Gilbere Forte - Born in '87 lyrics

You lookin' at game whats next All the same players got a brand new dress Praisin' the wrong things don't make you blessed Just make you a victim of your own obsession Infatuations with seeing your name printed on checks Just cause of a co-sign it don't make you next Determined to blow up off another n***as rep Praying for the right n***a to make a hard left That's insane when you was once in the rain claimin' change Now you settlin for change cause your shine ain't the same Mixtape after mixtape droppin reviving hip hops options, to forever stay stagnant Regurgitate your substance and digest it for the ma**es Superhero power but the flow is black magic Darker than the cloak flyin over that black casket Challenging my life Ima let you have it There's nothing in this world fake n***as can't master Disappearing from haters cause y'all won't vanish Reaching to the top got you stuck in the attic What you see is what you get, feel the dramatics Sha Money said I was a rapper's rapper But not the rapper worshiping his favorite dagger Main weapon of choice choosing what you capture Pushing for a sequel, symbolizing nothing equal The root of all evil you growing through black people Defamation of lifestyle what you consider the future I been here and I am right now A lot of people wonderin' where the f** did I come from, why I haven't been out Studyin my craft is something I always been bout Just cause I'm from Phlip you thought I wouldn't make it If we all from the same struggle why is you hatin? Got your whole life ahead of you, why would you f**in' waste it? I done seen family come between dreams, keepin my blood tight like T Rod, just to be honest The general told me music ain't really what it seems Shout outs to Darren D The whole game lied to, suffering conditions I'm the doctor that's about to come, change your prescription School of hard knocks, you should have paid attention Or the principals of life will put your a** in detention All you rap n***as wanna get in the game But once you get in it watch your perceptions change I'm f**in Damien , Exorcist, Poltergeist Ain't' nothing nice if you willin to pay the price Head spinnin walking down the stairs a** backwards Just to get the single of the year that's backwards Call the game Hollywood, wrestling matches Most of your favorite rappers is developing actors OG Blaze said I told you heavy Less than one year he's on the road already Surrounded by the elders with old j**els and slick tongue rap Original gangsters with OG chin straps Old heads callin me the new cat daddy Philly slang young boy, Broad street alley I'm on my Young Chris Philly sh** Huh? The home of the spitters b**h North Philly South Philly, West philly n***a sh** Big wore Versaces, Cool Gs, linens I wear Versace no socks in my Timberlands We all mad the street wear ain't the same Supreme lifestyle but a staple in the game I'm about to shut the door in approximately ten minutes If you ain't getting in now you ain't' getting in then They said Black Chukkas was a shot in the dark How the f** did it make it to 106 & Park? The real A&Rs recognize real stars Hating on a n***a just makes you a broad I got the streets and the industry buzzin, Rome ? I could go down the whole list all night Whoever thought 87 Dreams would ever reach heights Matter fact if it would reach flights And I'm not one to brag, but this is what really happens to a yougin with cla** Pa**ed before, but I never asked for the torch Who said a bitter war couldn't make it behind closed doors I'm not into publicizing sh** that I can't afford How do I lose something that I ain't never had? If opportunity comes knockin I ain't afraid to pa** I'm not trying to be the next #1….2, 3, 4, 5 Huh? None Mos Def is Mr. Miagi, I am Daniel's son Mastering my artistry I'm the last dragon Fight out of this world, shogun couldn't fathom I am only 23 on the verge for seven rings Living out the life Martin Luther had dreamed 87 motherf**ers