Big K.R.I.T. - King lyrics

[Intro] Ayy...Ayy what up folk, I'm focused man...I been doing this for a lil' while now I had some mixtapes out, did my thang...I ain't really had the opportunity I think To speak from my heart, man like really just express myself, so I'mma give it to em as long as I can I ain't counting bars, so don't expect no hook... [Verse: Big K.R.I.T.] Lord I been trying all these years, and I ain't never had a thing to say Did it by myself not a soul here to motivate me, my family was cool But when times got hard they was like f** this rap sh** Go get yourself a job, I thank god there were no run ins with the law While I was riding with my folk and there was dope in the car Momma forgive me I was in it for a minute, I was tired of 'em talking bout My shoes and my fitted, "G-Rod" got k**ed and I shed a couple tears Trying to forget that he's gone, Just remember that in here, remember that it clear And where he at it's good, yea my n***a dead, but at least he out the hood I'd leave if I could, that's what I plan to do, these n***as talk alot Remind me of high school, but I thank you for your hating, appreciate the rumors If you think that you're a winner than I'm glad to be a loser lord No money, More problems that's just how it is, I lost another homeboy That's just how it is, He told me Little cuz don't trip on these n***as",I said "f** that, I' gonna get paper and sh** on these n***as, Rip on these n***as Don't speak when I pa** you, they sold 'cuz they wanted to, we sold 'cuz we had to Bills don't pay themselves my n***a Hell Naw!! I'm about money that's what I'm Trying to tell ya, moms and pops I promise that I won't fail y'all, my sh** jam It's only right that I outsell y'all, I dedicate my life to this music, I dropped Out of college 'cuz my life is this music, Next n***a out the 'Sip, really can't Tell me sh**, the beats spoke to me when the books couldn't tell me sh** I wake up like another day another headache, my purpose get's no clearer As I'm staring in this mirror,wash my face and my a** and hit the slab hard If I don't say sh** all day, n***a I thank god, for another breath, yes for Another step, in the right or wrong direction still it's for a progress Moving at pace that can't be seen, scraping everything, yea my pockets is Fat because my stature lean, I got a mean team and they will see you dearly The only way they show respect if I make 'em feel me, I mean that sincerely I keep more beef than chili for anxious haters waiting, plotting, prayng Out to k** me, Why the f** I gotta live like this momma? All the set backs Make me feel like this momma, another southern rapper yea I bet it label Two of my best friends Patron and Cuervo at my table we sit and talk Millions with some hope that we can speak it to existence hah It's certain universal laws we abide by, the dealer lives on but a child Dies in the drive by, titans collide and blocks go to war with no earthly idea What the f** we fighting for, I paint pictures of this concrete jungle Where the lions make deals with the hunters, snitch n***as kool aid heart Pump b**h n***as, under pressure write a whole f**in' list n***a please I'm fighting demons like constantine, constantly trying to take what belongs To me but I review you n***as, follow 'suit n***a, if the convo ain't About money then I mute n***as sh**, I'm focused folk, you can quote this folk I'm about to swarm the game like locust folk, they choking folk, guess It's hard to swallow, If I leave the 'Sip then hell yea they'll follow I talked to the father, he tells me "Be real, nevermind what they want son Just say what you feel", I'm knowing that the deals nowadays are some bullsh** Anything less than a mil' is some bullsh**, because I know what I'm worth Don't need a n***a to tell me..sh**! Music alone no gimmick, need a n***a to sell me I'm here!! K.R.I.T