We took it to the top from the bottom Adversities, I fought 'em They never said I'd get it and I got 'em I am that kid, I am that soul I am that boy they looking for, I am I hustle, I grind, I push it, I shine They know that (I am) that kid (I am) Kells (I am) Hip-Hop (I am) [Chorus] We took it to the top from the bottom Adversities, I fought 'em They never said I'd get it and I got 'em I am that kid, I am that soul I am that boy they looking for, I am I hustle, I grind, I push it, I shine They know that (I am) that kid (I am) Kells (I am) Hip-Hop (I am) [VERSE 1] Kells! I been that kid since day one The temptations of this game, the greatest that they saw They only hate what I've become & that's the motherf**in truth I spit the real until the wisdom's out my motherf**in tooth And who said I need a coupe? Man I push a hoopty I'm still the same city boy just new loot New paper trails and new shoes, new sharks and new pools See I'm the modern times, you fools is old news Run the city where the jack is out and every other day Another motherf**er headed for the top Came from the box in the bottom of the scene For the bout to break out kells cover up then get shot Can't forget about pops who held me down through all this The sky's not the limit, all my stars in this b**h [HOOK] So rise (push) Rise (push it) Grind (let's get it) Grind! (let's get it) This is my life and I am what they wanna be This is my fight [CHORUS} We took it to the top from the bottom Adversities, I fought 'em They never said I'd get it and I got 'em I am that kid, I am that soul I am that boy they looking for, I am I hustle, I grind, I push it, I shine They know that (I am) that kid (I am) Kells (I am) Hip-Hop (I am) [VERSE 2] Cleveland is the city that we come from Swear I can't lose with this one Built Ford tough, call my seven fourty-fizive M-G-K, the realEST rapper alizive Fitted from the toes to the cranium Five star swag from the block to the stadium I put on my city like a fresh new tee I'ma hold my dawgs down like a fresh new leash I'm me, naw matter fact I am, sweeter than blackberry jam You should already know I'm tweakin off this record And peaking off the rector My life is like an epic movie scene with no director [HOOK] So rise (push) Rise (push it) Grind (let's get it) i said Grind! (let's get it) This is my life and I am what they wanna be This is my fight [CHORUS} We took it to the top from the bottom Adversities, I fought 'em They never said I'd get it and I got 'em I am that kid, I am that soul I am that boy they looking for, I am I hustle, I grind, I push it, I shine They know that (I am) that kid (I am) Kells (I am) Hip-Hop (I am) [VERSE 3] Came from the bucket of chicken and lamb chops Finger lickin' money made the truck rag-top More style than a motherf**in f*g got And the hottest thing cookin since the crackpot I'm known for making a little bit of change work Skinny boy known to make a big man hurt They call me the big bad wolf, all about that green No time for the little blue smurfs What's got into these people, speaking my name You speak what you see, I speak what I live We are not speaking the same You are the b**h in the man and I'm the man in a b**h I'm the brains behind the hustle and the muscle on the strip I get currency and you heard of me Machine Gun will murder ??? ca-ca-care for more guap than Burger King Swear to them I keep it trill until I d-i-e This is real life for me, motherf** TV [HOOK] So rise (push) i said Rise (push it) Grind (let's get it) i said Grind! (let's get it) This is my life and I am what they wanna be This is my fight [CHORUS} We took it to the top from the bottom Adversities, I fought 'em They never said I'd get it and I got 'em I am that kid, I am that soul I am that boy they looking for, I am I hustle, I grind, I push it, I shine They know that (I am) that kid (I am) Kells (I am) Hip-Hop (I am)