out on Cottonwood

Remember thinking I won't ever finna leave the hood

I'm talking back when we was beefing with the Cedarwoods

I seen too many lose lives trying to flee the hood

Hated to see my dogs dying just as PETA would

I feel they spirits running through me like the cheetahs would

All of my people good

Yeah, at Green Run trying to make it we would trust hoops

They said we'd probably end up wearing orange jumpsuits

A couple homies went legit getting much loot

Wearing nothing but suits, overcame a rough youth

I always felt human second and an artist first

Life was the easiest when writing out the hardest verse

I get the feeling it's the reason I was brought to earth

Going after all I'm worth, rising over all the dirt

I'm the product of persistence

My father used his hands, made sure I ain't miss a Christmas

He rarely said I love you, he showed me through his intentions

That's why I left the nest so you could feel the love from a distance

I still pick up the phone and call him up for assistance

He worked for so long, providing for my existence

That was a bad boy, he should've played for the Pistons

Self-made, runnin' his own business