Show 'em who was better, iller with the letter Realest sh** I ever wrote Hold up, try it again 48 hours with no sleep On the high but still keeping it low key There's no need to go sleep Most rappers already comatose Let 'em OD, half-dead overdose Go sleep, I stay woke for the most part I recognize Even when the music's hittin' and the checks is written n***a like me still not satisfied I'm at a time where I an*lyze and enterprise Puttin' words in your speakers like intercoms For the ones that identify, feel minimized Outlaw feelin' outcast, Aquemini Inner eye talking, in my last song You n***as know this life don't last long Everyday going out your way Feeling like you got one shot left like last calls Being from the city lakes, I can show you what it really takes I used be him, putting short money in a piggy bank We need the BM gettin DMs sent from a pretty face Anyway and any case, the right now with a lifestyle What your life's like now what they askin Answers, what I wrote down in my last one Answers, things bout to pa** in my past look I couldn't imagine the day gettin paid of this melody
Now we on stage it's amazing so what is you tellin me Everybody runnin for the spot on top don't fall I don't want much, not much nah, but I hustle like I need it all Yeah, close to the end, focused holding a pen Rather write it down instead of holding it in No guarantees, so you're hoping to win Everybody see it different when you look through they lens Fans see you as the man, puttin up grands All you see is hands up, hookin your fam up Girls see you band up, keepin her glammed up See, you haters wanna see where you land up Enemies only see the day when you jammed up So they stay low where you stand up Mom see you in a halo, cops see you in handcuffs But couldn't forth it still we seen a fortress Droppin in a Ford, lookin at the Forbes list Hood torture, praying for good fortune Waiting for the clear but still hearing distortion like I couldn't imagine the day gettin paid of this melody Now we on stage it's amazing so what are you tellin me Everybody runnin for the spot on top don't fall I don't need much, not much nah, but I hustle like I need it all