[Verse]

Dear Summer, hello it's Stat, I want to re-introduce myself

So you can feel what I felt

Damn I couldn't help

Let me start at the beginning, explain why I'm still on the shelf

Pursuing this wealth, February 03, I dropped a mixtape

L.T., Zeke and me grinding to make a way

While L gave it to Mel-Man, he gave it to Dre

Jeff Dixon sent this demo to Mike [?]

Anyway, thinking I was getting on anyday

Took a trip to L.A. with [?] to get away

During that time Mel met me outside

Of Encore where he heard me bust live, told me I

Could come by, work at [?], I didn't realise

Dre was gonna be in the studio but he was there and my

Heart was beating fast

This could be the last

Opportunity for me to make big, big cash

Big, big paper, stacking in the stash

Dre had a beat planned so I start writing to it

Said "It was for Detox" He took a liking to it

Now he in the booth spitting what I just wrote

I was high off the moment, it's like God Spoke

5 a.m. falling asleep, then Dre told me

To come into the booth and give him so energy

And that's how The Future came to be (Came to be)

I was hyped than a mug, he gave me a copy

I hit up Zeke, I was so geeked

Thanking God so much, I ain't had time to sleep (Yeah!)

The next week we started recording the Detox LP

Not signed, my bills piling up (Ah)

Proceeded to drop Volume 2, the streets is dry

Put out The Future, I'm gone, bye bye

Every label rolled up, said I was fire

Me and Zeke put together the GMM Empire

People change like models change attire

We still kept it moving like wheels and tyres

Ski gave it to Dark, Dark gave it to P

P gave it to Em and he hit up D

Yeah Dre, they both signed S.T.A.T

Nobody else got a deal like me but Fifty (Fifty)

And that's an honour, 'cause he's a real life G

He's multi and that's what I aspire to be (Aspire to be)

Dropped Volume 3, started recording my album

Em told me "A classic should be the outcome"

Buck hit me up, gave me a shot to shine

I was excited 'cause he invited me to come rhyme

He's a real mothafucka that's why I fucks with Buck

Bun B told me "To grind and keep my head up" (Head up lil nigga)

Em sent me a beat, for me to wear it up

Dropped 8 Balls, Here We Go, that's my Set Up

Encore came out, The Massacre Came Out

Documentary came out, still no Statlanta

Dropped Like Dat to raise the street's antennas

Shot my video in Thomasville Heights in Atlanta

It only came on once on BET

Plus I heard Shady signing Bobby Creek (What up Bobby)

I was hurt 'cause didn't nobody even tell me

He from right down the street

Now what if Dr. Dre would've signed Bubba Sparxxx before Eminem's release

I'm just telling the truth, he gotta let it be, Pete

I was happy 'cause they took me on tour

Going town to town, watching fans get down

Leaving Chi-Town on our way to [?]

Got into an accident

I could've faded to black, or been paralysed, broke my back

Cherry, Alchemist, Zeke, Neil, got more than a scratch

But next show, guess who's back?

Popping pills, all for the love of rap

Almost collapsed but I made it through that

The tour over, damn near [?]

Plus my girl pregnant, I'm finna have me a lil Stat

My cousin Courtney died from cancer, I'm still hurt from that

Went back to L.A. to finish up my shit with Dre

Things was going good, we went to Hawaii (What up Dre)

To record some songs the world would say

Some hits motherfucka, definitely on my way

Came back home, album done and it's sound

Now Obie got shot, the shit broke me down

But he cool, even though he got a hole in his crown

My son was born, hear me now (Hear me now)

Need money in the worst way, looking at the news

Saw Proof got shot on my ex-girl's birthday

Fucked up crying 'cause that could've been me

My God, why you had to go and take a soldier like P?

In 54 I told Eminem he

Should keep pushing on and record more songs

Now Busta came out with The Big Bang

Dear Summer, soon after can your boy do his thang?

Maybe August, early September

You know what I mean, can you remember?

Make a lil green for Shady/Aftermath and Iovine

Me and my team

Eat straight big cake, dawg I can't wait

Dear Summer, I know you got a lot on your plate

I just want me a date, Statlanta to come through

And kick down the gates

YEAH!

[Outro]

Yeah, that's part 1 of my story

Y'all stay tuned for part 2