Caleborate - I'm Still Alive lyrics

[Verse 1] They say real n***as don't wear tight jeans and denim jackets Well I do so excuse me if I'm out of fashion Always breaking the dress code at every event Coming through with a backpack on You know me well I'm that kid that you never knew Standing right in front of you Making you acknowledge that I rap and go to college And I got jobs like Steve A rotten apple, from a tree of misfits And I mack like lipstick When I'm on stage with the ladies and a crowd Don't forget me When I get off stage I'm kind of short You might miss me Like the first time I met [?] Its kind of funny, he called me his little brother Secretly that made me feel good Then he got on twitter about seven days later Said his big homie told him not to call nobody little brother I don't know how I should feel about that I don't know if I should open up and tweet right back like Yo n***a it was good to meet you Either way I'm gonna respect you Even though I know that you know I'm dope too I never did expect to Have all these fans off some youtube comments But I guess sh** was meant to Be like, hopefully seeing my ends dub Or me and D-Nas in the club will spin some Praying that [aiming?] will probably get me some spins When Team BackPack replies to my e-mail sent (but um) Imma keep waitin', been a minute, I been patient Not a doctor [???????] I'm lookin' proper Everyday , see what my haters say Notice that they not coherent cuz my rhymes be transparent And I'm rushin' tryna make that open mic in parkway Drop a couple lines and try to make it down to Broadway With Jayla and Janessa, they be showin' me love And all the SF state girls that [nanye?] hooked up And Muhammad put me on , man that was wha**up So much better when you really good friends with the plugs That are finessin', tryna make'em think you f**in' wit'em Man if you met him you would think a pimp's blood was in him I'm name droppin' like y'all know who I'm talkin' about And if you listening you the reason while I'm shoutin' him out I'm just in need of y'all support (forreal) [Verse 2] And I'm still safe safe Dodgin' all them payments Sleepin' on my auntie couch like it was the Days Inn Guess I came along way from [????] Back stocking jeans at Levi's I'm at my savin' Man I'm tired of workin' retail I need some favors Tell'em that you seen my show, Tell'em that you seen my momma in the crowd, drop a tear, clappin' for her baby Tell'em that seen Young Simba bring me out on stage with Derek King and Ronny Banks , girls all up in they faces I'm sittin' in the back thinkin' bout how I can take'em Then Nick calls, man that's my brother, if I didn't have that n***a I would probably go crazy, still goin' crazy tryna figure out a way to make sure my brother see the same fame I know I'm facin' And you can't replace that, blood's thicker than water I learned that from Player's Club (ya'll remember that one scene?) It's this one thing like Amerie say I'm only focused on this rap cuz it's my way to make it out And it's tragic cuz I'm black so it be like that And if this was for radio I'd have to rewrite that I don't got time to brag and boast, man it's things like that that make you n***as sound the same, I guess it be like that And I ain't tryna throw shade, illuminate with words Never skipped too many cla**es now to play with you nerds A lot of people are hungry in this game until the money comes I never ate, I'm just workin to take care of my mom (Mr? What the hell does TBKTR mean?) The most important things in life really aren't things And I just hope that I make it before I live myself I really hope that you listen before I find my wealth [Outro] Caleborate: Nothin, that's it that's it, that's-that's all I had to say man, um I don't know I just wanna take this time-ya know to say I'm in a good mood right now, I'm in a good place. And um I just kinda wanted to take this time to say thank you to everybody that f**s with me, like everybody that helped me and sh**. I just kinda wanna know that even if I'm not on the social media and sh** like that-like you'll still f** wit me for the love and the music. That's the whole point of this sh**. You know that's the whole reason why y'all started f**in' with me in the first place. So I figured it's my duty to make sure this sh** is right for y'all Let this serve as a-as an introduction to the soul that you're bout to see from here on out. It's goin be much much more honest and much more real world life and sh** , i don't know I just a- I really appreciate you guys, you know (harmonizing and repeating "still alive")