[Intro: Dido]
I am what I am
I do what I want
I am what I am
I do what I want
[Verse 1: Royce da 5'9"]
Yeah, I ain't with the formalities, n***a, my mentality iller
I cheated d**h like a casualty k**er
They asking me questions like why am I not on reality television
I tell 'em n***as that my reality realer
I'm just a regular n***a
Of above average intelligence with a knack to write raps
Then come right back and sell it to n***as
You shouldn't waste trying me, time I mean
I'm the kind that'll lay you down if you looking wrong
Let the iron make irony
I ain't gone hit you with the tough talking, y'all get enough of that
Usually when a rapper do that sh** that's just his luck talking
Hold up, if it ain't Crook, Joell or Budden
Then oh well, I'm living with more "oh well's" than "what if's"
If I don't sell, I don't worry
To make a long story short, b**h, I don't tell long stories
My mindframe and perspective is on some abusrd sh**
Sometimes I feel like my brain's having s** with the word "it"
f** it then, shorty, f** it then
Once I prayed twice, I sinned
[Hook: Royce da 5'9" & (Dido)]
(Oh, I am what I am
I do what I want)
This ain't that singly, jingly sh**
But go 'head, baby
But go 'head, baby
If I, I, I, I started to sing
What would it matter?
[Verse 2: Royce da 5'9"]
In front of my son I'm a son of a gun
Because his granddaddy been swearing at him for being bratty since he been a baby
And I [?] then f** it
The same parenting method my daddy used with me I used with him
Even no one was rough then
Long as he know I love him so unconditional that he could even be gay
I wouldn't disown him for nothing
And all you n***as going "pause, pause", I'll shoot you in your f**ing head
I love my mama
Can't even give her $500 without her being like "Ryan, you got your own problem"
I wish my big brother would just man up and quit copping pleas
You an alcoholic, I'm an alcoholic
That sh** ain't gotta stop you, fool, cause it ain't stopping me
You got some kids that I would like to meet
I ain't seen you in a while, but I heard you ain't a sight to see
We on the same team, why the f** you fighting me?
Greg
We on the same team, why the f** you fighting me, n***a?
[Hook]
[Verse 3: Joe Budden]
Shorty, you gotta know I notice it all
You looking like you going through a Joe withdrawal
Remember I did that cushion sh** to slow the fall
But now I gotta let a know-it-all know it all
I watch from a far thinking "damn it, you ain't grow at all"
Your soul hurting you thinking that I owe it all
Can't see how I'm so involved, I just love both of y'all
Still you thinking that you got played on that show ill
I'm thinking "b**h", but you got paid on that show, chill
Cause what I'm going through is much more real
A lot of friction back and forth with my addiction of pills
My grandfather 'bout to die, but let me know how he feel
Spending some of his last breaths taking me out of his wheel
Trust me, if I could change these selfishness and trade it for selflessness
I would just to help this rebelliousness but
He ain't get that, nah, so I don't want the sh**
He fighting cancer while I've been busy becoming it
He fighting d**h, I'm fighting life in a lifeless
If you both live it k**s me to write this, I'm like
f** it then, shorty, f** it then
This type of life should be a sin
[Hook]