Meyhem Lauren - Analyze the Elements lyrics

[Verse 1: Meyhem Lauren] Treat your friends like yourself and your family like blessings It's sacred if you got the same click from adolescence Keep a golden presence and base your worth beyond possessions It's real, negative energy spreads like infections Untreated left open right now my mind's soaking In the Hennessy river but I ain't k**ing my liver Hard liquor everyday you got a problem my n***a Sip in moderation, limit your conversation Dodge incarceration, pig anticipation Part of my preparation on the daily So it ain't going to be no f**ing cake walk if they jail me A rougher individual striving for better Trying to find another way to get adequate cheddar Without breaking my back or sitting in the cubicle Even with a 3-piece on, that's unsuitable Word [Hook: J-Love] OG son, yo we know survival On these recession times We move like the wise do Original gangstas use mind over muscle Respect's been earned, we the kings of hustle Life is deep yo, an*lyze the elements More in the spectrum than the hood life settlements Wisdom surpa**es ignorance and stupidity Love for yourself is life's epitome [Verse 2: Meyhem Lauren] Weighing positives and negatives, calibrate the scale first A lot of n***as get locked up for mere thirst f** doing five years for five hundred And if it's real beef, don't come through like who want it Play the sideline and catch a n***a slippin' Keep a low pro' whether you workin' or you pitchin' Everybody want they name to ring out But only n***as know my name have work in a drought It's good to have dreams but don't neglect responsibilities 'Cause in the present future dreams ain't paying my utilities I got three schemes plus I'll make three more And the 4-6 feel, I could get that raw I been official, more stripes than American flags Or jail suits in movies, hop out coupes with uzis Before n***as try to play my squad like Suzies I'll be OT wipin' they blood off of my Gucci [Hook] [Verse 3: Meyhem Lauren] If you drop seeds, raise them right, knowledge is contagious You gotta hold your child down through different phases Stages and ages keep their mental out of cages Life's a book, you gotta keep flipping the pages Then move on, looking for a better tomorrow f** letting time slide over yesterday's sorrow Search for something you could own not something to borrow Make moves like 2-3 and 9-3 on Chicago That's how I do son, play to win Exterior's inferior without a drive from within Stay sharp, raise again we been ill, born to win I'll end where I begin, f** a radio spin [Hook]